Abstract
Project Background, Objectives & Methodology
Throughout the spring of 2008 Wainhouse Research (WR) conducted an independent
assessment of the addressable market for conferencing services in 12 local
European markets including the UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium,
Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Norway. The objective
of this study is to size the local country opportunity for audio minutes and
revenue, and revenue for web conferencing and video bridging services. In this
study the addressable market potential is compared to the forecast market
probability for 2008. WR believe the addressable market potential changes
year-to-year based on employed population, employment in positions relevant to
use conferencing services, and local sentiment to using realtime
communications. The forecast also changes from year-to-year based on prior
year actual performance.
Methodology
WR collected local country data including:
- Total population
- Total labor force
- Employed labor force (total labor force minus unemployment rate)
- Employment by service area - i.e. agriculture, industry, services
- Employment by title or role (i.e. occupations in executive management,
company department heads, etc.)
- Usage and penetration of real-time communications - i.e. fixed and mobile
lines (used as a calculation in market sizing, but not supplied in study)
- 2008 minute and forecast data for audio, web, and video conferencing
services
In determining roles (employment by title) relevant to use of conferencing
services, WR has made specific judgments on including and excluding specific
roles. We have determined that any role or title that holds the potential to
be either a moderator or participant in a conference call is in the “CSP
addressable market”. For example, we have excluded petrol pump
attendants and rail vehicle drivers, and included roles such as banking
specialists and advertising specialists. Upon determining the number of
employees with a likely potential to use conferencing services (based on
currently known statistics on usage by role), WR has applied an audio and web
conferencing minute usage calculation for each. This calculation is based on
the average of a sample of companies using conferencing services. For example,
the addressable market for audio minutes in the UK is calculated by
multiplying the CSP addressable market by 900 minutes (8M CSP addressable
market x 900 minutes = 7.2B minutes (versus 4.1B forecast in 2008). While
average minutes of usage for an account holder in financial services,
pharmaceutical, banking, and insurance may be 9,000 annually, usage by
employee (total volumes divided by total employees) is closer to 900 minutes
annually. When considering the total addressable market, one must consider
that a user can at one point in time either be a conference moderator or a
participant, but not both. So when considering the addressable market in a
specific industry or for a specific role, we have divided the minutes amongst
all potential users (account holders and participants) instead of just account
holders (the total minutes and revenue comes out the same either way).
Sources include the International Labour Organization, Economist Intelligence
Unit, European Commission Eurostat Yearbook, Office of National Statistics
(UK), the CIA, and WR European Local CSP Market study 2008.
Information in this report is largely quantitative providing information on
the volume and revenue of services in local European markets. Each subscriber
to this report is encouraged to contact the author for a one-hour, online
briefing where specific qualitative information can be discussed according to
client needs.
Table of Contents
- Table of Graphs
- Project Background, Objectives, and Market Review
- Europe
- United Kingdom
- France
- Germany
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Switzerland
- Italy
- Spain
- Finland
- Sweden
- Norway
- Denmark
Table of Tables
- Table 1: European population & labor analysis
- Table 2: European Labor by Market Sector
- Table 3: Europe - 2008 Estimated Market Penetration by Audio Volume and
Audio Revenue
- Table 4: Summary of Country Audio Minute Opportunity - in millions
- Table 5: Europe - Addressable Opportunity by Revenue and Service Type
- Table 6: UK population & labor analysis
- Table 7: UK Labor by Market Sector
- Table 8: UK Top Occupation by Role or Title
- Table 9: UK - 2008 Estimated Market Penetration by Audio Volume and Audio
Revenue
- Table 10: UK - Addressable Opportunity by Revenue and Service Type
- Table 11: French population & labor analysis
- Table 12: French Labor by Market Sector
- Table 13: French Top Occupation by Role or Title
- Table 14: France - 2008 Estimated Market Penetration by Audio Volume and
