Mitel leads IP telephony pack

Mitel has emerged as the early IP telephony market leader for SMBs, according to a report by telco services outfit InfoTech.

The report, InfoTrack for Converged Communications: SMB Market Analysis and Forecast found that Mitel surpassed Avaya to claim top spot in the fast growing segment.

Survey participants expected an increase in the number sites that would be implementing IP telephony and converged applications in 2006.

Terry White, InfoTech vice president and senior program director said “almost 60 percent of SMBs strongly agreed that IP telephony will enable new converged applications that can change the way that SMB companies do business.”

The study shows 2005 revenue from IP telephony systems and converged applications for SMBs was US$1.4 billion.

By 2010, that market is projected to increase to US$3.3 billion, which represented an average annual growth rate of 19 percent.

Last year, converged applications accounted for only 20 percent of that total.

By 2010, the applications share is expected to jump to 46 percent of the total revenue.

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