[April 10, 2012]

Infonetics Research: VoIP Services Market Growing Strong as Businesses Seek Flexibility, Easier Management

Market research firm Infonetics Research recently published two voice over IP reports: its new SIP Trunking and Enterprise SBC Strategies: North American Enterprise Survey and its latest VoIP and UC Services and Subscribers Market Share and Forecast, which tracks residential/SOHO and business VoIP and unified communications (UC) services and ranks service providers by VoIP subscriber market share.

ANALYST NOTE

"The revenue that service providers derive from their residential and SOHO VoIP subscribers still eclipses what they get from businesses, but the business segment is growing about twice as fast, due in large part to the surging popularity of SIP trunking and hosted VoIP and UC services. Adoption of VoIP services across both the residential and business segments continues to grow, and we expect strong global growth in VoIP service revenue over at least the next five years," expects Diane Myers, directing analyst for VoIP and IMS at Infonetics Research (News - Alert).

VOIP AND UC SERVICES MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

• Global service provider revenue from business and residential/SOHO VoIP services totaled nearly $58 billion in 2011, up 16% from the previous year
• The number of seats for hosted business VoIP and unified communications services is on track to more than double between 2012 and 2016
• SIP trunking service revenue jumped 128% in 2011 from the previous year, as businesses adopt SIP trunking for flexibility, centralization of resources and cost effective voice connectivity
• Demand for cloud-based services helped push hosted PBX and UC service revenue up 33% and seats up 44% in 2011
• The number of residential and SOHO VoIP subscribers grew 14% in 2011, to over 178 million worldwide, as more households opt for no fixed-line voice connection
  • Two years ago, Infonetics forecast residential VoIP subscribers to reach 176 million in 2011, accurate within 1% of the actual
• NTT (News - Alert) retains its leadership as the world's largest VoIP service provider in 2011, with close to 7% of global residential and SOHO subscribers, followed by Comcast and France Télécom

REPORT SYNOPSIS

Infonetics' biannual VoIP and UC Services and Subscribers report provides service provider VoIP subscriber market share and worldwide and regional market size, forecasts, and analysis of residential/SOHO (small office, home office) VoIP services and business VoIP and UC services (revenue, seats, trunks, subscribers). Business voice services tracked: managed IP PBX services, hosted VoIP and UC services and IP connectivity services). Service providers tracked: AT&T, Cablevision, Charter, Comcast, Cox, Embratel NetFone, France Télécom, KDDI (News - Alert), LG Dacom, LibertyGlobal, NTT, ONO, Optus, Rogers, SFR, SK Broadband, SoftBank, Telecom Italia, Time Warner Cable, Verizon, Vonage, and many others.

SIP TRUNKING AND ENTERPRISE SBC SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS

• Businesses continue to migrate to VoIP on their premises, but when it comes to calling outside their business, legacy technologies are not disappearing any time soon: T1 lines are still the most commonly used trunking servie today, and will be in 2014
• However, the use of SIP trunking is growing: of the North American enterprises participating in Infonetics' survey, a third use SIP trunks today, and a total of 42% plan to by 2014
• Centralization, easier management, and switching as part of infrastructure upgrade top the list of reasons businesses are deploying SIP trunking
• The market for SIP trunking is wide open for providers to make their mark in SIP trunking, with no single provider dominating the landscape today: though incumbent providers AT&T (News - Alert) and Verizon are in use by the most respondents, providers such as RingCentral, Comcast, Bandtel, Charter, 8x8 (News - Alert), CenturyLink, and Sprint show up in survey responses as providers enterprises are evaluating

For its SIP Trunking and Enterprise SBC Strategies: North American Enterprise Survey, Infonetics' surveyed 103 purchase-decision makers at medium and large enterprises about their deployment plans for SIP trunking and enterprise SBC services. The report includes analysis and end-user responses to questions about SIP trunking deployment models, reasons for and against deploying SIP trunking, capacity, interconnections, extensions, spending plans, IP PBX manufacturers and SIP trunking service providers used now and under evaluation, and top criteria for choosing a SIP trunking service provider.

RELATED RESEARCH

• Latest Infonetics VoIP research newsletter: http://bit.ly/Hajc7o
• High-growth segments kicking into gear in 2012 in carrier VoIP and IMS equipment market
• ShoreTel Makes a Hosted Move
• Mobile broadband, smartphones, LTE drive Diameter signaling controllers to 106% CAGR
• 15 million Rich Communication Suite (RCS) subscribers by 2013
• Operators name Acme Packet top SBC vendor; SIP trunking, interconnection driving SBCs
• Telecom capex up 6% to $311B in 2011, rev. up 8% to $1.86T, driven by mobile broadband
• Mobile VoIP subscribers will near 410 million by 2015; VoLTE still a long way off

UPCOMING RESEARCH

Download report highlights, prospectuses, tables of contents, etc. at http://www.infonetics.com/login (see SERVICE PROVIDER VOIP AND IMS or ENTERPRISE VOICE, VIDEO, AND UC).

• Log in to download Infonetics' 2012 Research Publication Calendar: http://bit.ly/zwjcRs
• Enterprise SBC Market Size and Forecast
• North America Business VoIP Service Leadership Scorecard
• Service Provider VoIP and IMS Equipment and Subscribers Market Share and Forecast
• Mobile VoIP Services and Subscribers Market Size and Forecasts
• IMS Service Strategies, Product Features, Vendor Leadership: Service Provider Survey
• EMEA Business VoIP Service Leadership Scorecard
• UC Deployment Strategies: North American Enterprise Survey

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Infonetics continues to rapidly expand and is looking to hire more people. See http://bit.ly/jmXOYO for current job openings, which include a senior Video analyst and market analyst with enterprise VoIP expertise and a marketing writer with digital marketing and social networking experience.

SALES

• N. America (West), Asia, Latin America: Larry Howard, larry@infonetics.com, +1-408-583-3335
• N. America (East), Texas, Midwest: Scott Coyne, scott@infonetics.com, +1-408-583-3395
• Europe, Middle East, Africa: George Stojsavljevic, george@infonetics.com, +44-755-488-1623
• Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp

Infonetics Research (www.infonetics.com) 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 effectively.

Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=50231474&lang=en

[ Back To Contact Center Solutions Homepage's Homepage ]