ISP and Webmail Services Drive Hosted E-mail Market

Radicati: in-depth look at all segments of the hosted e-mail market, including: Hosted Business E-mail Providers, Managed Business E-mail Providers, ISP/Webmail Providers, and Platform Suppliers.

The installed base of hosted e-mail mailboxes is expected to total nearly 1 billion accounts in 2006. Market will grow at an average annual rate of 19% over the next four years, totaling about 2 billion mailboxes by 2010.

ISP and Webmail services will account for over 96% of worldwide hosted e-mail mailboxes in 2006. Improved Internet access worldwide continues to drive demand for ISP e-mail services, while increased storage limits and new security and search featuresare driving the webmail services market.

The hosted business e-mail and managed business e-mail segments will experience strong double digit growth over the next four years. Hosted e-mail services based on enterpriseplatforms such as Microsoft Exchange are quickly increasing in popularity. Add-on features such as archiving, wireless e-mail and e-mail security are also highly popular.

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