Mobile VoIP set to explode

• Number of consumers using mobile VoIP will approach 288 million by 2013
• 50% of these users will get their service from an online mobile VoIP provider, under 1/3 will use it over 3G through a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) or wireless operator, and 11% will use a WiMax or LTE operator
• 10 years from now more than 50% of mobile voice traffic will be carried end to end using VoIP
• It is clear that mobile VoIP is starting to become a lot more palatable to wireless operators if they are able to retain some of the control

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Research companies' positive view on Hosted/IP/VoIP PBX

Several research companies incl. In-Stat, GIA and Synergy Research Group believe in an increasing Hosted/IP/VoIP PBX market:

• Hosted PBX offers business-specific benefits
• Interest in IP PBX is revitalizing
• VoIP PBX appeals to businesses due to the innovation, costs savings and potential revenue generation it offers
• superior business-grade flavour of VoIP offered by IP PBX is attracting businesses to it
• IP PBX is more acceptable to IT managers in terms of management, security and integration
• VoIP adoption by businesses is expected to regain momentum in 2010

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Cisco: VoIP Enables Innovation

Two Cisco Execs describing VoIP technology for SMBs:

• VoIP has enabled innovation in telephony like nothing before it
• We will see higher adoption rates of video telephony with small business customers
• Each user can have the same basic experience, regardless of fixed location or mobile

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TMC: Over 100 mio. VoIP subscriptions worldwide

The latest analysis from Point Topic reveals that by the end of September 2009 VoIP subscriptions had grown by 15% in the first 3 quarters of the year to pass the 100 million milestone. The number is close to 110 million today.

Top 10 Countries - VoIP subscribers (not softclient: Point Topic includes only verifiable IP-based telephone subscriptions in these statistics. Services like Skype which are softclient (ie originating on the PC) and which do not report user numbers but only ''minutes'' of calls are excluded.)

1 USA 22,704,900
2 Japan 21,368,000
3 France 16,125,000
4 Germany 8,100,000
5 China 5,000,000
6 South Korea 4,846,839
7 Italy 4,187,000
8 Canada 3,607,318
9 Netherlands 3,446,400
10 UK 2,950,000

"Conditions are starting to become common that should allow for faster growth in the next couple of years, especially when VoIP is provided for a low price in a bundle with broadband and TV. There's certainly enough headroom in enough markets to see adoption increase markedly," says Bosnell.

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