The next generation voice equipment market has reached $2.5 billion in 2005, according to Infonetics Research. Infonetics predicts that the market will increase 175% and reach $6.2 billion by 2009.


The next generation voice equipment market has reached $2.5 billion in 2005, a 50% increase compared to 2004, according to Infonetics Research. Infonetics predicts that the market will increase 175% and reach $6.2 billion by 2009.

The study also revealed that 14.2 million SOHO VOIP subscribers in Asia Pacific, and predicted to grow 251% to 49.9 million in 2009. There were 5.4 million subscribers in EMEA, predicted to grow 683% to 42.5 million in 2009. Also, there were 4.3 million subscribers in North America, predicted to grow 800% to almost 39.0 million in 2009.

Stephane Teral, directing analyst at Infonetics Research, said: “2005 was a watershed year for next gen voice, with VoIP subscriber uptake moving at a torrid pace, and numerous incumbents around the world committing to long-term migration projects that will lead to increased legacy switch removal and more next gen voice equipment deployments.” [Source]

Additional key findings included:

“¢ $21 billion will be spent on next gen voice equipment worldwide during the five-year period between 2005 and 2009.
“¢ Worldwide next gen voice equipment revenue was up 21% for the quarter, growing to $785.3 million in 4Q05.
“¢ Between 3Q05 and 4Q05, trunk media gateway revenue was up 39% to $375.2 million and softswitch revenue was up 6% to $321.1 million.
“¢ Huawei’s softswitch license shipments rank first for the quarter and calendar year with 26% market share worldwide in 2005.

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