This IDC study examines in detail the Norwegian UC market — hosted as well as enterprise solutions — and provides spending for 2009–2014. This IDC study will help organizations understand the players and position themselves in this fast-evolving market.
The Norwegian unified communications (UC) market performed well despite the crisis. The Norwegian UC market is standing at a crossroads as the market is quickly evolving from an immature technology concept to a viable and sustainable business area. "UC is now an accepted term in the end-user community for communications solutions aimed at making employees more efficient and productive," said Brian Troelsen, research editor, IDC Nordic. "Hosted solutions seem to be ready to take the next leap into a new market phase; this also opens up for new breeds of competitors. The UC market is approaching a more mature market phase opening up for new partnerships, new competitive threats, and new market opportunities as well," ended Troelsen.