BOSTON -- Voice over IP service revenue in North America will grow 18-fold between 2004 and 2009, from $1.24 billion to $23.4 billion, according to Infonetics Research's latest VoIP Services report. More than $62 billion will be spent on VoIP services over the 5-year forecast period.
"VoIP subscriber growth is skyrocketing right along with revenue growth: we're forecasting triple-digit growth from 2005 to 2006, with 6 million new subscribers a year every year from 2006 to 2008, when there will be over 24 million," said Kevin Mitchell, principal analyst of Infonetics Research and author of the report.
"Vonage leads the residential and SOHO VoIP subscriber market, but their share is the lowest it's been in 9 months due to cable companies making gains," Mitchell continued. "Cablevision and Time Warner Cable each have double-digit share and combined have over 40% of all North American residential VoIP subscribers. Time Warner Cable is gaining subscriber share and they only sell within their footprint, not nationwide like AT&T and Vonage."
"The incumbent telcos have insubstantial subscriber share at this time, but we expect them to make a bigger impact in coming years, because triple-play services will all be based on broadband infrastructure, and legacy PSTN access will continue to slowly churn away."
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"VoIP subscriber growth is skyrocketing right along with revenue growth: we're forecasting triple-digit growth from 2005 to 2006, with 6 million new subscribers a year every year from 2006 to 2008, when there will be over 24 million," said Kevin Mitchell, principal analyst of Infonetics Research and author of the report.
"Vonage leads the residential and SOHO VoIP subscriber market, but their share is the lowest it's been in 9 months due to cable companies making gains," Mitchell continued. "Cablevision and Time Warner Cable each have double-digit share and combined have over 40% of all North American residential VoIP subscribers. Time Warner Cable is gaining subscriber share and they only sell within their footprint, not nationwide like AT&T and Vonage."
"The incumbent telcos have insubstantial subscriber share at this time, but we expect them to make a bigger impact in coming years, because triple-play services will all be based on broadband infrastructure, and legacy PSTN access will continue to slowly churn away."
http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=83147&WT.svl=wire1_2
