Daily News 2005/08/02

IBM cooperating with Avaya for the development of VoIP techniques and Web-based conference products

This Wednesday, IBM and Avaya announced that they would work together to develop VoIP technique and web-based conference products for IBM.
The two companies have established cooperation relationship since 2001, and this time they will strengthen the relationship by enhancing the combination of the products of them two. IBM will use Avaya's VoIP technique in the Lotus Notest and Sametime IM products to make it possible for the users to make contact through phone calls or IM when there is no e-mail box or IM terminals.

SCNB Surpass giving hand to Beijing Telecom

Recently, SIEMENS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK LTD, BEIJING signed a contract with Beijing Telecom. Through the cooperation, Beijing Telecom will get a more flexible way of access and more value-added applications (such as voice-data combination service, multi-media service) through the purchase of NGN, and will gain more market share by adopting SIEMENS' powerful NGN solution and opening API. The contract involves soft switch, media gateway, terminal equipment, value-added service, etc.

Market value of VoIP service will reach 12 billion Euro in Europe in 5 years

According to the research report made by Analysys, there will be 32 million users of VoIP telephone service in Europe in the coming five years.
Correspondingly, the expenses for IP telephone system and relevant services will increase at an annual rate of 17％, reaching 12 billion Euro in the end.
The report says that by 2010 there will be 1.6 million employees in west Europe deciding to use mobile phone instead of traditional fixed telephone in the office.
However, the report warned that unless the enterprise needs a new voice system, it could not prove whether the investment in the IP telephone system is worthy or not.
Analysys anticipates that with the development of IP telephone and mobile phone service, the traditional TDM business will shrink gradually, and as a result the expenses for enterprise voice system and service will decrease at an annual rate of 1.3％.