This IDC study provides an overview of the small-, medium-, and medium?large-sized businesses' preference and usage of telecommunication technologies across Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan). Detailed analysis is conducted across a range of vertical industries, sub-regions and company sizes and some of the primary issues covered include current and planned adoption behavior and budgeting as well as service provider selection criterion.

"The communications/media/transportation sector and Greater China are seen as forerunners in the adoption of IP VPN and will continue this high adoption with 18.0% and 13.5% of non-subscribers respectively planning for adoption over the next two years. Companies in Korea and Southeast Asia are also promising a high adoption of IP VPN over the next two years with 23.4% and 20.1% of them planning to adopt such services over the next two years," says Alice Lai, research manager, Partnering and SMB Research, IDC Asia/Pacific.