RENO, NV -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 08/15/06 -- According to a recently published report by Synergy Research Group, the worldwide Enterprise IP Telephony market increased 13.7 percent sequentially and 30.4 year-over-year driven strongly by IP Phone sales in the quarter. For the first time, the APAC region outperformed the U.S. and EMEA regions in Enterprise Telephony sales.

Q2 2006 was dominated by the heavyweights Cisco, Nortel, Avaya and Alcatel. They experienced the most substantial growth worldwide -- each growing their Enterprise IP Telephony shipments by double digits. Cisco had a tremendous quarter enabling them to grab the number one market share ranking in worldwide IP Telephony.

"IP Phone growth drove the quarter," said Ryan Olsen, Analyst at Synergy Research Group. "This significant growth was recognized by all of the large players. A highlight for the quarter was the historic benchmark that was achieved by Cisco who shipped over one million IP Phones as well as Avaya who shipped over one million Converged Lines."

Table 1. Q2 2006 WW Enterprise IP Telephony Market Shares
                         Position              Q-Q Growth

Cisco                       1                      + 29.0

Avaya                       2                      + 14.7

Nortel                      3                      + 20.6

Alcatel                     4                       + 9.3

Mitel                       5                       + 2.7


Table 2. Q2 2006 APAC Enterprise IP Telephony Market Shares
                         Position                Q-Q Growth

Avaya                       1                       - 6.3

Alcatel                     2                      + 11.1

Cisco                       3                      + 40.6

NEC                         4                     + 226.3

Nortel                      5                      + 78.1

APAC out performed both the EMEA and U.S. regions where Enterprise IP Telephony sales were up 39 percent year-over-year. This is compared to year-over-year Enterprise Telephony sales growth of 31 percent in the U.S. and 25 percent in the EMEA.

About the Reports

Synergy's Q2 2006 Enterprise VoIP Market Share reports are available for purchase at www.srgresearch.com or by contacting Heather Wilson at 775-852-3330. Synergy provides separate Market Share and Forecast reports for Enterprise VoIP for Worldwide, U.S., EMEA, UK, APAC, and LAM regions.

About Synergy Research Group

Synergy Research Group is regarded as the definitive authority for networking and telecom market research by Wall Street firms, leading equipment vendors, and component manufacturers. Synergy can be found at www.srgresearch.com

The contents of this press release represent SRG's interpretation and analysis of statistics and information collected from authorized company representatives, industry sources, and SRG estimates. SRG does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the statistics or information contained in this release.

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