In its latest report, the research firm Frost and Sullivan claims that the growth in VoIP services among the residential and business users would put a deep impact on the marketing of World Session Border Controllers (SBC).
A SBC is defined as a VoIP session-aware device, which controls real-time interactive communications (voice, video and multimedia sessions) throughout the IP network borders.
It creates peering between IP networks ensuring customer traffic to pass through different segments of a network in order to connect to its final destination.
Frost & Sullivan says,
Carriers are increasingly turning to SBCs as they require a dedicated device to protect critical equipment, such as softswitches and media gateways, from denial of service (DoS) and other attacks. The next-generation infrastructure market is also largely driven by carriers’ focus on reducing costs to provide high profit-margin services using IP equipment.
The total revenue generated from the SBC Market was $123 million last year. The SBC market will show upward trend from now onwards to become a $163 million business in 2013, after hitting at $220 million in 2009.
