In the current investment climate, it is apparent that NGN...

In the current investment climate, it is apparent that NGN deployment cycles are going to be pushed out several years, which means the gateway approach is a viable means to 'sweat' additional Internet-related service revenues from the PSTN. While unit shipments of gateways will increase at a healthy rate over the forecast period, worldwide sales revenue is showing only modest growth as competition beats down prices and IMS-compliant gear begins to grab a foothold by simplifying interoperability requirements and thereby reducing the need for gateways.