Cisco leads the Indian enterprise telephony market

Cisco leads the Indian enterprise telephony market Networking industry giant Cisco is leading the Indian enterprise telephony market, according to a new report by Frost & Sullivan.

The research reveals that the company has a market share of 22.4 per cent, coming above Avaya's 19 per cent allocation and Nortel's share of 17 per cent.

According to India's Financial Express, Cisco - which manufactures switches and routers - has overtaken Avaya, which has been a market leader for the last six years.

Cisco also took the largest share of the IP telephony market, the publication reports, accounting for 34.4 per cent of all business sold.

Minhaj Zia, national sales manager for unified communications at Cisco India, said: "We have been focusing on banking, financial services and insurance, retail and manufacturing as well."

He said the company will be looking to take advantage of the fast-growing IP telephony market going forward, which could expand by around 40 per cent in India.

Meanwhile, Cisco has announced a definitive agreement to acquire PostPath, a provider of email and calendaring software.

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