IP PBX Market Share in Japan 2006

IP PBX Market Share in Japan 2006

NEC 28.3%
Fujitsu 21.7%
Oki 16.9%
Hitachi 16.6%
Avaya 4.8%
Panasonic 4.6%
Cisco 2.8%
Others 4%

NEC US 1997
Size	Percentage
201-400	14.71%
401-1000	14.94%
4000	25.00%

(More to be posted as data become available)

Toshiba PBX Series

Toshiba, which started in engineering and electronics, had only launched its PBX products in the late 1990's.

Year : Series
1996 : SRATA DK (analogue)
2002 : STRATA CTX (hybrid)
2004 : STRATA CIX (IP)

Although a latecomer, Toshiba PBX models has shifted from analogue to hybrid to IP technology in a relatively short time.

Panasonic PBX Series

Panasonic, although still early in the PBX industry (compared to other manufacturers), does have a complete PBX models line-up.

Year : Series
1980's : KX-T (analogue)
1990's : KX-TA and KX-TD (analogue)
2000's : KX-TEA, KX-TES and KX-TEM (analogue)
2004 : KX-TDA (hybrid)
2007 : KX-TDE (IP)
2009 : KX-NCP (IP)

Panasonic had been rather successful with its analogue PBX. You will notice that Panasonic only embraces hybrid / IP technology in the recent years.

NEC PBX Series

Unlike other PBX manufacturers, NEC started in the communications line. Therefore, NEC series of PBX models is long. This article is going to list those more recent PBX models, starting from the 90's.

Year : Series
1980's and 1990's : NEAX (analogue)
2002 : NEAX IPS and IPX (hybrid)
2004 : Elite IPK (hybrid)
2006 : Elite IPK II (hybrid)
2006 : Aspila TOPAZ / XEN Topaz / XN120 (hybrid)
2007 : Aspila/Aspire EX (hybrid)
2008 : DS and DSX (IP)
2009 : UNIVERGE (IP)

In the timeline above, you will also notice that the PBX models changed from circuit-switched (analogue) to hybrid to IP-switched architecture.