| Broadband proliferation is continuing at a rapid rate | | | | large number of Voice over Broadband (VoB) |
| globally, enabling a new method for delivering | | | | services, some of which are offered by providers |
| residential and SOHO users with telephony | | | | who are new to the field of telecom. Internet |
| services. | | | | Services Providers (ISP) are becoming Internet |
| The global market for broadband access is | | | | Telephony Service Providers (ITSP) by bundling |
| continuously growing. Independent market | | | | voice services with their data services, and are |
| researchers claim that by 2007 there will be | | | | targeting residential and Small Office/Home Office |
| approximately 250 million broadband lines | | | | (SOHO) customers. Independent market reports |
| worldwide. Broadband access, which is offered | | | | project that from 20 million VoB lines in 2005, we |
| over DSL or cable infrastructure, is enabling a | | | | will see over 90 million VoB lines in 2008. |