Session Border Controller revenue up 9% in 3Q07

Session Border Controller (SBC) revenue during 3Q07 was up 9% from the previous quarter 2Q07. A total of 5.2 million ‘sessions’ capacity were shipped during 3Q07 generating $45.1 million in revenue. 2Q07 revenues were in the range of $41.3 million for the segment.

Acme Packet leads 3Q07 SBC segment with market share of 54%.

Vendors who are making significant inroads into the SBC market include Covergence and Cisco. NexTone shipments saw high growth in session capacity shipped. Huawei SBC shipments have not ramped up yet. Embedded SBC capability offered by Sonus, Thomson, Nortel and others have not scaled up yet.

Total SBC units sold during the quarter (server units) was estimated at 959. This excludes the embedded SBC ‘ports’ tracked separately.