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Yankee Group Forecasts
Consumer VoIP Will Reach More than 37 Million Subscribers by 2011
Other topics: Consumer VoIP,
VoIP Service Provider,
Critical Emergency VoIP
BUSINESS WIRE
July 30, 20007
BOSTON - Yankee Group today announced that consumer VoIP adoption
continued at an aggressive pace in 2006, growing more than 125% and
reaching more than 9 million subscribers. The consumer VoIP market
maintains substantial growth, led by cable MSOs and broadband VoIP
providers. |
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According to the Yankee
Group Report, Growing Pains Persist in a Adolescent Market: Yankee
Group’s 2007 US Consumer VoIP Subscriber Forecast, published today,
consumer VoIP services made headway by penetrating 9% of all US
households, up from 4% in the previous year. VoIP is evolving beyond
being a residential phone equivalent and is embedding itself into
web-based advertisements, web site assistance and other click-to-call
solutions. In addition, as consumers begin to demand inexpensive
anywhere connectivity, there is more demand for mobile VoIP. The
opportunity for VoIP on dual-mode mobile phones will increase as the
number of units in use rises from 913,000 in 2006 to 22 million in
2011.
Additional key findings from this forecast include:
* At 167%, cable VoIP experienced the strongest growth in 2006.
* The majority of residential VoIP subscribers will subscribe to
bundles from cable companies by 2011.
* The broadband VoIP market continues to see greater competition, with
new market entrants bringing innovative solutions.
* There is significant potential for VoIP with FTTH in the market,
considering the ongoing initiatives by Verizon with FiOS and AT&T with
U-verse.
“The US consumer VoIP market continues to evolve and propagate,” said
Patrick Monaghan, Yankee Group Consumer Research senior analyst. “The
disruptive impact of global connectivity will continue to change the
VoIP market—making it even more difficult to measure. Despite some
growing pains we’ve seen in the VoIP market recently, the market
continues to grow and has significant potential as ILECS begin to
migrate and create increased competition for both cable MSOs and
broadband VoIP providers.”
YANKEE GROUP (www.yankeegroup.com)
The people of Yankee Group are the global connectivity experts™—the
leading source of insight and counsel for builders, operators and
users of connectivity solutions. For nearly 40 years, Yankee Group has
conducted primary research that charts the pace of technology change
and its effect on networks, consumers and enterprises. Headquartered
in Boston, Yankee Group has a global presence including operations in
North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and
Asia-Pacific. |
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