In Enterprise Markets and Found Unified Communications Growing.

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IP share in many countries surprisingly low — Tight budgets limit investments in emerging countries — Unified Communications clearly growing — Replacement cycles for IP-based solutions shortened only marginally.

Stuttgart, Germany — Enterprises, anywhere in the world, deploy IP telephony solutions but the share of IP lines varies strongly and, in several cases, it is still surprisingly low. While countries as the UK or the US record over 90% of IP lines out of the total shipped (>400 segment), in other countries this figure can be as low as 40%, for instance in Argentina, India, Russia or Turkey.

Some of the reasons for this are straightforward. Companies in emerging economies often have tighter budgets and, on average, IP phones remain somewhat more expensive for a non-obvious direct advantage. Furthermore, an IP-base telephony solution requires a VoIP-ready LAN (Local Area Network), which may not be ubiquitous in developing countries and which would require an extra investment to deploy. But even in Western countries, — in North America or in Western Europe — analogue/TDM lines are still deployed in some verticals (e.g. hospitals, for instance for some patient rooms) or in particular locations (inessential rooms, for instance).

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