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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