Enterprise Communications Industry May Be Rebounding, No Jitter Reports

Leading Analyst Allan Sulkin Says Data from Market Leaders Shows IP Telephony
Shipments Improving

WESTMONT, Ill., Aug. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The enterprise communications industry
staged a comeback in the second quarter of 2009, with continued improvement
likely, according to an exclusive report posted today on NoJitter.com, the
TechWeb website for the enterprise communications industry.

Allan Sulkin, president of TEQConsult Group and the foremost analyst of the
enterprise communications industry, wrote in a No Jitter blog today that,
"Based on the raw reporting data from the leading IP telephony system
suppliers, shipments were up about 10% for Q2 2009 in North America compared
to the first quarter. After two consecutive double digit sequential quarterly
declines, shipments did a 180-degree turnaround last quarter. Product revenues
also increased, negating possible claims that huge discounts accounted for the
positive shipment data."

In his blog post, Sulkin cautioned that the numbers for all of 2009 are still
likely to be down compared with last year, but wrote that the situation is
much less dire than it had looked earlier this year: "My current forecast
estimate for the year's shipment decline is currently 12%, a far better
outcome than my earlier forecast of possibly 30%."

Sulkin will be posting a full-length feature on No Jitter when his quarterly
numbers are completed later this month, and the market's condition will also
be the topic of a presentation that Sulkin will deliver at TechWeb's VoiceCon
San Francisco conference and exhibition in November.

No Jitter publisher Fred Knight, who also serves as General Manager of the
VoiceCon event, said Sulkin's report shows that the time is now for enterprise
communications decision-makers to consider their next moves.

"With positive signs in the economy at large, and now within the enterprise
communications industry, network decision-makers must start to think about how
they will use these advancing technologies to give their enterprises a boost
coming out of the recession," Knight said. "While it's still too early to call
an end to the economic downturn--or to take our eye off the ball with regard
to cost-savings--those who neglect the upside potential now will be behind the
curve when things do start to improve more markedly."

"That's why VoiceCon San Francisco is going to be such an exciting event,"
Knight said. "We have an incredible program that offers tremendous in-depth
information that will help enterprises save money in the short term, at the
same time that they begin to plan their long-term strategy for growth and
technology advancement."

"The kind of information that No Jitter readers get on a daily basis is
presented at VoiceCon, with the added benefit of allowing attendees to
interact in person with the experts that No Jitter publishes on the Web,"
Knight said.

No Jitter is produced by the same team that presents the industry's leading
conference and exhibition events, the VoiceCon series. Knight serves as
program co-chairman of VoiceCon, together with No Jitter editor Eric Krapf. In
addition, many of the experts who speak at VoiceCon are also regular
contributors to No Jitter.

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