IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) : The Market for Applications & Services 2012-2017

This report presents a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the role of IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) in implementing rich multimedia applications. This report evaluates a variety of IMS market opportunities and places emphasis on a few key applications including:

1. Video Calls
2. Unified Messaging
3. Push-to-Talk
4. Wireless Wireline Convergence
5. Online Gaming
6. Video-on-Demand

The above applications are analyzed with respect to the following aspects:

• Key deliverables of the applications
• Traditional implementation methodologies
• Key IMS enabled implementation value additions
• Implementation case studies
• Subscriber revenue forecasts for 2011 to 2016
• Geographical distribution of the subscriber revenues

The report also evaluates the following potential IMS applications:

• Presence (as an enabling capability)
• Universal Prepay
• Dynamic Address Book
• Rich Calls
• Push-to-X
• IMS and Advertising
• Services Blending