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Articles tagged with: Unified Communications
Unified Communications Industry Consolidation - Lessons Learned from Ericsson Acquisition
Opinion piece by Dorota Oviedo, Research Analyst, Unified Communications and
Collaboration Information & Communication Technologies, Frost & Sullivan
The unified communications (UC) industry has seen a strong consolidation
trend, which
Frost & Sullivan also expects to dominate the competitive landscape in the
near future.
Over the last years, Mitel acquired Inter-Tel, Aastra bought Ericsson's PBX
business,
and NEC purchased Sphere. More recently, privately held Avaya won a stalking
horse
auction for Nortel Enterprise Solutions, while Cisco announced that it will
follow its
previous acquisitions of WebEx, Jabber, and Postpath with that of Tandberg.
Further
industry announcements are anticipated, and are likely to include
non-traditional
telephony players.
more
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Distinctions in Unified Communications and Collaboration Will Disappear by 2013
Distinctions between the components of unified communications and collaboration (UCC) will no longer exist by 2013, according to Gartner. Analysts said that more than 50 per cent of the vendors in this space will fail to meet all the communications needs of collaborative workers. more
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Telenor to Offer Unified Communications Service
After running trials within its own head office for the past few years, Norway's Telenor says that it is now ready to launch a commercial Unified Communications (UC) service. A total of 30,000 Telenor employees currently use Unified Communications services. more
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Unified Communications Offer Superb Opportunity in Challenging ICT Market
According to the latest research by IDC, the unified communications (UC) market in Europe was worth $2.6 billion in 2008, and will grow at a CAGR of 39% to a value of $13.5 billion by 2013. This makes it one of the brightest spots in a very tough technology market. more
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Mobile Collaboration Will Finally Make UC a Success
Demand for mobile collaboration services that allow mobile business users to extend desktop applications to their smartphones and other wireless devices will also result in stronger uptake of unified communications (UC) products and services, as network operators and enterprises look to link mobile collaboration into the bigger connectivity picture, according to the latest report from Unstrung Insider. more
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OnRelay Trials Enterprise FMC with BT Global Services
OnRelay, a provider of cellular Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) software, has announced that they have entered into a customer trial agreement with the international services arm of UK landline operator, BT Global Services. more
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Unified Messaging Poised to Become a Ubiquitous Enterprise Communication Solution
The increasing globalization of business has caused enterprises to seek new ways to improve the productivity and efficiency of their workforce while performing multiple tasks (either at their desks or on-the-go). This has placed the spotlight on unified messaging (UM), the technology that facilitates anywhere and anytime access to non-real-time messaging. more
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Comstar Soft Launches WiMAX Network in Moscow
Russia's Comstar has soft launched a wireless broadband network in Moscow, which is based on standard 802.16e WiMAX technology. The full commercial launch of the wireless network using the 2.5-2.7 GHz frequency range and based on Nortel technological solutions is expected to be implemented in the second quarter of 2009. more
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Growth of Unified Communications Services to Dwarf Products Growth
Unified communications and collaboration is expected to see significant growth delivered as a hosted service according to a new study released by Wainhouse Research. Heavyweights Microsoft, Cisco, and IBM are all investing heavily to create offerings that integrate with their existing unified communications products into a hosted services framework. more
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Telephony Market to Crimp Unified Communications Market Growth
While Unified Communications (UC) has become a high tech marketing buzzword and the focus of major enterprise vendors including Avaya, Cisco, IBM Lotus, Microsoft, and Nortel, a new study released by Wainhouse Research concludes that UC product revenues will actually decrease by over $1 billion over the next two years before the market rebounds. more
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