Analysys on VoIP

Researchers over at Analysys have cranked out a few numbers that the Chump would like to share with y’all.

A reading from the book of “Forecasting the Commercial Impact of Wireless VoIP in the USA and Western Europe,” then.

By 2012, according to Analysys, cellular VoIP services are forecast to generate revenues of US $18.6 billion (€15.3 billion) in the USA and US $7.3 billion (€.6.0 billion) in Western Europe, compared with fixed VoIP revenues of US $11.9 billion (€9.8 billion) in the United States and US $6.9 billion (€5.7 billion) in Western Europe.

Other interesting postulations include “By 2015, cellular VoIP will carry 28 percent of all fixed and mobile voice minutes in the USA and 23 percent in Western Europe.” Meanwhile, Analysys figures that mobile operators will position cellular VoIP as a premium voice service, emphasizing quality of service and a range of value added features.

Analysys speculates that cellular VoIP will dominate the mix of wireless VoIP services in developed markets, with VoIP over wireless local area networks and VoIP over broadband wireless accesstechnologies (e.g. WiMAX) relegated to niche roles. Report co-author Alastair Brydon notes emphatically that "Operators need to consider the migration to all-IP core networks and the introduction of VoIP-enabled handsets, as well as the evolution of their radio networks."

Analysys provides strategy and management consultancy, information services and start-up support throughout the telecommunications, IT and media sectors. Analysys employs 160 in offices in Cambridge, London, Edinburgh, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Singapore and Washington, D.C.