Is Microsoft Poised to Take Over Telecom?

According to IDC, the software giant may emerge as a major force in telecom in several years' time, providing formidable competition for IP-PBX vendors such as Cisco, Avaya, Alcatel, Siemens, Nortel, and 3Com. Microsoft is not commenting on the report, according to a cNet news brief in Business Week.

According to IDC, the software giant may emerge as a major force in telecom in several years' time, providing formidable competition for IP-PBX vendors such as Cisco, Avaya, Alcatel, Siemens, Nortel, and 3Com. Microsoft is not commenting on the report, according to a cNet news brief in Business Week. Links above are to external sites and will open in a separate browser window.