From Genesis Annual Report 2000 & 2001 (quoting source: Wainhouse
Research)
2001 annual report was not yet available in English, and you will find
the latest data at the end in French.
1.7. The market and competition
1.7.1. The market
For 1999, the teleconferencing market is estimated to
be worth 1.3 billion dollars, excluding telephone traffic
generated, of which 85% comes from the United
States. 70% of the market is in the hands of the major
telecommunications operators, with the remaining
30% going to specialists such as Vialog (USA), ACT
(UK) or Genesys. Audioconferencing is now the most
heavily-used service (89% of the market), while data
and videoconferencing represent respectively 2% and
9% of the market.
Between now and 2002, the teleconferencing market
is likely to quadruple in size. While data and
videoconferencing are marginal at present, they should
represent up to 55% of the market (Research by Frost
& Sullivan). This exponential growth is explained by
the development of "wide band" networks, the
continuing fall in the cost of communications and
videoconferencing equipment, all of which broadens
demand from new users and increases that of existing
users. Further market growth should stem from new
Internet teleconferencing services, and here Genesys is
well placed to take advantage.
At the end of 1999, The Genesys Groups market share
(excluding telephone traffic) was as follows:
30 % in France,
30% in Sweden,
30% in Belgium,
25% in Great Britain,
25% in Germany,
7% in Australia,
2% in the USA
1.7.2. Market leaders
In almost all countries, the teleconferencing market is
dominated by major telecommunications operators.
The United States and Great Britain are the only areas
in which competition is fully developed.
Competition in the conference call market stems also
from the use of private teleconferencing systems
representing 25% of conference calls in the USA as
against, for example, 2% in France.
America
The market is dominated by three large operators (AT&T,
MCI-Sprint and Frontier) who control, directly or
through their subsidiaries, 65% of the market. Next
come about 30 specialist operators who share between
them the remaining 35% of the market, with the largest
of them having no more than a 2% market share.
Following the acquisitions of Summons, Aloha
Conferencing and Williams Conferencing, Genesys now
has around a 2% share of the USA teleconferencing
market and is the 3rd largest specialist.
Europe
Genesys is one of the only specialist providers in
continental Europe (France, Sweden, Belgium and
Germany) to offer teleconferencing services alongside
national telecommunications operators.
The market shares of national operators are
respectively 65% for France Télécom, 70% for Télia
(Sweden) and 80% for Belgacom (Belgium).
In the United Kingdom, the national operator, BT, has
about a 50% share of the market (with telephone
traffic), and competes with specialist operators such as
Darome (a subsidiary of the Genesys Group 30%), ACT
(10%), Geoconferencing (5%) and InterCall (5%).
Asian-Pacific Rim
In Asia, an embryonic market like Europe, telecom
operators can be found in certain countries - Hong
Kong (Hong Kong Telecom, MCI), Singapore, Australia
providing teleconferencing services. Genesys has
established a presence in this area since the first
quarter of 1998 through its subsidiaries Genesys South
East Asia (Singapore), ConferTel (Australia) and
Genesys Hong Kong.
1.7.3. The Genesys Groups market position
While most of the Genesys Groups competitors only
offer operator-assisted services, Genesys is today the
only provider to offer, on an international scale, a
combination of automated services (with all their
inbuilt advantages of availability and confidentiality)
and operator-assisted services across the whole range
of teleconferencing services.
In practice, the technological advantage which the
mastery of automated technology has conferred on
the Genesys Group represents a considerable saving in
terms of staff. Provision of an automated service
requires about half the number of staff needed to
produce the same sales figures with an operator-assisted
service.
The combination of the two types of service enables
the Genesys Group to address all sectors of demand,
by proposing the most suitable service for every
requirement. Automated services are more suited to
average-sized meetings and regular users, while
operator-assisted services are better suited to large
meetings (more than 100 participants) and new users.
Genesys positions itself as a specialist provider offering
top quality technological services, constantly evolving
to best respond to the requirements of its clients.
Caractéristiques du marché de la Société 1
Le marché mondial des téléconférences était estimé en 2001 à 3,6
milliards de dollars et
devrait croître de 22% par an pour atteindre 9,8 milliards de dollars
en 2006.
Parmi les facteurs de croissance figurent:
· les économies de temps, pour les dirigeants qui ne peuvent être à
plusieurs endroits en même
temps;
· les économies dargent: le contexte actuel de ralentissement
économique entraîne une
augmentation de la demande pour les services de téléconférences, liée
à la diminution du
nombre de déplacements professionnels;
· le recours croissant aux services automatisés, permettant de se
réunir de façon impromptue
mais aussi de répondre aux exigences de réunions régulières comme les
réunions déquipe;
· la consolidation du secteur: les multinationales recherchent
aujourdhui un prestataire capable de répondre à lensemble de leurs
besoins en matière de communication virtuelle de groupe à léchelle
mondiale, entraînant une consolidation du secteur.
Amérique du Nord: Le marché américain représente aujourdhui plus de
75% du marché mondial des téléconférences. Bien que fragmenté, le
marché des téléconférences aux Etats-Unis est
relativement concentré, les quatre premiers prestataires y détenant
plus de 50% des parts de marché.
Europe et Asie Pacifique: Le marché des téléconférences est encore
relativement peu développé en Europe et en Asie Pacifique. Chacun de
ces marchés devraient cependant connaître un
croissance annuelle supérieure à 20% au cours des cinq prochaines
années, en raison du développement des services sur IP mais aussi de
lentrée en Asie Pacifique de prestataires non asiatiques dans cette
région.
Audio conférence
Les services daudio conférence dominent aujourdhui le marché des
téléconférences. Les services automatisés, qui constituaient 48% de
lactivité audio à fin 2001, devraient représenter 70% dici 2006.
Vidéo conférence
Lexplosion du nombre dinstallations déquipement de visio conférence
chaque année va créer une demande accrue du service dans les années à
venir.
Web conférence La Web conférence, récemment introduite en Europe après
des débuts prometteurs aux Etats-Unis, constitue le segment de marché
appelé à se développer le plus rapidement avec une croissance
anticipée de 47% par an jusquen 2006.
1 Source: Wainhouse Research - Conferencing Markets and Strategies
2001, Volume 3, the Services Industry, Audio, Video, Web & Streaming
Conference Services, Décembre 2001 (ci-après, le « Rapport de Décembre
2001 »). Wainhouse Research est une société détude de marché qui suit
le secteur des télécommunications. Toutes les informations (et en
particulier les prévisions) contenues dans ce paragraphe 4.1.3. sont
des informations données par Wainhouse Research dans son Rapport de
Décembre 2001. |