IP-multimedia subsystem (IMS) market forecast and vendor shares: worldwide 2024–2030

08 August 2025 | Research

James Kirby

Forecast report | PPTX and PDF (15 slides); XLSX | Wireless Technologies


"Operators' interest in cloud-native IMS deployments is increasing, and those vendors that hold a leading position in delivering cloud-native solutions will gain market share."

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This report provides forecasts for addressable revenue for vendors in the mobile and converged IP-multimedia subsystem (IMS) market for 2024 to 2030. IMS is the primary function set for managing voice over IP in operator networks, and this report includes details on mobile network operator (MNO) spending on IMS by cloud architecture, voice service type, network generation and region. It also gives detail on the major drivers of voice transformation, such as cloud-native migration, 2G/3G sunsetting and 5G standalone (SA). 

Questions answered in this report

  • What are the main trends and factors that will affect the IMS market between 2024 and 2030?
  • Which vendors are taking the lead in the IMS market, and what are their shares of the total market and for the cloud-native IMS market?
  • What will be the main areas for new revenue, and how will emerging technologies such as 5G SA and voice-over-new-radio (VoNR) perform?
  • How will the IMS services landscape develop?
  • Which regional factors will drive revenue growth in IMS market?
  • What should vendors do to capitalise on new business opportunities?

Geographical coverage

  • Worldwide
  • Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)
  • Developed Asia–Pacific (DVAP)
  • Emerging Asia–Pacific (EMAP)
  • Latin America (LATAM)

 

  • Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
  • North America (NA)
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
  • Western Europe (WE)

Service types

  • Network cloud architecture types: cloud-native IMS, physical IMS, virtualised IMS
  • Voice services: VoLTE, VoNR, other converged services
  • Core network generation: 5G SA, 4G and 5G non-standalone (NSA)
  • Solution segments: professional services, cloud, network functions

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Author

James Kirby

Senior Analyst