"We are thrilled at these results, which we believe are a strong indicator of both our industry-leading technology offerings as well as our emphasis on creating solutions that help our customers manage their communications," said Carlos Sartorius, president, Avaya EMEA. "We have a continuing focus on customer delight and intend to progress that business focus for companies of all sizes across the EMEA region."
"Despite soft GDP growth in both the U.S. and Western Europe, we witnessed a strong sales uptick for enterprise voice equipment in both regions," said Ryan Olsen, Senior Analyst at Synergy Research Group.
"Other than major leadership shifts, we also noted a robust SMB market."
Q3 2007 Western Europe Enterprise Voice Equipment Market Share
Position Q-Q Market Share Change Avaya 1 +2.9
Alcatel-Lucent 2 -4.5
Cisco 3 +3.2
Siemens Ent Comm 4 +0.6
Nortel Networks 5 +0.4
Mitel 6 -0.2
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