Market Analysis

EMEA IT market poised for slowdown in 2009, says IDC

Stuart — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:53:37 +0000

IDC's latest update on IT spending in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa reveals a bleaker outlook for the near term in the wake of the worldwide financial crisis. Growth of just under 3% is now expected for the EMEA IT market in 2009, which represents a 1.5-point drop compared to IDC's previous, pre-crisis forecast.

Surviving a 30% fall in sales

Stuart — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:21:22 +0000

Given the very real possibility that any of the UK's 741 network & data communications companies could see their sales fall by as much as 30% in 2009, industry analyst Plimsoll has published a guide to help managers understand the impact this would have on the market and how each individual company would react.

IPT tops the league for revenue generation

Stuart — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:18:38 +0000

According to data from Point Topic there were 66.8 million IP Telephony subscribers at the end of 2007 generating over $10.1 billion dollars in revenue in the year. Latest estimates indicate that subscriptions have grown to 77.2 million worldwide, adding more than 10 million users in the 6 months to the end of June 2008.

Outlook for 2009, according to analyst Plimsoll

Stuart — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:24:32 +0000

2009 is set to be an exciting year for the UK Communications Equipment market. Despite the problems facing the overall UK economy, the players in the UK communications equipment sector need to be ready and prepared for a series of unique opportunities that will present themselves in the year ahead.

Market view

Ovum analyses Microsoft 's new Security Intelligence report

Stuart — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:18:28 +0000

Microsoft has released its Security Intelligence report covering the first half of 2008. It shows that the volume of threats is increasing and the distribution of threat types continues to evolve.

Consumers worldwide getting a better deal on broadband

Stuart — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:10:06 +0000

Consumers across the world are getting a better deal on broadband prices and speeds than ever before, says Point Topic's latest report on global broadband tariffs (based on standalone packages only).

Worldwide telecoms market on pace to reach $2 trillion in 2008

Stuart — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:26:09 +0000

The worldwide telecommunications market is on pace to reach $2 trillion in 2008, a 7.6 percent increase from 2007 revenue of $1.8 trillion, according to Gartner, Inc. The industry does face challenges as growth in the fixed voice sector and in the most developed countries has slowed or even begun to shrink.

Openreach makes gains

Stuart — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:33:25 +0000

After what can only be described as a rocky start, WLR3 finally seems on track to deliver equivalence of access to the BT network for rival communications providers (CPs), reports Adam Oxford.

Global Q2 2008 PBX/IP PBX market round-up

Stuart — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:47:49 +0000

Worldwide sales of PBX and IP PBX extensions (excluding Micro PBX products) declined by one per cent in the period April to June 2008 compared to the same period in 2007, according to MZA in its latest ‘Corded PBX/IP PBX Market' report for Q2 2008.

Microsoft weathers early economic downturn and adjusts outlook

Stuart — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:30:59 +0000

Even as Microsoft hunkers down for what could be a long and deep
worldwide recession, the company believes it can outperform the overall
IT market and continue to achieve healthy growth rates. We wouldn't bet
against it. writes Dwight Davis, Vice President, Ovum Summit.