Monday, June 4, 2012

Enterprise Videoconferencing and Telepresence Market Growth Decelerates

There was  a noticeable deceleration in enterprise telepresence and videoconferencing market growth in the first quarter of 2012, with videoconferencing revenue growing 14.4 percent year over year, well below the 23 percent to 25 percent year-over-year growth range witnessed in the prior three consecutive quarters. 


Compared to the fourth quarter of 2011, the enterprise videoconferencing market declined 21 percent. 


The single-codec telepresence market grew 28.5 percent, while the personal videoconferencing segment grew 52.6 percent, year over year.


The multi-codec immersive telepresence market declined 38.7 percentIDC says. 


The first quarter of 2012 was the fifth consecutive quarter of year-over-year declines for the immersive telepresence segment, IDC says. 

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