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Table of Contents for IMS Opportunities and Challenges Fixed and Wireless Market Outlook :: Informa Telecoms & Media



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  • Executive summary
  • Introduction/Background

    • The landscape of Fixed and Mobile telecommunication services



    1. Transition from Voice and Internet to more revenue generating multi-services
    2. Transition from circuit- to packet-switched.
    3. Implications on operational costs
    4. The vision of converged service offering

    Trends in the telecom market



    1. Efforts for Fixed and Mobile Convergence (FMC) and bridge between fixed-mobile services
    2. Threats from open Internet services (Skype, Vonage)

    Why IMS?



    1. All IP architecture and benefits
    2. Savings in operational costs?
    3. Addition of new services.

  • IMS technology outlook and challenges

    • Historical background and overview


    IMS architecture


    Standardisation and associated technologies


    Regulatory issues


    Evolution from the softswitch to IMS


    Infrastructure provider profiles


    Enabling technologies for FMC and the role of IMS


    Technology barriers and challenges facing IMS


  • Business and market opportunities

    • Transition from closed to the “Unglued” value chain


    Necessary changes in the business of the operator and infrastructure providers


    Revenue opportunities for operators, infrastructure and service providers.



    1. Addition of new innovative services
    2. High quality VoIP services
    3. FMC
    4. Blended services

    How will IMS boost competitive offerings


    Remodelling service provision



    1. IMS role in reshaping the charging and billing models
    2. Reduction of operational costs

  • Operator scenarios and case studies

    • Collected from IMS forum, interviews and research.


  • Forecasts (2005-2011)

    • Roadmap for IMS service deployment in fixed and mobile sectors


    IMS infrastructure revenues


    Traffic revenues for circuit switched voice vs data



    1. Circuit switched voice revenues
    2. Fixed line data revenues (narrowband and broadband)
    3. Total VoIP revenues vs IMS enabled VoIP

    Potential IMS services – revenues and subscribers



    1. Push To Talk
    2. Instant Messaging and Presence
    3. Video and Multimedia sharing
    4. Voice over IP
    5. Fixed Mobile Convergence

    Mobile Handset addressable market for IMS services (SIP-enabled



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