ITPRO

Printed from www.itpro.co.uk

Register to receive our regular email newsletter at http://www.itpro.co.uk/reg/register.

The newsletter contains links to our latest IT news, product reviews, features and how-to guides, plus special offers and competitions.

Skip to navigation

    VoIP over Wi-Fi hunger to result in $15 billion appetite in 2012

The enterprise VoIP over Wi-Fi equipment market will reach $15bn by 2012, with Cisco leading the pack, claims new figures from Juniper Research.

By Maggie Holland, 28 Mar 2007 at 13:08

Demand for enterprise VoIP over Wi-Fi equipment will generate $2 billion in 2007 and will continue to grow over the next five years, helping to create a market worth $15 billion by 2012, according to Juniper Research.

The VoIP WLAN switch/mobility controller market will see the biggest growth, reaching just under $8 billion by 2012, with Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) generating $2.7 billion revenue during that time.

Meanwhile, the VoIP access point market will grow from $930 million this year to more than $5 billion in 2012, with revenues in EMEA topping $1.7 billion during that time.

Cisco is the most likely golden child during this time, with Juniper hailing it the undisputed leader in both the enterprise VoIP access point and VoIP WLAN switch/mobility controller markets.

"Cisco has a worldwide market presence and huge resources that makes it difficult for any other vendor to take market share. Other vendors such as Aruba Networks, Trapeze Networks, Proxim Wireless and Meru Networks are poised to face stiff competition, not being able to maintain a lead for more than two or three consecutive years. However, these companies are growing at a good pace and are almost on a par with each other in terms of the success in this sector," said Basharat Hamid Ashai, author of Juniper's report entitled Converged Wireless VoIP Handsets and Equipment, 2007-2012.

Single mode VoIP Wi-Fi handset shipments will rocket from $155 million worth this year to $1.5 billion five years from now.

The dominant player handset-wise is likely to be Polycom-owned Spectralink, largely down to its alliances with Alcatel, Avaya, Inter-Tel, NEC and Nortel, according to Juniper.

Email to a friend

Print this page

Social Bookmark this article: What is this?

Be the first to comment on this article

You need to Login or Register to comment.

advertisement

    Latest Internet Reviews

Mozilla Firefox 3.5 review

Rating: 5

Firefox has had its status as the number one IE alternative under threat for a while. Can it reclaim its position with the latest update?

Read more

 
advertisement

    Latest News Videos in Internet

Video: How to set up a Smoothwall firewall

Play Video: How to set up a Smoothwall firewall   Play

We take you through how to setup your own low-cost firewall system using nothing more than a low spec PC and free software.

 

    Whitepapers

Want more background on today's hottest IT trends?

Visit IT PRO's whitepaper library for more on virtualisation, encryption and other topics.

    Register for IT PRO

You'll get exclusive member benefits including free whitepapers, downloads, Webinars and weekly newsletters full of the latest IT PRO news, reviews, insight and expertise.

Advertisement