Audio Revenue
- Table 15: France - Addressable Opportunity by Revenue and Service Type
- Table 16: German population & labor analysis
- Table 17: German Labor by Market Sector
- Table 18: German Top Occupation by Role or Title
- Table 19: Germany - 2008 Estimated Market Penetration by Audio Volume and
Audio Revenue
- Table 20: Germany - Addressable Opportunity by Revenue and Service Type
- Table 21: Netherlands population & labor analysis
- Table 22: Netherlands Labor by Market Sector
- Table 23: Netherlands Top Occupation by Role or Title
- Table 24: Netherlands - 2008 Estimated Market Penetration by Audio Volume
and Audio Revenue
- Table 25: Netherlands - Addressable Opportunity by Revenue and Service
Type
- Table 26: Belgian population & labor analysis
- Table 27: Belgian Labor by Market Sector
- Table 28: Belgian Top Occupation by Role or Title
- Table 29: Belgium - 2008 Estimated Market Penetration by Audio Volume and
Audio Revenue
- Table 30: Belgium - Addressable Opportunity by Revenue and Service Type
- Table 31: Swiss population & labor analysis
- Table 32: Swiss Labor by Market Sector
- Table 33: Swiss Top Occupation by Role or Title
- Table 34: Switzerland - 2008 Estimated Market Penetration by Audio Volume
and Audio Revenue
- Table 35: Switzerland - Addressable Opportunity by Revenue and Service
Type
- Table 36: Italian population & labor analysis
- Table 37: Italian Labor by Market Sector
- Table 38: Italian Top Occupation by Role or Title
- Table 39: Italy - 2008 Estimated Market Penetration by Audio Volume and
Audio Revenue
- Table 40: Italy - Addressable Opportunity by Revenue and Service Type
- Table 41: Spanish population & labor analysis
- Table 42: Spanish Labor by Market Sector
- Table 43: Spanish Top Occupation by Role or Title
- Table 44: Spain - 2008 Estimated Market Penetration by Audio Volume and
Audio Revenue
- Table 45: Spain - Addressable Opportunity by Revenue and Service Type
- Table 46: Finnish population & labor analysis
- Table 47: Finnish Labor by Market Sector
- Table 48: Finnish Top Occupation by Role or Title
- Table 49: Finland - 2008 Estimated Market Penetration by Audio Volume and
Audio Revenue
- Table 50: Finland - Addressable Opportunity by Revenue and Service Type
- Table 51: Swedish population & labor analysis
- Table 52: Swedish Labor by Market Sector
- Table 53: Swedish Top Occupation by Role or Title
- Table 54: Sweden - 2008 Estimated Market Penetration by Audio Volume and
Audio Revenue
- Table 55: Sweden - Addressable Opportunity by Revenue and Service Type
- Table 56: Norwegian population & labor analysis
- Table 57: Norwegian Labor by Market Sector
- Table 58: Norwegian Top Occupation by Role or Title
- Table 59: Norway - 2008 Estimated Market Penetration by Audio Volume and
Audio Revenue
- Table 60: Norway - Addressable Opportunity by Revenue and Service Type
- Table 61: Danish population & labor analysis
- Table 62: Danish Labor by Market Sector
- Table 63: Danish Top Occupation by Role or Title
- Table 64: Denmark - 2008 Estimated Market Penetration by Audio Volume and
Audio Revenue
- Table 65: Denmark - Addressable Opportunity by Revenue and Service Type
Table of Graphs
- Graph 1: European Addressable Market Revenue by Service Type
- Graph 2: European Addressable Market by Audio Volume
- Graph 3: UK Addressable Market Revenue by Service Type
- Graph 4: UK Addressable Market by Audio Volume
- Graph 5: French Addressable Market Revenue by Service Type
- Graph 6: French Addressable Market by Audio Volume
- Graph 7: German Addressable Market Revenue by Service Type
- Graph 8: German Addressable Market by Audio Volume
- Graph 9: Netherlands Addressable Market Revenue by Service Type
- Graph 10: Netherlands Addressable Market by Audio Volume
- Graph 11: Belgian Addressable Market Revenue by Service Type
- Graph 12: Belgian Addressable Market by Audio Volume
- Graph 13: Swiss Addressable Market Revenue by Service Type
- Graph 14: Swiss Addressable Market by Audio Volume
- Graph 15: Italian Addressable Market Revenue by Service Type
- Graph 16: Italian Addressable Market by Audio Volume
- Graph 17: Spanish Addressable Market Revenue by Service Type
- Graph 18: Spanish Addressable Market by Audio Volume
- Graph 19: Finnish Addressable Market Revenue by Service Type
- Graph 20: Finnish Addressable Market by Audio Volume
- Graph 21: Swedish Addressable Market Revenue by Service Type
- Graph 22: Swedish Addressable Market by Audio Volume
- Graph 23: Norwegian Addressable Market Revenue by Service Type
- Graph 24: Norwegian Addressable Market by Audio Volume
- Graph 25: Danish Addressable Market Revenue by Service Type
- Graph 26: Danish Addressable Market by Audio Volume
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