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25 Million Lines of Voice-Over-DSL to Create New Service Opportunities, Says New Report From Communications Industry Researchers PR Newswire - January 14, 2000 07:45 Jump to first matched term CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- In a just-released report, Communications Industry Researchers, Inc., (CIR) projects that by 2005, almost 25 million lines of VoDSL will be deployed worldwide with only about a third of these lines being installed in North America. (See chart) In all parts of the world, CIR envisions the users of VoDSL as mainly in the small business and telecommuter segment. But, CIR's new report concludes that Voice over DSL (VoDSL) represents more than just another transport technology. Instead, it will be a major enabling technology for a new generation of voice services for the small and medium enterprise (SME), telecommuter and small office/home office (SOHO) market. The new CIR report, Voice-over-DSL: A Market Opportunity Analysis, lists the new service revenue opportunities that will be created by the spread of VoDSL. It says that VoDSL will provide the means to deliver IP Centrex features that will allow innovative carriers to combine fixed, wireline and time-shifted voice (voice mail) in new ways and for new applications. VoDSL will also enable real time voice interaction with e-commerce applications. While some of these services are already with us, CIR claims that it will open up the market by providing these services to end users who might otherwise have had to use leased facilities. A World of Opportunity According to Voice-over-DSL: A Market Opportunity Analysis innovative next generation service providers who seize on the opportunities created by VoDSL stand to generate significant new revenues. However, CIR believes that it will not only be the service providers that benefit from the arrival of voice-over-DSL. The new CIR report is especially bullish on the opportunities that will be available from VoDSL when the leading software companies (such as Microsoft, Sun, Oracle, IBM) team with the leading data carriers (Covad, NorthPoint, SBC/Prodigy) to enable new applications on the VoDSL platform. Voice-over-DSL: A Market Opportunity Analysis also foresees opportunities for equipment vendors flowing from the VoDSL revolution. However, it expects that over the next few years, VoDSL will increasingly become a standard feature of DSL devices. And the report goes on to warn readers that they should not underestimate the potential of the new voice paradigm that VoDSL will create and that this potential is not just in the U.S., but worldwide. Voice-over-DSL: A Market Opportunity Analysis provides the reader with a complete understanding of the service, software and equipment opportunities presented by VoDSL. This includes market forecasts for VoDSL deployment in North America, Latin America, Asia and Europe, along with profiles and strategic assessments of the leading vendors involved with this new technology. In addition, VoDSL user requirements are analyzed separately for small business enterprises, home offices and telecommuters. The Table of Contents for Voice-over-DSL: A Market Opportunity Analysis is available at CIR's Web site (http://www.cir-inc.com). The report is priced at $1,995. CIR's reports are also available in PDF format at an additional charge. Further details of this and other CIR studies can be obtained from Robert Nolan at 617-923-7611 or email to: rob@cir-inc.com. Based in Charlottesville, Virginia, Communications Industry Researchers, Inc. was founded in 1979. The company publishes market studies and carries out demanding custom market research assignments on the commercial aspects of new communications technologies. CIR specializes in the areas of network access, optical networking, network intelligence. It provides objective expertise for the vendor, service provider and user communities that is client focused but not client directed. Installed base of VoDSL Lines (000s) USA Europe Asia Latin America Total 2000 284 128 135 57 603 2005 8,600 6,490 6,851 2,884 24,825 SOURCE Communications Industry Researchers, Inc.