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Infonetics Research: VoIP services market nears $50 billion mark; breakout year for SIP trunking
[March 30, 2011]

Infonetics Research: VoIP services market nears $50 billion mark; breakout year for SIP trunking


(Market Wire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) CAMPBELL, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 03/30/11 -- Market research firm Infonetics Research (http://twitter.com/infonetics) this week released VoIP and UC Services and Subscribers, a market share and forecast report that includes two Business VoIP Service Provider Scorecards that will be published later this year, and an IP Centrex Provider Tracker highlighting deployments by provider, region, service, and platform.



ANALYST NOTE"The VoIP service market weathered the economic turmoil of the last couple of years, and, with increasing customer adoption, reached $49.8 billion in 2010 (compared to $34.8 billion in 2008). While the residential services segment remains the largest of the market at 69% of total revenue, business VoIP services are growing at faster rates; a notable example: SIP trunking had a breakout year with 143% revenue growth in 2010," notes Diane Myers, directing analyst for VoIP and IMS at Infonetics Research.

VOIP SERVICES MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Infonetics Research forecasts the combined business and residential/SOHO VoIP services market to grow to $74.5 billion in 2015 Managed IP PBX business VoIP service revenue is expected to more than double from 2010 to 2015 NTT of Japan retains its leadership as the world's largest residential VoIP service provider, followed by Comcast and France Télécom The fastest growing segments of the VoIP services market are SIP trunking and hosted UC telephony The number of residential VoIP subscribers increased 19% in 2010 to 157 million worldwide Based on healthy demand for cloud-based services, the number of seats for IP Centrex and hosted UC services grew 20% in 2010 REPORT SYNOPSISInfonetics' VoIP and UC Services and Subscribers report, published twice per year, features an IP Centrex Provider Tracker and provides worldwide and regional market size, forecasts, and analysis of residential/SOHO (small office, home office) VoIP services, business VoIP and UC services, and VoIP subscribers. Business voice services tracked include managed IP PBX services, hosted VoIP and unified communication (UC) services (IP Centrex by business size, UC applications, UC telephony), and IP connectivity services (VoIP VPN/IP access, SIP trunking, IP integrated access). Regions tracked include North America, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa), Asia Pacific, and Central and Latin America (CALA).


Consumer VoIP subscriber market share is provided for AT&T, Cablevision, Charter, Comcast, Cox, Embratel NetFone, France Télécom, KDDI, LG Dacom, LibertyGlobal, NTT, ONO, Optus, Rogers, SFR, SK Broadband, SoftBank, Tele2 Netherlands, Telecom Italia, Time Warner Cable, Vonage, and many others.

The service includes two Business VoIP Service Provider Scorecards: one scorecard that analyzes and ranks the top 10 IP Centrex and top 10 IP connectivity service providers in North America, published May 4, and one scorecard that analyzes and ranks the top 10 IP Centrex service providers in EMEA, published Aug. 4.

SALES Larry Howard, Vice President: [email protected], +1-408-583-3335 Scott Coyne, Senior Account Director: [email protected], +1-408-583-3395 To download report prospectuses, tables of contents, highlights, etc., log in to http://www.infonetics.com/login and go to RESEARCH, SERVICE PROVIDER VOIP AND IMS.

RELATED RESEARCH IMS equipment market hits the half-billion-dollar mark, led by Asia and Europe 42% jump in session border controllers (SBCs) boosts 2010 carrier VoIP market Rich Communication Suite (RCS) relegated to niche status N. American carriers to reap $246B from residential video, voice, Internet services in 2010 Session border controller survey shows growing use of SBCs for VoIP interconnection BT, T-Systems, Vodafone top hosted business VoIP services leaders in EMEA UPCOMING RESEARCH North America Business VoIP Service Provider Scorecard Service Provider VoIP Equipment and Subscribers (1Q11 Edition) IMS Equipment and Subscribers (1Q11 Edition) Total Service Provider VoIP and IMS Equipment and Subscribers Pivot IMS Services Strategies, Product Features, Vendor Leadership: Service Provider Survey EMEA Business VoIP Service Provider Scorecard Infonetics Research is an international market research and consulting firm serving the communications industry since 1990. A leader in defining and tracking emerging and established technologies in all world regions, Infonetics helps clients plan, strategize, and compete more effectively.

Image Available: http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/frame_mw?attachid=1562311 Lead Analyst: Diane Myers Directing Analyst, VoIP and IMS Infonetics Research Email Contact http://twitter.com/dianemyers +1-408-583-3391 Source: Infonetics Research

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