On-Premises Corporate Unified Communications Solutions Are Deployed at 18 Million Mailboxes

A New Study by The Radicati Group Shows Growing Demand for UC Solutions From Companies of All Sizes


PALO ALTO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- November 6, 2006 -- The latest study by The Radicati Group, "On-Premises Corporate Unified Communications Market, 2006-2010," provides market size, four-year forecasts, technology trends, and competitive information for the On-Premises Corporate Unified Communications market. The report also includes installed base and market share data broken out by Region and Business Size.

The growth of the UC market continues to be driven by the need of employees to more efficiently communicate with each other, as well as the desire to manage a variety of communication devices and applications in a cohesive manner. The potential for this market is huge -- with 18 million deployed on-premises UC mailboxes in 2006, this market is poised to grow to over 47 million deployed mailboxes by 2010.

Geographically, on-premises UC solutions today have the highest number of deployments in North America (47%), followed by Europe (37%). UC vendors are expected to collect about $559 million in worldwide revenues in 2006, growing to over $1.2 billion in 2010.

To order a copy of the study, or for additional information about our market research programs, please visit our web site at http://www.radicati.com, or call Ruchi Batra at (650) 322-8059.

About The Radicati Group, Inc.

The Radicati Group covers all aspects of email security, email archiving, regulatory compliance, wireless technologies, web services, identity management, instant messaging, unified communications, VoIP, and more. The company provides both quantitative and qualitative information, including detailed market size, installed base and forecast information on a worldwide basis, as well as detailed country breakouts.

The Radicati Group works with corporate organizations to assist them in selecting the right products and technologies to support their business needs, as well as with vendors to define the best strategic direction for their products. We also work with investment firms on a worldwide basis to help them identify and assess new investment opportunities.

The Radicati Group, Inc. is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, with offices in London, UK.

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