VoIP and Wi-Fi equipment revenues to reach $15bn by 2012

The enterprise VoIP over Wi-Fi equipment market is to reach $15 billion by 2012, new research reveals.

A new report by Juniper Research, claims the total market for enterprise VoIP access points and VoIP WLAN switch/mobility controllers will be worth around $2 billion this year growing to $15 billion in five years.

VoIP access points for enterprises are expected to reach over $5 billion in revenues by 2012, growing from $930 million this year. North American revenues are expected to grow from $442 million in 2007 to $1.75 billion in 2012.

Juniper added that revenues in the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region and the Asia Pacific region are expected to reach $1.7 billion and $1.6 billion respectively by 2012.

VoIP WLAN switch/ mobility controllers for enterprises are expected to reach almost $8 billion by 2012, growing from just under $1 billion in 2007.

North American revenues are expected to grow from around a $0.5 billion in 2007 to $2.7 Billion in 2012 with EMEA and Asia Pac revenues reaching $2.7 billion and $1.4 billion respectively by 2012.

A re cent report by the Economist Intelligence Unit revealed new online voice over IP (VoIP) services are the greatest threat to fixed-line revenues with 68 per cent of respondents identifying VoIP operators as the primary cause of declining revenues.

The report found that over 80 per cent of industry executives believe that voice calls will no longer make up the primary revenue source for communications carriers within six years and over half believe this will happen within the next four years.