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Report: Cisco share of IP phone market slipping away

Analysis
Aug 20, 20071 min

Cisco is losing its grip of the Web phone market, while Avaya expanded its lead, according to a report in Bloomberg Markets.

Bloomberg cites figures from Synergy Research Group which reports that Cisco’s share of the IP phones market dropped 24.5% in the second quarter, from 25.2% in the first quarter. Cisco’s overall share of the market a year earlier was 24.3%.

Meanwhile, Avaya’s share rose to 25.4% in Q2 from 25.3% in Q1.

Nortel and Alcatel-Lucent ranked third and fourth.

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