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24/03/2011 - Hosted Communications Services Present Excellent Growth Opportunities to European Service Providers

Although the on-premise model with its control and security advantages will dominate the enterprise communications market in the immediate future, the revenue share of hosted services is poised to increase significantly, according to Frost & Sullivan. Hosted communications services present an ever more popular alternative for deploying IP telephony and unified communications applications.

08/07/2010 - Report: VoIP and SIP services to reach $3.9 billion in 2016

A new report from Frost and Sullivan has some high hopes for VoIP and SIP services. The research firm has painted another rosy picture where IP communications rule. The firm sees VoIP and SIP Trunking services beating the market downturn and instead build on their previous growth.

According to the research firm's 'North American VoIP Access and SIP Trunking Services Markets' report, the market earned revenues of $717.3 million in 2009, but it could reach $3.9 billion in 2016. While most enterprise systems currently run on PBX with gateways, the firm believes the move to SIP would be inevitable as companies upgrade and deploy more complete unified communications (UC) solutions.

For more:
- read the TMC article

10/06/2010 - Report: UC growth from Green IT

A new Frost and Sullivan report predicts that our society's quest for all things green will lead to growth in the unified communications (UC) market.

With our focus on carbon footprints and our business' effects on the environment, more and more companies are realizing how teleconferencing, video conferencing and unified communication systems can cut down on travel costs and envrironmental impact. The trend is already being realized, the research firm reports, as the web conferencing services market in Europe grew by 19.3 percent in 2009.

The added bonus of going green with UC--companies are noticing--is that... it's cheaper! Less travel costs, less electricity bills. Also, by moving to UC systems, they are finding more effecient forms of communication within their organizations and with their customers.

For more:
- read the release

24/05/2010 - Mobile VoIP to generate $29 billion by 2015

A little while ago Ovum launched a report pressing mobile operators to embrace VoIP or suffer the consequences. This week Frost & Sullivan have a report out with a similar warning.

According to the report, mobile VoIP brought $605.8 million in revenues in 2008 in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. Not bad for a technology still leashed by the lack of next-gen mobile networks. Frost & Sullivan sees a bright future where mobile VoIP will generate $29.57 billion by 2015. The increase will be due in part to the spread of high-speed data networks, handset sales and mobile data flatrate plans.

While the trend is being helped along by the iPhone and the apps that are now allowed to make VoIP calls over its network, the report predicts that carriers are resistant to the idea of VoIP calling over their cellular networks. Frost & Sullivan predict that operators will levy surcharges on VoIP usage over the data networks. To make matters worse, in Europe 60-70 percent of operators already ban VoIP on their networks.

As data networks expand and increase in speed, however, that promise of $29.57 billion in revenue is sure to entice the currently resistant mobile operators. As I have said before, I believe it's still just a matter of timing, and the wireless networks just aren't ready to unleash the power of IP voice communications.

For more:
- read the eWeek report

21/05/2010 - Mobile VoIP Becomes a Threat to Tradicional Voice Revenues

Mobile VoIP is no longer just hype, but has become a credible threat to traditional voice revenues, says Frost & Sullivan. According to the research group, an ambitious group of mobile VoIP start-up companies are creating a paradigm shift in the way users communicate with each other, with voice services moving to a true internet era of Telco 2.0.

14/05/2010 - Report: European Videoconferencing Endpoints Market

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, European Videoconferencing Endpoints Market, finds that the market earned revenues of $383.6 million in 2009 and estimates this to reach $1.03 billion in 2015 at a compound annual growth rate of 18.0 per cent.

15/04/2010 - Report: Videoconferencing market saw growth in 2009

2009 seems like it was actually a pretty good year for our industry despite all the economic setbacks. As the dust clears, Frost and Sullivan just completed a report that paints a rosy picture on the videoconferencing market.

The North American videoconferencing services market experienced revenue growth of 18 percent in '09. Revenue was $184.2 million. According to the report we could see the market have compound annual growth rate of 18.4 percent to $599.6 million.

For more:
- read the No Jitter article

21/12/2009 - VoIP semiconductor market could see uptick with new VoIP spend

Frost and Sullivan has released a new report on how VoIP cost savings is a key growth factor for the semiconductor market for VoIP applications.

In some ways, this is a new take on a trend we've been hearing all year. The tough economy has made sales soft for everyone, but we've seen some uptick in VoIP equipment sales because companies are realizing that despite the initial investment, VoIP will save them money. The Frost and Sullivan report claims that the semiconductor market has something to gain from this new interest in VoIP equipment among carrier infrastructure, enterprise and consumer end-users, and that product differentiation and price competition is now even more important that ever. In 2008, Frost and Sullivan revealed that the semiconductor market in VoIP applications earned revenues of over $522.4 million and that it could reach $657.3 million by 2012.