The International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Enterprise Videoconferencing and Telepresence Qview showed mixed results for the fourth quarter of 2013 (4Q13), with overall videoconferencing equipment revenue increasing 2,8% quarter-over-quarter, but declining -17,9% year-over-year.
Total worldwide enterprise video equipment market revenue in 4Q13 was approximately $592-million. For the full year 2013, the enterprise videoconferencing market revenue declined -13,1% year-over-year to reach $2,26 billion.
From a market segment perspective, multi-codec immersive telepresence equipment revenue was down -2,8% quarter over quarter and -26% year-over-year. Video infrastructure equipment – including MCUs and other video-related
infrastructure products – increased 12% quarter over quarter, but declined -13,7% year-over-year.
Room-based video systems were relatively flat at -0,2% quarter over quarter and declined -17,8% year-over-year. And desktop video systems showed slightly positive 1,1% revenue growth quarter over quarter, but declined -25,2% year-over-year in 4Q13.
Regionally, Asia/Pacific (8,1%), Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA_ (2,3%) and North America (1,4%) all showed positive quarter-over-quarter revenue growth in 4Q13, while Central and Latin America (CALA) (-13,6%) revenue
declined quarter over quarter. In addition, all the major regions showed year-over-year declines for 4Q13: North America (-22,4%), EMEA (-20,3%), CALA (-11,1%) and Asia/Pacific (-10,1%).
“Interest in video and collaboration technology and applications helped the quarterly revenue numbers in three out of four major regions except CALA. But the lingering macroeconomic situation – including softness in emerging
markets, the recession in Europe, and the sequestration in the U.S. (i.e. budget cuts) – produced some cautionary IT spending that impacted year-over-year video equipment revenue growth across all the regions in 4Q 2013,” says
Rich Costello, senior analyst: Enterprise Communications Infrastructure at IDC.
“In addition, and most significantly, we are continuing to see the impact of lower-cost systems, software-centric products, and cloud-based service offerings on the enterprise video equipment market.”
Cisco’s 4Q13 results showed a 2,1% quarter-over-quarter revenue increase, but a -20,8% year-over-year decline in video equipment revenue. Cisco remains the leader in enterprise videoconferencing equipment with a 44,3% share of
the worldwide market.
Polycom’s revenue increased 7% quarter-over-quarter in 4Q13, but was down -13,4% year-over-year in the fourth quarter. Polycom ranks second in enterprise videoconferencing equipment with a 24.9% share of the worldwide market.
Huawei’s 10,3% quarter-over-quarter revenue increase and 0,8% year-over-year revenue increase in 4Q13 were good for a third-ranked 10,8% share of the worldwide enterprise videoconferencing market.
“Video as a key component of collaboration continues to place high on the list of priorities for many organizations,” says Petr Jirovsky, research manager: Worldwide Networking Trackers at IDC.
“IDC believes that among the challenges customers are currently trying to work through are a market transition and determining exactly when and how to provision their video deployments as more software-centric and cloud-based service offerings become part of the enterprise video market landscape.”
IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Videoconferencing and Telepresence Qview provides total market size and vendors share data in an easy-to-use Excel Pivot Table format. The overall market is further segmented by product type
[Immersive Telepresence, Telepresence (Room-based), Personal Videoconferencing, Video MCU and Other]; form factor (Endpoint, Infrastructure); and screen definition (High Definition, Standard Definition).
Measurement for the enterprise videoconferencing and telepresence market is provided in factory revenue, and unit shipments.
