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VoIP Remains Critical IMS Application: Report

By Calvin Azuri, TMCnet Contributor

Blueslice is leading the growth of the IMS and IP Multimedia Subsystems worldwide deployments.

 

According to an analysis done by Infonetics Research (News - Alert) on the IMS Equipment and Subscriber market, the IMS core equipment has gone up by 94 percent from 2007 to 2008 and globally, HSS revenue has increased by 72 percent to $121.8 million for 2008.

 

Across the globe, 2G and 3G operators are transitioning from lab trials to live installations and the market has seen a multitude of players in WiMAX (News - Alert) and LTE who need an IMS framework for operating efficiently and deliver value to end users. Both these factors have contributed positively to the IMS and IPMS growth evolution. Among these, VoIP remains the single most important application deployed over IMS.

 

Home Subscriber Servers are now emerging as the latest siloed subscriber database fuelled in part by the increasing popularity of IMS as an effective and cutting-edge framework. Blueslice (News - Alert) consistently tries to prevent proliferation of more customer silos while implementing any new access and service technology. It also offers the unique converged subscriber management solution. The hardware blades and back-end subscriber base are shared between all front-end applications like HSS, HLR, AAA, SLF, MNP and SIP-AS and they can also mutually exchange information about subscriber registration contexts instantly in a virtualized environment.

 

Founded in 2001, Blueslice has continuously strived to deliver to its subscribers the latest in technology solutions. Blueslice’s pioneering HSS solution is the most advanced in its genre and is technologically much ahead of its industry peers. The latest deployment by a Russian operator of the HSS 3000&trade bears testimony to this fact.

 

Blueslice is a prominent provider of subscriber management solutions for the Mobile, VoIP, FMC and M2M markets. It offers telecom operators unique solutions to effectively monitor its customer subscription asset base while simultaneously delivering unique and differentiated services and assisting in controlling costs.

 

With Blueslice, end users can use a distinct subscription and preset preferences to use clear and concise communication services smoothly over any kind of access path. The carrier-grade, open-standards based Converged Subscriber Platform 3000&trade is the industry’s solo integrated ngHLR/AuC, HSS, SIP Application Server, and AAA Server, which assists in complete mobility across all access networks.

 

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Calvin Azuri is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Calvin’s articles, please visit his columnist page.

Edited by Michael Dinan