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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section
CHAPTER I:  Executive Summary
   1.0   Introduction
   1.1   Who is the Market?
   1.2   Free UM Services
   1.3   Challenges
   1.4   Technology

   1.5   Market Numbers  

CHAPTER II:  Unified Messaging Becoming Unified Communication
   2.0  Unified Messaging Overview
   2.1  Anything, Anywhere, Anytime, Anyway
   2.2  CPE Versus SP
   2.3  UM Characteristics
   2.4  Unified Communications
      2.4.1     Boomerang/Live Reply
      2.4.2     Find Me/Follow Me
      2.4.3     Calendar and Schedule Capabilities
      2.4.4     Intelligent Agents?
      2.4.5     Message Automation and Intelligent Messaging
      2.4.6     Other Capabilities  
CHAPTER III:  UM/UC Service Provider Market

   3.0  Service Provider Vendors

   3.1  Service Provider Overview
   3.2  How It Works
   3.3  End User Benefits
   3.4  Driving Forces Behind SPs Offering UM
      3.4.1      Carriers and ISPs
      3.4.2      SP Opportunity
      3.4.3      ISPs and UM
   3.5  UM SP Benefits
   3.6  Challenges to Network Service Providers
   3.7  The Need for Marketing Basic
       3.7.1      Datazen
   3.8  Service Provider Examples
       3.8.1      Aliant
       3.8.2      SBC Communications, Inc
       3.8.3      Bell Canada
       3.8.4      BellSouth
       3.8.5      WorldCom Contact
       3.8.6      Cincinnati Bell
   3.9    Web-Based UM Offerings
       3.9.1      Excite UK
   3.10  Who is the Market?
      3.10.1    The Enterprise or Business Market
      3.10.2    SOHO’s and Small-to Medium Enterprises
      3.10.3    Consumer/Mass Market
      3.10.4     No Single Solution
      3.10.5    The Three Markets for Wireless Messaging Services
   3.11       Vendor/Service Providers Partnerships
   3.12       Branding
   3.13        SP Business Models  
CHAPTER IV:  Trends in the Unified Messaging Market
   4.0    Trends – New Ones
   4.1    Free UM Services
      4.1.1        When Free is OK
   4.2    The Internet
      4.2.1        Impact of the Internet and World Wide Web on UM Systems
      4.2.2        Web Browsers
      4.2.3        Pitfalls of Internet Access
   4.3    Speech Recognition
   4.4    Personal Assistants
      4.4.1        Wildfire
      4.4.2        Webley
   4.5    Voice Portals
   4.6    Wireless Communications and UM
      4.6.1        Wireless Capabilities
      4.6.2        Wireless Application Protocol
      4.6.3        New User Interfaces
   4.7    Future Applications of Unified Messaging  
CHAPTER V: Unified Messaging/Communications Architecture and Technology
   5.0    Architecture and Technology
   5.1    Unified Versus Integrated Architectures
   5.2    IP-based Unified Messaging Architecture
   5.3    IP Versus PSTN Architectures
   5.4    Internet Protocols and Standards  
CHAPTER VI: Market Forecasts
   6.0    This is the Year of UM!
   6.1    Forecasts and Predictions 
   6.2    End-User Revenue?
   6.3    Vendor Revenues
      6.3.1  UM Service Provider Platform Vendor Revenues
   6.4    International Market
   6.5    UM Subscribers or Mailboxes
   6.6    Market Segments  
CHAPTER VII: Vendor Profiles
   7.0    Different Types of Players
   7.1    Platform Providers Versus Service Providers
      7.1.1        blue-silicon
         7.1.1.1     Technology
      7.1.1.2     Market Information
      7.1.2       BridgeCom
         7.1.2.1     Technology
         7.1.2.2     Pricing
         7.1.2.3     Marketing
      7.1.3       Centrinity
         7.1.3.1     Technology
         7.1.3.2     Marketing Information
         7.1.3.3     Futures
      7.1.4        Cisco
