Fixed line operators, wireless carriers, ISPs, and new service providers are creating new IP-enabled telecommunications services—services that go well beyond what was offered or could be offered in the PSTN. Billions of dollars are being spent worldwide on new IP infrastructure in order to provision this new generation of revenue-generating services. Carriers look at IP application platforms as a means to beginning their slow migration to fully convergent, IP-based networks and services. Some carriers view IP-based applications as highly personalized “sticky applications” that will stem the tide of customer churn; other carriers are pinning their hopes on IP applications as the vehicle that will bring new service revenue on stream at a quicker pace.

IP-Based Applications Services Market 2007-2012 provides detailed data on the status of the IP-based applications market in each global region. IP-enabled applications market assessments for each global region are provided for residential video telephony, fixed-mobile convergence, file sharing/downloading and MMS services, streaming services, location-based services, and presence-based services. The study evaluates the status of the market as it exists today and provides a detailed analysis of how it will develop over the next five years.