Cisco Systems Reaches Number One Position in Worldwide Enterprise Voice Market

Synergy Research Ranks Cisco Number One in Total Voice Revenue for Q3 Ahead of All Traditional IP PBX and TDM Vendors

SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Nov. 16, 2005—Cisco Systems today is now the number one supplier in the global enterprise voice market, including both Internet Protocol (IP) and traditional circuit-based systems, based on revenue for the third calendar quarter of 2005, according to a report issued by leading industry research firm, Synergy Research Group. In their report titled "Q3 2005 Enterprise Voice Market Shares", Synergy Research Group reports that Cisco's IP Communications products outsold the enterprise voice solutions of each of its competitors. Cisco has been a leader in the IP telephony market for many years, but this marks the first time that Cisco has sold more IP-based voice solutions than the combined IP, hybrid and TDM-based PBX solutions of any other vendor.

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