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Industry Brief
India Software Defined Networking Market to Grow at 36% CAGR until
2022
According to a recently published TechSci Research report, “India Software Defined
Networking Market By Solution, By End User, Competition Forecast & Opportunities,
2012 – 2022”, software defined networking (SDN) market in India is projected to exhibit a
CAGR of 36%, in value terms, during 2017 – 2022 on account of increasing demand for
software defined networking solutions from enterprises that are expanding their service portfolio
and cloud service providers that are increasing their focus on providing more efficient and agile
services. Other factors expected to support the market growth include rising demand for server
virtualization in large data centers, government policies such as Digital India and increasing
competition between telecom service providers.
Enterprises, telecom service providers and cloud service providers are the major end users of
software defined networking solutions. Of these, the enterprises segment dominated India SDN
market in 2016 and the segment is expected to maintain its market dominance in the coming
years as well, owing to increasing need for higher agility and flexibility in network infrastructure.
In India SDN market, northern region of the country is anticipated to emerge as the fastest
growing region in terms of adoption of software defined networking solutions during forecast
period, on account of large presence of IT companies and their corporate offices in the region.
“Telecom service providers are likely to be the fastest growing segment of end users in India
software defined networking market. Growing internet and smartphone penetration as well as
rising competition between telecom service providers due to the entry of competitive and low-
price services is propelling telecom service providers to offer seamless and uninterrupted
services, which is leading to increasing adoption of SDN solutions by telecom service
companies.”, said Mr. Karan Chechi, Research Director with TechSci Research, a research based
global management consulting firm.
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