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Published by: Key Note Publications Ltd
Published: Aug. 1, 2000 - 70 Pages
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
1. Market Definition
- Introduction
- Videoconferencing And Teleconferencing
- Types Of Videoconferencing
- Types Of Equipment
- Endpoint Equipment
- Personal Conferencing
- Baseline Consumer Systems
- Desktop Computerised Systems
- Set-Top Conferencing Systems
- Group Systems
- Videoconferencing Systems
- Group Or Room Systems
- Infrastructure Equipment
- H320/H323 Mcus
- Gateways
- Gatekeepers
- Main Components
- Equipment Installation
- Market Trends
2. Market Size
- Introduction
- Videoconferencing In The Uk, 1997-1999
- Market By Value (£M), 1996-2000
- By Market Sector
- 1998-2000
- Videoconferencing Endpoint Equipment
- Share (£M And %), 1999-2000
- Table 5: The Uk Videoconferencing Endpoint Equipment Market By Sector By Volume And Share (Units And %), 1999-2000
- Infrastructure Equipment
- 1998-2000
- Videoconferencing Installation
- 1996-2000
- A Global Perspective
- By Country (%), 1999
3. Industry Background
- Recent History
- New Standards
- The Internet
- Industry Concentration
- Distribution
- Trade Associations
- Communications Alliance
- Teleconferencing Consortium
4. Competitor Analysis
- The Marketplace
- Manufacturers/Distributors
- Of Endpoints By Subsector, 2000
- Produce, 2000
- Major Players
- Aethra
- Avistar Systems (Uk) Ltd
- Conferencing
- Cabletime Communications Ltd
- Elsa (Uk) Ltd
- Gentner Communications
- Imagecom Ltd
- Intel Corporation
- Motion Media Plc
- Picturetel Uk Ltd
- Polyspan Ltd
- Rsi Videoconferencing
- The Saville Group Ltd
- Sony Broadcast And Professional
- Tandberg Data (Uk) Ltd
- Vcon Uk Ltd
- Vtel Europe Ltd
- Zydacron (Europe) Ltd
- Zylotech Ltd
- Opportunities And Threats
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Opportunities
- Threats
6. Buying Behaviour
- Videoconferencing
- Buying Patterns
- Impact Of Industry Size
- Impact Of Company Structure
- By Sector (%), 1999
- Penetration By Region
- By Region (%), 1999
- Communication Purposes
7. Current Issues
- The Pc Industry
- The Threat To Dealers
- Direct Sales
- New Compression Technologies
- New Web-Based Services
- Video Phones
- Easier Access To Isdn
8. Forecasts
- Industry Trends
- The Growing Potential Of The Internet
- Switched Digital Networks
- Technologies, 2000 And 2005
- Standards Development
- Convergence
- Bridging Developments
- Mobile Conferencing
- Forecasts 2000 To 2005
- By Value (£M), 2000-2005
9. Company Profiles
- Cabletime Communications Ltd
- Imagecom Ltd
- Motion Media Plc
- Picturetel Uk Ltd
- The Saville Group Ltd
- Tandberg Data (Uk) Ltd
- Vtel Europe Ltd
10. Glossary
11. Further Sources
- Associations
- Periodicals
- Directories
- General Sources
- Bonnier Information Sources
- Government Publications
- Other Sources
- Key Note Research
AbstractThe UK videoconferencing market was worth £122m in 2000, growing by 28.4% over 1999. The rapid growth in value spend has been the result of a sharp increase in the penetration of videoconferencing products among UK companies, which has more than offset the rapid fall in unit prices.
Recent market growth has been led by the development of the set-top box product, which has proved attractive to medium and large companies alike, combining as it does low cost and high quality. Sales have also been driven forward by widespread price reductions and the falling cost of installation and telecommunications costs, the rapid growth of corporate networks (i.e. the infrastructure for videoconferencing), and changes to business structure and operations (e.g. knowledge-based businesses, mergers, and growing international operations) which have necessitated the need for videoconferencing in order to control complex, large and multinational companies.
The videoconferencing market essentially splits into three broad segments — endpoints, infrastructure and installation — with further segmentation in the endpoint (personal, set-top and group systems) and the infrastructure (i.e. H320, H323, gateways, gatekeepers) sectors.
Increasingly, videoconferencing is being merged into a broader market, called digital video communications, with major manufacturers now moving to supply video, audio and data communications in integrated packages to companies and to move their offerings away from Intergrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) systems towards Internet Protocol (IP) networks. This is merging the activities of audio-visual, telecoms and computer equipment manufacturers and will lead to mergers and acquisitions in the future. At the same time, as margins of videoconferencing systems fall, services are of growing importance to the market.
The key issues facing the market are:
- The growing convergence of video, data and audio communications, both technically and in terms of the dealership network. This is posing a competitive threat to audio-visual dealers.
- The development of new codec technologies, which are improving quality and allowing for much lower prices in the market.
- The development of web- and IP-based videoconferencing services and products, that are pointing the way to IP conferencing in the future.
The development of and investment in broadband Internet technologies will make IP-based videoconferencing possible and economical in the near future.
Between 2000 and 2005, Key Note estimates that the videoconferencing market will grow by 172.1%, to reach £332m.
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