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Study: VoIP Adoption Growing Among Small Businesses
July 24, 2007
According to a recent report by Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for information about the telecommunications and networking industries, IP
lines being installed into small and medium businesses (SMB) will grow 30% a year over the next five years.
lines being installed into small and medium businesses (SMB) will grow 30% a year over the next five years. "The SMB market has lagged large enterprises in adopting VoIP," said Alan Weckel, Analyst of IP Telephony Enterprise Research at Dell'Oro Group. "Vendors are developing new products and bundling solutions to target these businesses and address the unique needs of the different vertical markets within the SMB segment. With better mobility and application integration, small businesses are beginning to get excited about and upgrade to VoIP," Weckel added.
According to the report, IP lines will grow from slightly less than 20% of line shipments into SMBs in 2006 to almost 60% in 2011. In contrast, digital and analog line shipments will decline at an average of 10% a year through 2011. Traditional systems will fair even worse, declining to less than 5% of the total market by 2011.
," said Alan Weckel, Analyst of IP Telephony Enterprise Research at Dell'Oro Group. "Vendors are developing new products and bundling solutions to target these businesses and address the unique needs of the different vertical markets within the SMB segment. With better mobility and application integration, small businesses are beginning to get excited about and upgrade to VoIP," Weckel added. According to the report, IP lines will grow from slightly less than 20% of line shipments into SMBs in 2006 to almost 60% in 2011. In contrast, digital and analog line shipments will decline at an average of 10% a year through 2011. Traditional systems will fair even worse, declining to less than 5% of the total market by 2011.
The report offers a complete overview of the IP Telephony Enterprise industry with tables covering manufacturers' revenue, average selling prices, line (analog/digital and IP) shipments for IP PBX, Hybrid IP/TDM PBX, traditional PBX, traditional key systems, and IP telephones.
PBX, traditional PBX, traditional key systems, and IP telephones. Spencer Chin is a contributing editor for virtual-pbx. To see more of his articles, please visit his columnist page.
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