Mobile operators fueling hockey-stick growth in standalone deep packet inspection (DPI) market

Campbell, CALIFORNIA, Oct. 18, 2011—Market research firm Infonetics Research today released excerpts from its latest Service Provider Deep Packet Inspection Products report, which tracks standalone DPI vendors and solutions for mobile and fixed line networks.

ANALYST NOTE

"As the deep packet inspection market matures, the focus is moving away from the underlying packet inspection technology and toward the use cases that DPI can enable, such as video optimization, usage-based billing and content caching. Accordingly, DPI suppliers should build up ecosystems with partners to address those use cases, as opposed to relying on more opportunistic relationships," notes Shira Levine, directing analyst for next gen OSS and policy at Infonetics Research.

DPI MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

• Infonetics Research forecasts the standalone service provider deep packet inspection (DPI) market to more than triple from 2011 to 2015, when global sales will top $1.6 billion
• Growth in the market is being fueled by operators buying DPI for their mobile networks:
• Revenue from standalone DPI products used in wireless networks is expected to grow at a 5-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 47% from 2010 to 2015
• Meanwhile, the CAGR for revenue from standalone DPI for fixed line networks is 10.5%
• Mobile operators are investing in DPI for more granular traffic management and to enable tiered services, value-added services, and more sophisticated pricing models
• Analytics on the subscriber's network, services, applications, and behavior will become an integral part of DPI solutions over the next few years
• Infonetics expects strong growth in the DPI segment in emerging markets in Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa, as operators address network congestion issues caused by rapid subscriber growth, comply with regulatory requirements, and support cyber security initiatives

REPORT SYNOPSIS

provides market size, vendor market share, forecasts, and in-depth analysis and trends for standalone deep packet inspection products used in wireless and fixed line networks. Vendors tracked: Allot, Arbor, Bivio, Cisco, CloudShield, Huawei, ipoque, Procera, Qosmos, Sandvine, and others. Regions tracked: North America, EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, Africa), Asia Pacific, and CALA (Central and Latin America), and worldwide. The report includes customer wins and announcements made by service providers and vendors, including Allot, Bivio, Bytemobile, Camiant, CloudShield, EXFO, HP, ipoque, SK Broadband, Korea Telecom, Sandvine, Procera, Qosmos, and others.

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UPCOMING RESEARCH

Download report prospectuses, tables of contents, etc. from Infonetics' online portal at http://www.infonetics.com/login (see NEXT GEN OSS AND POLICY for 2011 and new 2012 services).

• Convergent Charging Software and Services Report
• Policy Management Deployment Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey
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SALES

• Larry Howard, VP (West NA, APAC, CALA): larry@infonetics.com, +1 408-583-3335
• Scott Coyne, Sr. Account Dir. (East NA, Texas, Midwest): scott@infonetics.com, +1 408-583-3395
• George Stojsavljevic, Sr. Account Dir. (EMEA): george@infonetics.com, +44 755-488-1623
• Takashi Kimura, TAK Analytics, Sales (Japan): takashi.kimura@takanalytics.com, +81 3-6408-5566
• Hinton Information Services, Taiwan: www.hintoninfo.com.tw, +886-2-2799-3110 x220
• Doug Moon, MBAP Sales, Korea: dougm@mbap.co.kr, +82-2-3453-9400

Infonetics Research (www.infonetics.com) is an international market research and consulting firm serving the communications industry since 1990. A leader in defining and tracking emerging and established technologies in all world regions, Infonetics helps clients plan, strategize, and compete more effectively.

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