The global lawful interception (LI) market is forecast to reach $2.1 billion by 2020, growing at a CAGR of 20.8% during the forecast period of 2014 - 2020, according to a new report by Allied Market Research (AMR).
The report titled "Global Lawful Interception Market (Solutions, Components, Network Technology, Communication Technology, End User, and Geography)- Opportunity Analysis and Forecast-2013-2020" highlights that the increasing crime rate in the emerging economies such as China, India and African countries would steer the necessity for lawful interceptions.
According to AMR, the LI market is witnessing tremendous growth and is expected to be a prominent part of telecommunications market in the years to come. The probable growth that is forecast in the LI market is anticipated based on the rising criminal activities which are carried out over the communication networks using sophisticated communication devices, said AMR.
Audio call interception had the highest revenue during 2013, which accounted for about 32% of the overall market. Video interception is expected to be the fastest growing market segment projecting a CAGR of 33.3% during the 2013-2020.
The file transfer applications are expected to experience the increased lawful interception activities due to rapid growth and significant large scale adoption of digital file interception. Mobile communications and VoIP calls such as Skype, Google Talk, etc would maintain the market potency of the voice communications in interception. The data downloads, and text messaging is another attractive area of interception as the law enforcement agencies often intercept the text messaging, due to ability to carry more information in small volumes of data.
