Worldwide IP PBX 2005-2009 Forecast and Analysis

This IDC study presents our forecast of the worldwide IP PBX market for 2004–2009. The total worldwide IP PBX market will grow to more than $8.9 billion in 2009, a CAGR of more than 23%. Including IP telephones, the market will exceed $10.9 billion in 2009, a CAGR of more than 19%.

"It would be foolish to fail to respond to the IP PBX groundswell. Traditional PBXs continue to be sold, to be sure, but it will be increasingly difficult to make a profit in selling them. Unfortunately, laggards in entering the IP space will find it particularly difficult to adopt the IP PBX mentality, which may mean having to drop out of enterprise telephony entirely." — Paul Strauss, research manager, Enterprise Networks