Researchers: Sonus Among Top VoIP vendors

By Raju Shanbhag TMCnet Contributing Editor A new study by Infonetics Research has named Acme Packet , Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, and Sonus as the “top VoIP equipment manufacturers,” with Cisco emerging as the most familiar manufacturer. The study offers a broad view of service provider thinking and plans for voice over IP, including service provider perceptions of leading VoIP vendors, according to Infonetics. The study is based on formal interviews conducted by Infonetics’ senior analysts with competitive operators, senior analysts with incumbents, IXCs, vertically integrated service providers, and specialists. The 85-page study features VoIP network architecture plans, a VoIP vendor scorecard, and service provider feature wish-lists for VoIP products. This includes trunk media gateways, softswitches, voice application servers,... [read full story]