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Worldwide PBX/IP PB
G
lobal sales of
MARKET ANALYSIS
PBX and IP
PBX extensions
(excluding Micro PBX
products) fell by seven per
cent Q4 2008, according to
MZA’s new Corded PBX/IP
PBX Market report. The study
It’s time all of us thought about becoming that little bit finds that just under 15 million
Greener. We can all help reduce our carbon footprint in extensions were supplied to
simple ways around the office. For example, by training the market, with the heaviest
our staff to be more aware, while encouraging recycling, declines recorded in Latin
car pooling, and the use of low energy light bulbs. America (down 16 per cent),
We already have products that help end users to reduce North America (down 10 per and Africa continued to This market area continues
their carbon footprint. Fax-2-email massively reduces cent) and European markets register growth (albeit of to experience double digit
paper consumption, as does online billing which is also (also down 10 per cent). a modest two per cent), growth in spite of falls in
quicker and more effective for the very latest accounting MZA discovered that one while the Asia Pacific region the overall corded PBX
procedures. Call conferencing facilities help reduce of the biggest changes in (including Japan) also market. The report reveals
the number of car journeys made between businesses. market dynamics has been demonstrated two per cent that Cisco, Panasonic
Meanwhile, hosted share servers for e-mail and CRM reduce in the Eastern European growth, with declines in and NEC attained the
electricity use. VoIP reduces infrastructure and energy region, which previously some more mature markets greatest market shares
requirements. All of these can equate to carbon credits had been experiencing being offset by growth at a global level.
which help businesses achieve their carbon neutral status. buoyant levels of growth. in other markets such as
In the meantime the telecoms industry and other business The trend has reversed as all China. MZA figures also The below 100 extensions
communities invest in technologies to help reduce CO2 markets in this region suffer show that the worldwide segments have performed
emissions. Various international telecom providers are heavy declines, especially penetration of IP extensions less well than enterprise
looking into mobile coverage being provided by solar, wind Russia and Hungary. into total deployments segments, where,
and bio-fuels to remote areas. Let’s all watch this space. at the desktop has now worldwide, the decline
Julie Mills, Sales Director, Nine Telecom On the upside, say MZA reached 25 per cent, up in the market averaged
analysts, Middle East from 21 per cent in Q4 2007. 10 per cent. In contracts,
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