Ericsson is the industry leading provider of IMS and has the capability to plan, deploy and support the service providers in a stepwise approach towards an IMS environment.  These are a future proof investment that will secure continuous service enhancements of any of today’s networks.

This efficient evolution to converged all-IP operations addresses all fixed and mobile core network domains:

- Circuit switching
- Softswitching
- Packet core
- IMS
- User management

Cut costs

Ericsson provides migration to all-IP networks, thus providing the flexibility for multi-service networks while cutting cost.The Softswitch solutions with centralized control provide migration to telephony over IP with significant cost advantages compared with legacy systems. Adding multimedia services, IMS offers a network consolidation resulting in lower costs than delivering services from separate platforms.

Our approach to user management offers rationalization of data management to cut costs and also makes it easier to launch and personalize new services.

Grow revenue with attractive services 

IMS provides top line revenues and differentiation for the operators and this is thus a driver to launch IMS based services packages. IMS reduces churn towards internet services by enabling attractive offerings with blended services, applications and enablers for third part service providers, all with multi access possibilities.

By combining voice, text, images and video into various service packages there will be compelling offers for all customers. 

As Ericsson has a market leadership in the commercial arena we already today provide a range of attractive services based on the technology of the future.

Drive efficiency and manage risks

Operators achieve secure investments due to the scalability and migration possibilities of Ericsson solutions. The scalability makes sure increased traffic capacities can be provided for voice and data. Smooth migration to efficient high capacity IP networks provides an environment for offering new services. By building the IP network end users will gradually utilize the growing availability of IMS services.

ABI Research from March 2008 shows that Ericsson is dominating the IMS market with about 50 percent of market share.

Ericsson also has about 50 percent of the mobile softswitch market.

Ericsson is the world's leading vendor of mobile softswitch solutions. By March 2009 over 260 commercial networks were in commercial service in more than 110 countries.
Ericsson was the first vendor to commercially deploy this technology in March 2003, and has the widest installed base, covering 115 countries on all continents.

Sitting in the heart of the network, Ericsson's Core Network offering handles today's network challenges efficiently while providing a clear evolution path. 

Utilizing its market-leading products, Ericsson can plan, deploy and support service providers in their progression towards an IMS environment, while offering efficient deployment and management of user services. The Core Network offering includes solutions for switching, edge routing, user management and the packet core. For a complete list of products and further details of each offering, see the Browse section below.

A well-designed and maintained Core Network means more revenue, reduced costs, and ultimately greater profits.

Migrating to all-IP networks provides the flexibility for multi-service networks while cutting costs. Ericsson's softswitch solutions, with centralized control, provide migration to telephony over IP with significant cost advantages compared with legacy systems. With fixed and mobile softswitch solutions, Ericsson can reduce core network operating expenditure by up to 50 percent.

IMS consolidates the network so new, revenue-generating services are added from the same platform, at a lower cost than delivering services from different platforms.

Ericsson's User Management portfolio offers a holistic approach based on centralization, virtualization and federation of user data, providing the business agility to launch innovative services. An optimized network architecture and effortless provisioning can also reduce opex by as much as 40 percent.

IMS-based services bring voice, text, images and video together to dramatically enrich the user experience. This equates to greater revenue per subscriber and reduced churn, but also allows service providers to differentiate themselves and attract new users.

As the market leader in the commercial IMS arena, Ericsson provides a range of attractive services with multi-access possibilities, as well as the applications and enablers that allow third-party service providers to create new services to meet ever-increasing user demand for new experiences.

Operators achieve secure investments with the scalability and migration possibilities of Ericsson solutions. Scalability ensures increased voice and data traffic capacities can be managed, while a smooth migration to efficient, high-capacity IP networks provides an environment for offering new services. Building IP networks allows users to experience and enjoy the growing availability of IMS services.