Abstract
VoIP is moving toward the edge and nowhere is this more apparent than within
the silicon required to convert voice into IP packets. While today, less than
16% of total VoIP chip revenues are attributed to IP phones, this submarket
segment will represent close to 60% of total sales by 2010.
Tomorrow' s IP phones and the chips used to produce them will clearly be very
different from today' s business-oriented sets. This report addresses the often
complex interplay between end users, carriers, equipment manufacturers, and
VoIP chip producers, an understanding of which is crucial to anyone needing a
full appreciation of the ripple effect throughout the value chain associated
with enabling a wireless, multimedia future.