| The Voip telephony and the international | | | | Broadband's faster speeds are behind the |
| telecommunications market is not only healthy, it | | | | increasing demand for cable modem and DSL |
| is robust! The market is expected to continue its | | | | providers. Telephone companies are offering more |
| double-digit growth and reach over $2 trillion by | | | | bundled DSL services and cable operators are |
| 2008. | | | | losing subscribers to direct broadcast satellite. The |
| Spending on telecommunications equipment and | | | | gap between the number cable and DSL |
| services in Canada, Western Europe, Eastern | | | | subscribers is narrowing and will continue to |
| Europe, Latin America and Asia/Pacific will grow at | | | | decrease. |
| a rate of 10.6% say the experts. What's behind | | | | In addition, there is plenty going on with wireless |
| this growth in telecommunications? Prosperity! | | | | communications. The U.S. wireless market includes |
| With improving economic conditions throughout | | | | transport services, handsets, capital expenditures |
| the world there is increasing demand for Voip, | | | | and infrastructure equipment including Wi-Fi |
| mobile devices and wireless telecommunication | | | | equipment plus the emerging market for wireless |
| services. | | | | broadband access. The future of VoIP technology |
| The number of subscribers to wireless telephone | | | | and wireless VoIP promises to be one of the |
| services is growing faster than the number of | | | | most exciting developments in |
| landlines in all regions. 1.9 billion wireless subscribers | | | | telecommunications. |
| are expected by 2008 and they will outnumber | | | | Not counting PC-to-PC services, the number of |
| landline subscribers by 69.1%. | | | | residential VoIP customers more than tripled to |
| The accessibility of high-speed broadband will drive | | | | 4.2 million in 2005. That number is expected to |
| equipment revenue over the next few years. | | | | grow by a compound annual rate of over 43% in |
| This will give a boost to Internet telephony | | | | the next few years. That will result in about 18 |
| service and that growth will continue as | | | | million VoIP users. |
| broadband access revenue triples in future years. | | | | Growth in the residential VoIP market is being |
| As the move to wireless, voice over Internet | | | | driven by a number of factors. First and foremost |
| protocol (VoIP) and cable telephony continues, the | | | | is that VoIP telephony provides consumers with |
| landline market will increase from $391 billion in | | | | inexpensive voice communications. VoIP escapes |
| 2004 to $422 billion in 2008. | | | | the burden of the many regulations and taxes |
| Internationally Europe is expected to be the | | | | governments have imposed on traditional |
| largest region in support services spending, | | | | telephone services. So far that has allowed the |
| reaching $354 billion by 2008 as the demand for | | | | VoIP service providers to beat the prices charged |
| equipment increases there will be increased | | | | for wired telephone services. The burst of growth |
| demand for services to support that equipment. | | | | in broadband subscribership is a good sign for |
| In the United States the broadband market is | | | | VoIP, because it works best over a broadband |
| expected to reach an estimated 56.9 million | | | | connection, |
| subscribers by 2008. That up from 32.5 million | | | | In the United States and around the world, people |
| subscribers in 2004. The broadband market has | | | | are talking and they want to do that with speed |
| had a huge move since 2001, when there were | | | | and economy. VoIP phone services are prepared |
| only 5.1 million subscribers. | | | | to meet that need. |