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Enterprise telephony market 2008
29/05/08
According to
Infonetics Research, the worldwide enterprise telephony market rose
2% between Q4 2007 and Q1 2008 to £1.24bn with TDM, pure IP, and
hybrid equipment sales all posting low single-digit sequential
growth.
The report,
Enterprise Telephony Worldwide Market Share and Forecasts, says the
overall market is up 6% from one year ago (1Q07), buoyed by strong
IP PBX systems equipment sales, despite falling TDM PBX/KTS
equipment sales.
"In the first
quarter of 2008, we saw some weakness in the North American and EMEA
enterprise telephony markets, but it was offset by strong results in
Asia Pacific," said Matthias Machowinski, directing analyst for
enterprise voice and data at Infonetics Research.
"Worldwide
economic uncertainty could have a larger impact on this market than
on others, since one of the prime drivers of PBX sales is the
creation of new, and expansion of existing, businesses. While we've
factored in a weak year for North America, we expect the overall
worldwide PBX/KTS market to continue growing in 2008, at the end of
which it will pass the $10 billion mark in annual revenue."
Nick Gibson, editor
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