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Research and Markets Adds Report: WebRTC Market Status & Forecasts: The Hype is Justified - It will Change TelecomsMar 12, 2013 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "WebRTC Market Status & Forecasts: The Hype is Justified: It will Change Telecoms" report to its offerings. In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include: The first full analysis of the WebRTC marketplace & value chain: Disruptive Analysis has been the key analyst company following WebRTC since June 2011, only weeks after Google first open-sourced the key audio/video components for web browsers. Since then, WebRTC has featured prominently on this blog, in Disruptive Analysis research reports & consulting, conferences and in Future of Voice workshops. Over 100 interviews, discussions & meetings have covered WebRTC. The report is 160 pages in length, including detailed commentary, analysis, forecasts and over 50 tables and charts - and forms the cornerstone of ongoing coverage throughout 2013 and beyond. More than 70 companies involved in WebRTC products & services are discussed. Key takeaways - WebRTC adds easy, flexible voice & video into websites and apps - Applicable across sectors: telecoms, consumer web, enterprise etc - One of most disruptive web/telecoms innovations for years - Extremely fast pace of evolution: weeks and months, not years - Microsoft & Apple slow, but unlikely to cause major roadblocks - 3bn capable devices & 1bn individual users by end-2016 - -0 percent penetration of PCs by end of 2013 - Smartphone & tablet WebRTC will ramp from 2H 2014 on - PCs adopt WebRTC through browser; phones/tablets more complex - Early use-cases for web calling, conferencing, e-learning & verticals - Strong interest for UC, contact centres & IMS, but will take time... - .... so telcos must start work now, to work through the issues - Magnifies OTT threat for telcos, but also helps Telco-OTT - - Numerous gateway sub-types for vendors to target - Peer-to-peer use of WebRTC to drive unexpected new web innovations - Monetisation of WebRTC will be heavily use-case dependent - Still early pre-standard implementation. Caution/patience needed - But for once, the hype is justified Report information: http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/bvhpc5/webrtc_market ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) |