A List of IMS Deployments

While I was doing research for this post, I stumbled upon a March announcement which provides an ideal introduction to it.

Infonetics Research issued a 2008 4th quarter report claiming that:
- Worldwide sales of IMS equipment nearly doubled in 2008 over 2007, up 94%
- Unlike many other markets during the worldwide economic crisis, the IMS equipment market is expected to grow in 2009 and 2010
- Infonetics’ IMS Deployment Tracker shows Ericsson, Alcatel Lucent, Nokia Siemens (NSN), NEC, and Huawei leading the way with core IMS equipment

In this post, I am trying to list done or ongoing deployments of IMS core networks all over the world. This list is based on publicly available contracts announcements and, in case I was not able to find such material, public evidence or strong hints that such deployments were at least under way. When available, I mention the date of the contract, the supplier of the core network, and the intended focus of the deployment, at least in its initial phase. Otherwise, question marks replace the information.

My intention is to maintain this list over time, based on new annoucements as well as the additions or corrections you might be able to give to me by email (cgourraud at yahoo.ca) or by posting a comment. For instance, in many cases, a press release relates to a contract signed at a group level or for a specific country for service providers operating over several ones, and any precision on the actual country(ies) targeted for deployment would be useful.

I hope this list can be of interest to you. The idea came to me from recurent requests to provide information of IMS deployments in Europe, North America and Asia.

Europe

Armenia
ArmenTel: 8/2008, Ericsson, Fixed Network -> FMC

Austria
Mobilkom: 1/2009, Nortel, Mobile network

Azerbaidjan
Delta Telecom: 9/2008, Alcatel Lucent, WiMax network

Belgium
Belgacom: 4/2008, Alcatel Lucent, Fixed network

Bulgaria
Vivatel: 11/2008, NSN, Mobile network

Cyprus
CYTA: 12/2006, Ericsson, FMC

Czech Republic
Eurotel: 12/2005, NSN, Mobile network
Vodafone: 9/2007, Ericsson, Enterprise FMC

Denmark
TDC: 6/2005, Ericsson, Enterprise

Estonia
Elion: 9/2006, Ericsson, Fixed network

France
Bouygues Telecom: ?, ?, RCS
France Telecom/Orange: ?, ?, RCS
Hub Telecom: 11/2008, Alcatel Lucent, Enterprise FMC
SFR: ?, ?, RCS

Germany
Arcor: ?, ?, ?
Deutsche Telekom: ?, in-house solution?, ?
T-Mobile: ?, ?, RCS
Vodafone: 7/2007, Ericsson, Consumer & Enterprise

Greece
Hella Online: 1/2008, Ericsson, Fixed network

Greenland
Tele Greenland: 1/2008, Ericsson, FMC

Hungary
Magyar Telekom: 7/2006, Huawei, FMC
T-Mobile & T-Com: 7/2006, Huawei, Mobile network / FMC

Ireland
O2 Ireland: 8/2006, Ericsson, Mobile network
Vodafone: 7/2008, Ericsson, Mobile network

Italy
Telecom Italia: 2/2005, Ericsson, Fixed network
Telecom Italia Mobile: 2005, Ericsson?, RCS
Wind Telecomunicazioni: ?, ?, RCS

Netherlands
KPN: 9/2006, Alcatel Lucent, Fixed PSTN replacement

Poland
Exatel: 10/2007, Alcatel Lucent, Fixed network
Netia: 9/2005, Alcatel Lucent, Fixed network / Enterprise services
Telekomunikacja Polska: 3/2007, Ericsson, FMC

Portugal
Optimus: 3/2006, Ericsson, Mobile network
Portugal Telecom: ?, 2007?, FMC / PSTN replacement
Sonaecom: 7/2008, Ericsson, Fixed network/IPTV
TMN: 6/2005, NSN, RCS
Vodafone: 7/2007, Ericsson, FMC

Russia
Comstar: planned in 2009, to be selected, fixed network / PSTN replacement
Sibirtelecom: 6/2006, Nortel, ?

Spain
Telefonica: 4/2005, Ericsson, Fixed network
Telefonica/O2: ?, ?, RCS

Sweden
Com Hem: 6/2007, NSN, Fixed network
Telenor: 7/2007, Ericsson, Enterprise FMC
TeliaSonera: 5/2007, NSN, FMC?

Switzerland
Swisscom: 2/2007, Ericsson, FMC

Turkey
Turkcell: ?, ?, Mobile network / FMC

UK
BT: 4/2005, Ericsson?, Fixed PSTN replacement

North America

Canada
Bell Canada: ?, ?, FMC
Rogers Cantel: ?, ?, ?

USA
AT&T: 10/2005, Alcatel Lucent, Mobile network
Bellsouth - now AT&T (USA): 11/2005, Alcatel Lucent, Fixed network
Cox Communications: 2007?, ?, Cable network
Sprint Nextel: ?, ?, FMC
SureWest Communications: 4/2008, Alcatel Lucent, Fixed network
TerreStar Networks: 7/2007, Alcatel Lucent, Satellite and Cellular convergence
Time Warner Cable: 4/2009, NSN, Cable network
Verizon Communications: 3/2007 - 2/2008, Alcatel Lucent & NSN , Mobile network/PSTN network replacement/FMC

South America

Brazil
Brasil Telecom: 5/2008, Ericsson, Mobile network


Asia & Oceania

Australia
Commander Communications: 9/2005, Ericsson, Fixed network
Telstra: ?, Alcatel Lucent?, ?

China
Beijing Netcom: 4/2007, Ericsson, Fixed network
China Mobile: ?, ?, RCS
China Netcom: ?, Alcatel Lucent?, ?
China Unicom: 7/2007, Alcatel Lucent, Mobile network
Fujian Telecom: 12/2006, NSN, FMC

Hong Kong
NWT: 7/2006, Alcatel Lucent, Fixed network
SmarTone-Vodafone: 4/2008, Ericsson, Mobile network

Indonesia
Telkomsel: 8/2006, NSN, Mobile network

Japan
KDDI: 1/2006, NEC, RCS
NTT: ?, ?, ?
Softbank Mobile: 12/2006, Ericsson, Mobile network
Softbank Mobile: 9/2008, NEC, Femtocells network

Malaysia
Celcom: 7/2006, NSN, Mobile network

Philippines
Globe Telecom: 9/2006, NSN, FMC

South Korea
KTF: ?, ?, RCS
SK Telecom: 2005 or 2006, ?, FMC/RCS

Taiwan
Chungwa Telecom: 12/2007, NSN, Fixed network
FarEasTone: 9/2006, Ericsson, Mobile network

Vietnam
Saigon Postel Telecommunication: 11/2006, Ericsson, Fixed network

Middle East & Africa

Bahrain
Mena Telecom: 8/2007, Motorola, WiMax network

Pakistan
Wateen Telecom: 5/2006, Motorola, Fixed network

South Africa
Telkom: 2008?, ?, ?

Uganda
Warid Group: 10/2007, Huawei, Mobile/WiMax network