Telephone Equipment Sales Up 11%
Source: www.voip-news.com
A recent report, Enterprise Telephony, from Infonetics Research indicates that although spending dropped 1% in the second quarter of this year, research now has worldwide sales figures slightly back on track and up 11% for the third quarter. Must be all that end-of-the-year spending to make accountants happy.
“The Big Three (Avaya, Cisco, and Nortel) had excellent quarters, all growing well into the double digits,” said Matthias Machowinski, directing analyst for enterprise voice and data at Infonetics Research, in a recent press release. “The bump this quarter was partially due to seasonal factors, as the third quarter tends to be strong, but also because of increased demand across the board, even in the TDM segment. Overall, 2007 is on track for high single-digit growth over 2006.”
Additional highlights from the report include:
Cisco pulls away from the pack in 3Q07, after several quarters of neck and neck competition between the top 5 IP PBX vendors
Worldwide VoIP gateway sales are up 10% in 3Q07 over 2Q07
The overall enterprise telephony market is forecast to grow to $12 billion in 2010
Hybrid PBX systems account for 64% of all PBX/KTS system line shipments worldwide; pure IP lines account for 18%, TDM lines 17%
IP phone shipments are forecast to grow in the double digits each year through 2010
42% of all PBX/KTS and IP PBX system sales come from EMEA, 33% from North America, 18% from Asia Pacific, and 6% from CALA
