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The first & leading analyst study & forecasts for the WebRTC Market and Value Chain. Now with optional subscription package.
Over 5 billion supported devices and a billion individual users by early 2017
Disruptive Analysis has been the key analyst company following #WebRTC since June 2011. It published the first definitive research study in early 2013 and has already released the second update, keeping up with the blistering evolution of ongoing developments.
Over 300 vendors are now active in the market. The first commercial products and services already entering enterprises, operator networks and the consumer web. With WebRTC support now enabled by default in mainstream web browsers like Chrome, Opera and Firefox, and also now appearing in mobile, WebRTC is already making a major impact.
Amazon Mayday, American Express, Telefonica Tuenti, Telenor appear.in and various conferencing, UC and developer platforms are leading the way towards new forms of realtime embedded communications.
While there are still uncertainties and risks, on balance-of-probabilities it will likely be a major driver for innovation, startups, new strategies and growth for major players - and the source of competition or even destruction of established incumbents.
The early momentum and success (some say hype) also raises many new questions:
- Which are the earliest use-cases of WebRTC?
- Will enterprise apps like UC & conferencing lead the charge?
- When will massmarket consumer web services & mobile apps exploit it?
- Does it enhance or diminish the case for telcos' IMS core networks & APIs?
- Which operators and vendors will gain traction with WebRTC's impetus?
- Where is the money?
- What is the implication of standards fights & unclear support from Apple & Microsoft?
- How many people will have access to WebRTC - or actually use it?
Report author and Disruptive Analysis' founder Dean Bubley says "WebRTC will be extremely important - and, indeed, disruptive. It is one of the most exciting and pivotal technologies I've seen in the last 10 years. (And bear in mind, I'm usually the one debunking & criticising new technologies, not applauding them)."
Disruptive Analysis completed the first major analyst study on WebRTC, including quantitative forecasts of WebRTC-compatible devices and active user base, in February 2013. The report is 160 pages in length, including detailed commentary, analysis and over 50 tables and charts - and forms the cornerstone of ongoing coverage throughout 2013 and beyond.
The first 29-page update was issued in June 2013, upgrading forecasts because of faster-than-expected market development. The next update came out in October 2013, with another in March 2014. Highlights include:
• 1 billion device threshold crossed in Q1'2014
• 4.6bn devices supporting WebRTC by end-2016
• Active user base (individuals) for WebRTC to exceed 1.8bn people by end-2016
• Active user base (individuals) for WebRTC to exceed 1.8bn people by end-2016
The report and updates are written by Disruptive Analysis' founder Dean Bubley: the authority on the WebRTC industry, who has spoken at or chaired most major WebRTC industry events, as well as private advisory sessions and consulting assignments for leading operators & vendors.
Disruptive Analysis is the only analyst firm looking in detail across the whole WebRTC industry, from enterprise to telcos to mass-market consumer web services and social networks. The company's heritage in mobile also means more rigorous analysis of how the technology will appear on smartphones and tablets, and coexist with mobile networks and service platforms.
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The 2013 report covers:
Executive
Summary
Strategic issues
Use cases
Impact on key
stakeholders
Market forecasts
WebRTC industry timeline
Companies
Introduction
& Strategic Issues
Structure of this report
What is WebRTC & why
is it important?
The web always embraces new
capabilities
The analogy with Flash
We already have 2-way browser comms:
IM chat
Voice is more than just telephony
And there’s more....
WebRTC, RTCWeb, HTML5,
WebSocket etc: Acronyms!
WebRTC APIs
History of WebRTC
Industry dynamics: competition,
standards & politics
Which companies are
involved in WebRTC & why?
Codec wars
WebRTC vs. Flash / Plug-ins
Microsoft and WebRTC
Apple and WebRTC
Fit with mobile
broadband, LTE & WiFi
Regulatory
considerations
Developers
WebRTC
use-cases
Voice or video?
Gaining scale & avoiding the
n-squared trap
Use-case evaluation criteria
Web-based “calling”
Enterprise contact
centres
Unified communications
and collaboration
Conferencing &
hypervoice
IMS extension / exposure
via WebRTC
Telco-OTT via WebRTC
Consumer social comms /
entertainment / education apps
Other use cases
Stakeholders:
impacts & recommendations
Overview
Telecom operators
Key background trends for telcos
Current service provider involvement
with WebRTC
WebRTC options for telcos:
Not just IMS
Fit with PSTN / IMS / RCS / VoLTE
strategies
Fit with enterprise comms businesses
WebRTC + Telco-OTT initiatives
WebRTC + telco developer / API
initiatives
Reselling third-party WebRTC services
Internal uses for WebRTC at telcos
Summary, and organisational &
executional issues
Network equipment
vendors
Gateways at the forefront
Implementation complexities
New product categories
Threats to network vendors
Impact on Enterprise
UC/conferencing/contact-centre
Impact on Internet
players / developers
Will WebRTC advantage existing web
companies or new startups?
Impact on social networking & VoIP
"OTT" services
Impact on device vendors
WebRTC
market sizing & forecasts to 2016
Methodology &
definitions
PC/Mac support of WebRTC
PCs remain in the vanguard of WebRTC
uptake
Post-PC era?
PC browser share and dynamics
PC browser adoption of WebRTC
Non-browser support
Mobile & device
support of WebRTC
Installed base of smartphones and
tablets
“Native” WebRTC capability in mobile
browser or OS
3rd-party WebRTC support in aftermarket
browsers or app SDKs
Overall WebRTC device
installed base
WebRTC active device/user base
Scenarios, accelerants
& inhibitors
WebRTC
company snapshots
Conclusions
Drivers and inhibitors
Use cases
Monetisation, business
models and revenues
Recommendations for all
telecom operators
Recommendations for mobile
operators
Recommendations for
fixed & cable operators
Recommendations for
network equipment vendors
Recommendations for industry
bodies & regulators
Recommendations for
investors
Recommendations for web
companies & developers
Recommendations for
device vendors
Recommendations for
Internet VoIP & messaging companies
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