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Find out about top SIP trunking drivers and customer satisfaction ratings in this podcast with The Eastern Management Group's John Malone.

Beth Schultz

August 25, 2017

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Talk to UC consultants about client projects, and SIP trunking inevitably comes up in the conversation. They may much rather be working on projects involving newer and cooler technologies, but scoping out SIP migration plans remains bread-and-butter tasks for many of them.

We can put this into perspective with some data from The Eastern Management Group, which recently assessed the global SIP market via a survey of more than 3,000 IT managers in major world markets. In its study, Eastern Management Group found that 70% of all companies use some SIP trunks, as John Malone, president of the communications industry research firm, shared during the latest episode of our No Jitter On Air podcast. But, as he reminded listeners, "that doesn't mean that all of their trunks are SIP trunks."

On a company basis, the percentage of use is just greater than 50%, Malone shared.

According to Eastern Management Group data, the global SIP trunking market is approaching $16 billion a year, and will cross that threshold by 2020. From a network viewpoint, that means 70% of all traffic is going to be SIP by 2020 -- a figure that presumes the percentage of companies using some SIP trunking would be closer to 90% or 95%, he told listeners.

Since reaching that level would require roughly a 5% annual growth rate, SIP migration projects will remain standard fare for a few more years at least. That begs some questions, such as:

  • Is cost the primary driver in the SIP trunking decision?

  • What role does the continued move from UC on the premises to UC in the cloud play in triggering growth of SIP trunking?

  • Is this $16 billion market potential attracting new sorts of SIP trunking service providers?

  • Do enterprise decision makers need to be concerned about the quality of SIP trunks any longer?

  • How satisfied are enterprises with the service they receive from SIP trunking providers?

  • What's going on in the SIP phone market?

Malone addresses these and other issues in our No Jitter On Air podcast. Click on the player below for his answers.

In addition, check out more details on Eastern Management Group's SIP research in this recent series of No Jitter blog posts:

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About the Author

Beth Schultz

In her role at Metrigy, Beth Schultz manages research operations, conducts primary research and analysis to provide metrics-based guidance for IT, customer experience, and business decision makers. Additionally, Beth manages the firm’s multimedia thought leadership content.

With more than 30 years in the IT media and events business, Beth is a well-known industry influencer, speaker, and creator of compelling content. She brings to Metrigy a wealth of industry knowledge from her more than three decades of coverage of the rapidly changing areas of digital transformation and the digital workplace.

Most recently, Beth was with Informa Tech, where for seven years she served as program co-chair for Enterprise Connect, the leading independent conference and exhibition for the unified communications and customer experience industries, and editor in chief of the companion No Jitter media site. While with Informa Tech, Beth also oversaw the development and launch of WorkSpace Connect, a multidisciplinary media site providing thought leadership for IT, HR, and facilities/real estate managers responsible for creating collaborative, connected workplaces.

Over the years, Beth has worked at a number of other technology news organizations, including All Analytics, Network World, CommunicationsWeek, and Telephony Magazine. In these positions, she has earned more than a dozen national and regional editorial excellence awards from American Business Media, American Society of Business Press Editors, Folio.net, and others.

Beth has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and lives in Chicago.