In-Stat has released two new studies including a report on the growth of VoIP subscribers worldwide and a second on the VoCable market.
"Global VoIP Has Arrived; Just Not as Expected!", provides year end 2005 subscriber figures and revenues by major carrier and region as well as 5-year forecasts for the data. In addition, the study identifies the unique challenges that different types of service providers face to successfully implement and market VoIP.
The firm expects the worldwide base of VoIP subscribers to grow from 16 million in 2005 to 55 million in 2009. Other findings include:
- 73% of subscribers migrated to VoIP without "making a conscious buying decision to adopt the technology."
- Cable operators are gaining ground on other VoIP service providers and successfully marketing VoIP as if it were POTS
- In Asia, VoIP is most popular in South Korea, Hong Kong, and Singapore
- In Europe, Free Telecom (France) and FastWeb (Italy) are successfully offering VoIP in triple play packages
The report goes for $2,995.
Separately, In-Stat has released "Cable Telephony Service: VoIP Drives Subscriber Growth," a study that includes a business case for provisioning voice, an examination of the migration from circuit switched to packet telephony, and a break down of cost structure by specific network architecture. The publication also includes forecasts for worldwide VoCable subs and service revenues over the next 5 years.
The firm expects worldwide cable telephony revenues to rise from $4.5 billion in 2004 to $5.6 billion in 2005 to $10 billion by 2009. VoCable subscribers are expected to reach 7 million (4.4 million in the U.S.) by the end of the year.
Within the study, In-Stat claims that it costs between 17% and 25% less to provision a VoIP cable subscriber than a circuit switch cable telephony sub. In addition, the report discusses the emerging strategy by several U.S. based cable MSOs to add a cell phone option to its suite of services.
The VoCable study is available for $2,495.
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