Infonetics: "Only 2 Categories Posted Growth in 2009: IPTV/video and Next-Gen OSS/Policy"

  

Infonetics Research released excerpts from its 2010 Telecom and Datacom Network Equipment and Software report, claiming that "Of the 11 major categories of enterprise and service provider equipment and software tracked, only 2 posted revenue growth in 2009: IPTV and video, and next gen OSS and policy"

See "Telecom product market healthy, with accelerating growth in 2011" - here

While video growth is clear, when looking at the recent activity in policy market (here, here, here, here) and recent deployments (here, here) Infonetics' conclusion and prediction (below) comes as no surprise. Nevertheless, the market is rather scattered, with over 20 vendors offering policy management solutions (see - "PCRF - DPI Compatibility Matrix" - here).

"Businesses and service providers around the globe are starting to spend again on telecom and datacom equipment and software in 2010, and indications right now are that spending will accelerate through 2011 as the global economy stabilizes. Long-term growth in telecom product spending through 2014 will be fueled by a wide variety of segments, from data center infrastructure and security in the enterprise, to broadband CPE and next gen OSS and policy software on the service provider side,” explains Jeff Wilson, principal analyst for Infonetics Research."