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Traditional Videoconferencing Industry Remains Flat ... Yet Again...

May 4, 2006 | HSL

The May 4th, 2006 edition of the Wainhouse Research Bulletin published Q1 2006 numbers for Polycom and Tandberg. They weren't pretty...

Despite:

* $50+ a barrel oil for the majority of 2005
* 5 Airline bankruptcies
* A decline in the convenience and "glamour" of commercial aviation
* A continually globalizing economy
* Significant Merger and Acquisition activity (especially internationally)
* Continuing improvements in the quality and cost-effectiveness of IP networks
* A slew of firewall traversal solutions for improving inter-company utility
* Increasing adoption of improved resolution H.264 video codecs

The traditional videoconferencing industry has managed to, once again, tread water and suck wind.

Polycom Traditional Videoconferencing Revenue Flat.jpg

Tandberg Traditional Videoconferencing Endpoint Revenue Flat.png

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