Jan. 10, 2005--VoIP IC revenue will rise from $137.6 million in 2003 to $938.4 million in 2008, according to In-Stat http://www.in-stat.com The main driver for this rapid growth will be the integration of VoIP functionality with many "dual-mode" cellular/VoIP (over WLAN) handsets, gaining mainstream traction in 2006 and ramping up extremely quickly in 2007 and beyond.

"In-Stat believes that Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is the future of voice communications," said Sam Lucero, In-Stat analyst. "And while stationary VoIP deployments have been the first to gain traction in the market, mobile VoIP actually represents the greater market opportunity for VoIP silicon and equipment vendors."

In-Stat has also found that:

-- Similar to how quickly handset manufacturers integrated camera functionality in their products, virtually all cell phones will come integrated with Wi-Fi functionality toward the end of the forecast period.

-- Texas Instruments (TI) currently dominates the VoIP IC market, particularly the IP phone IC and CPE VoIP Gateway IC segments.

-- While several dozen vendors nominally participate in the VoIP IC market, only a handful of vendors account for the majority of shipments in each of the three main segments.

The report, "Hearing the Call of Cellular: VoIP IC Market Analysis" (#IN0401446NT), provides revenue, unit, and average selling price forecasts through 2008 for three market segments: IP phone ICs, CPE VoIP Gateway ICs, and Carrier Infrastructure VoIP Gateway ICs. This report examines the market factors influencing growth, as well as the changing technology for VoIP chipsets. This report will be of particular benefit to VoIP IC product managers, as well as financial analysts and consultants needing to evaluate the market potential for the VoIP IC industry. For more information on this report, please visit: http://www.in-stat.com/catalog/Ncatalogue.asp?id=28 or contact Courtney McEuen at 480-483-4454 or This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it . The report price is $2,995.

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