As much as people think VoIP providers (other than cable) have got traction problems in the U.S. market, that is far from the case elsewhere. In western Europe, for example, independent VoIP providers are not only the market share leaders, but their share of market might actually be increasing, even though major incumbent telcos are actively in the market as well.And where U.S. cable providers including Comcast, Cox, Time Warner and Cablevision are the new driving force for VoIP-driven POTS replacement, that is hardly the case in western Europe, where cable operators still have relatively slight market share.
Still, there is no denying the traction problem. According to analysts at TeleGeography, VoIP growth already has hit a plateau in the U.S. market. In western Europe growth rates not only have accelerated but might not hit a peak until 2008, says TeleGeography.
Hence the interest in VoIP 2.0, the integration of voice services with Web and enterprise applications, portals, email, documents, gaming and other end user experiences.
2 comments:
Depends on what do you mean by VoIP? Independent Service Providers or the technology. The technology is only going up. But - I agree with you that those service providers who only provide a PSTN dial tone replacement have a problem.The name of the game is services and applications. On that playing field VoIP is way ahead due to 2 letters - IP. Once you are on IP, the sky is the limit. The possible applications, mashups and services are endless. Long Live VoiP!
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