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A 2006 forecast separates VoIP hardware from services
A 2006 market note argued that the early rush to buy VoIP hardware would differ from the longer-running business of providing communications services.
Two revenue patterns
Citing Juniper Research, the item said the VoIP hardware market could reach 5.5 billion US dollars in the following year before declining as the initial move away from circuit-switched telephony ran its course. It suggested worldwide hardware revenue could fall to 3 billion dollars by the end of the decade.
The fragment then contrasts equipment with carriage services, but stops before giving the underlying revenue forecast. Its point is structural: a migration creates a concentrated demand for devices, whereas a service business depends on continuing operation. The stored text does not show whether the projections were met.