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November 2011 Revenues from Multiscreen Content Platforms to Top $21 Billion in 2015 The world is moving toward ubiquitous multiscreen connectivity, and new devices are making all content personal. Consumers are viewing professional video programs on tablets, smartphones, laptops, netbooks, and in vehicles. (November 29, 2011) July 2011 Business Mobile VoIP Usage to Approach 83 Million Lines/Seats in 2015 Mobile VoIP is an extension of VoIP that allows for IP-based calls to be made from a mobile handset. Voice traffic travels over the available broadband connection, whether that connection is 3G, EDGE, Wi-Fi, or GPRS. (July 5, 2011) June 2011 SMB Multi-Service Business Gateway Revenue to Approach $1.1 Billion in 2015 Enterprises are moving more data and services to the central data center, and increasingly, more small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) are relying on service providers to provide hosted services. (June 1, 2011) May 2011 Business Wi-Fi/Cellular Phone Shipments Approached 247 Million Units in 2010 Global economic challenges have slowed sales of IP phones, but the movement toward IP telephony systems continues. While corded IP phones remain the standard in business, Wi-Fi/cellular handsets continue to grow (May 26, 2011) Cloud Storage Is Not the Death Knell for Worldwide Small and Medium Business (SMB) Network-Attached Storage (NAS); SMB NAS Revenues to Reach $2 Billion in 2015 According to a recent In-Stat survey, over seven in ten small and medium-size businesses that use cloud-based storage solutions also use networked-attached storage (NAS). (May 24, 2011) April 2011 Worldwide Annual Shipments of Multi-Service Business Gateways to Approach 1.8 Million Units by 2015 Multi-Service Business Gateways (MSBGs) combine data routing, VoIP, switching, security and analog voice interfaces into one device. The global recession has wreaked havoc across the economy but the MSBG market has fared relatively well (April 27, 2011) February 2011 Business and Consumer IP Phone Shipments to Exceed 40 Million in 2015 Worldwide sales of IP phones picked up momentum in 2010, as the movement toward IP telephony systems continues. Within the business market, corded IP phones remain the standard, and will continue to dominate (February 7, 2011) January 2011 Business Mobile VoIP Gateway Revenues to Soar Past $6 Billion in 2015 Voice-over-IP (VoIP), the technology that has revolutionized voice services over the past several years and has brought calling costs down for residential and business customers alike, (January 12, 2011) September 2010 Multiscreen TV Delivery to Propel Worldwide Sales of Multiformat Transcoders to Approach $300 Million in 2014 Top-tier TV service providers across geographic regions are expected to purchase multiformat transcoding equipment for their multiscreen delivery services (September 22, 2010) April 2010 Increased HD Programming Bolsters the Integrated Receiver Decoder Shipments The integrated receiver decoder (IRD) market will grow unit shipments steadily over the next several years, though revenue will be hampered by falling average selling prices (ASPs) (April 8, 2010) March 2010 VoIP Penetration Strongest in the Government Sector, Where 48% of Respondents Report VoIP is Deployed in At Least One Location New research from In-Stat reveals that the government vertical is among the strongest industry verticals for VoIP adoption (March 16, 2010) February 2010 SIP Trunking and Wireless Poised to Bolster Unified Communications Market Two trends are poised to enhance the richness of unified communications (February 16, 2010) Ultra-HD Video and 3D Video on the Horizon As High-Definition (HD) video has hit its stride worldwide, the TV and film industry are looking ahead to the next new thing (February 3, 2010) VoIP Penetration Forecast to Reach 79% of US Businesses by 2013 VoIP penetration among US businesses will increase rapidly over the next few years, reaching 79% by 2013, compared to 42% at the end of 2009 (February 2, 2010) January 2010 Advanced Video Advertising Grows Online and On Next Gen Pay-TV Services The world of advertising is changing dramatically with shifts in consumer behavior and growing online and pay TV video-on-demand (VOD) services (January 13, 2010) December 2009 Multi-Service Business Gateway Sales Shift to Emerging Markets Multi-Service Business Gateway (MSBG) equipment manufacturers have shifted their focus from the US enterprise branch-office market to small businesses and selected vertical markets around the world (December 22, 2009) November 2009 Traditional and Pay TV Services Migrating Infrastructure to More Efficient CDN and Data Center Models Traditional Video-on-Demand services, and traditional “siloed” video services currently use a great deal of proprietary, or industry-specific, equipment (November 24, 2009) Unified Communications is Migrating to ‘The Cloud’ Unified communications is migrating to ‘the cloud’, as vendors begin positioning it as a service rather than a product (November 23, 2009) As High-Definition TV Goes Mainstream, In-Stat Looks Forward to Ultra-High Definition TV While the market for High-Definition TV (HDTV) has hit the mainstream, the industry has already started speculating about the commercialization of Ultra-High Definition (UHD) (November 2, 2009) As High-Definition TV Goes Mainstream, In-Stat Looks Forward to Ultra-High Definition TV While the market for High-Definition TV (HDTV) has hit the mainstream, the industry has already started speculating about the commercialization of Ultra-High Definition (UHD) (November 2, 2009) October 2009 Multi-Service Business Gateway Market to Return to Growth after Slow 2009 A victim of the weak economy and job losses, In-Stat expects that multi-service business gateway (MSBG) shipments for enterprise branch office applications will decline in 2009 (October 14, 2009) September 2009 Interactive Program Guides Transform as Internet Content Migrates onto the TV Next-generation Interactive Program Guides (IPG) are emerging that help consumers wade through a proliferation of TV programs, movies, concerts and sporting events (September 29, 2009) August 2009 Fixed Mobile Convergence Still Struggles To Gain Traction Fixed mobile convergence (FMC), the transparent and seamless hand-off of active voice calls between cellular and Wi-Fi networks using a dual-mode phone, can be a powerful enabling tool for businesses (August 19, 2009) Increasing Over-the-Top Video Drives Opportunity for Content Delivery Network Services Past US$ 2 Billion Annually by 2011 Over the next five years, the worldwide value of Content Delivery Network (CDN) services will pass US$ 2 Billion annually by 2011 and continue growing thereafter (August 18, 2009) July 2009 Over-the-Top Video and Content Delivery Networks Will Transform Video-On-Demand Provisioning Next generation video-on-demand technology—known as Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) and Data Centers—will dramatically change the business model and the user experience for video delivery services (July 14, 2009)