More than a fifth of broadband lines come with VoIP

It has been reported recently that more than one fifth of broadband lines now come with VoIP as this service becomes increasingly important to businesses and to providers.

According to recent reports more than one fifth of broadband lines now come with VoIP, and this is a service that is said to have become increasingly important amongst service providers and more pivotal amongst consumers and businesses. The figures come from recent research that was carried out by the industry analysis group Point Topic.

Officials said that in many cases these days it was not really cost effective to subscribe to broadband services without having VoIP included as part of the service. This is happening in many destinations across Europe. One official from Point Topic said: “France is a stand out example. Fierce competition has been encouraged and ISPs like Free, who only offer bundled services which include VoIP, have helped drive consumer perception towards the expectation of low cost add on services from their ISPs and VoIP is relatively easy and cost effective solution.”

He also said: “Over 22% of consumer broadband lines worldwide now come with a Voice over IP service. Passing 100 million subscriptions by the end of 2009 VoIP has continued to grow adding another 12 million subscribers in the first half of 2010.”

He concluded: “VoIP has come a long way in a short time. It’s attractive to consumers as it is priced very competitively in terms of subscription and call charges. It’s attractive to operators as it’s a straightforward implementation that offers a chance for them to differentiate their services. There’s no reason to believe growth is going to slow significantly until a market reaches saturation and we could reasonably expect to see 200 million subscribers by 2015.”

Source – Realwire