         7.1.4.1     Technology
         7.1.4.2     Marketing Information
         7.1.4.3     Futures
      7.1.5        Comverse
         7.1.5.1     Marketing Information
         7.1.5.2     Futures
      7.1.6        CyberTel
          7.1.6.1     Products
         7.1.6.2     Marketing Information
      7.1.7        Ericsson
      7.1.8        Interactive Intelligence
         7.1.8.1     Features
         7.1.8.2     Marketing Information
      7.1.9        InterVoice-Brite
         7.1.9.1     Technology
         7.1.9.2     Architecture
         7.1.9.3     Marketing Information
         7.1.9.4     Futures
      7.1.10      Lucent Technologies
         7.1.10.1   Technology
         7.1.10.2   Marketing Information
      7.1.11     Mediagate
         7.1.11.1  Technology
         7.1.11.2  Marketing Information
      7.1.12    ShareMedia
         7.1.12.1 Technology
      7.1.13    Virtualplus
         7.1.13.1 Technology
         7.1.13.2 Market Information
      7.1.14    Tornado Development
         7.1.14.1 Technology
         7.1.14.2 Marketing Information
      7.1.15    Unisys
         7.1.15.1 Marketing Information
      7.1.16    Vocal Link
         7.1.16.1  CMM Services
      7.1.17    Voice and Data Systems
      7.1.18    Voice Mobility
         7.1.18.1  Technology
         7.1.18.2  Marketing Information
   7.2    Platform Provider/Service Provider
      7.2.1    Openwave Systems (formerly Phone.com and Software.com
         7.2.1.1   Marketing Information
         7.2.1.2   Onebox.com Service
      7.2.2      uReach
         7.2.2.1   Feature Summary
         7.2.2.2   Technology
         7.2.2.3   Market Information
   7.3    Service Providers
      7.3.1      Bazillion/Concord
         7.3.1.1   Marketing Information
      7.3.2      deltathree/iConnectHere.com
         7.3.2.1   Marketing Information
      7.3.3      eTouch
      7.3.4      HotVoice Communications Technologies
      7.3.5      iBasis Inc.
      7.3.6       j2
         7.3.6.1    Marketing Information
      7.3.7       Linx
         7.3.7.1    Marketing Information
      7.3.8       Verso Technologies, Inc./MessageClick
         7.3.8.1    Technology
         7.3.8.2    Marketing Information
      7.3.9       MessageTalk.com
         7.3.9.1    Marketing Information
      7.3.10     Orchestrate/Ptek Holdings
         7.3.10.1  Technology
         7.3.10.2  Marketing Information
      7.3.11     Worldlink
   7.4    Other Vendors
      7.4.1       Mirapoint
         7.4.1.1    Products
         7.4.1.2    Marketing Information
      7.4.2       Soundpipe
         7.4.2.1    Marketing Information
     7.4.3       Telcordia
         7.4.3.1    Support Services

         7.4.3.2    Marketing Information

LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES 
Exhibit
2.1    UM As Part Of Total Solution
3.1    UM/UC Vendors
3.2    Types of Service Providers
4.1    Free Service: Not for Everyone
4.2    UM Mass Markets Solutions 
5.1    Integrated Universal Messaging Architecture in Service Provider Environment
6.1    UM Sp Platform Vendor Revenue -- Worldwide
6.2    International UM SP Revenue Forecasts
6.3    UM SP Revenue By Region -- 2000
6.4    UM SP Revenue By Region -- 2004
6.5    UM SP Mailbox Shipments Worldwide
6.6    UM Subscribers By Segment
6.7    UM SP Mailboxes By Segment -- 2000
6.8    UM SP Mailboxes By Segment – 2004
7.1    UM/UC Vendors
7.2    blue-silicon Enterprise Messaging Services
7.3    Cisco uOne Architecture
7.4    Interactive Intelligence’s Service Interaction Center
7.5    InterVoice-Brite
7.6    Feature Summary
7.7    Feature Summary

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