Voip has quickly proven itself to be not just a viable option for business and residential communications, but also as an incredible leap forward into a future of communication where high quality audio and video transfer, substantially reduced call rates and incredible flexibility come as standard.
But due to the incredible advantages offered by this system, there are sectors of the Voip world which face the very real prospect of market saturation being reached in the near future - and its a problem that service providers are seriously concerned about.
In 2010 the number of Voice Over IP subscribers (including over access lines and other broadband lines) hit 157 million - an increase of 12.6% - with the number of residential and SOHO providers growing 14% in 2011 to over 178 million. This number looks set to grow to over 270 million by 2015.
In the league table of most active-user countries the USA Japan and France hold the top three positions, with the UK (unsurprisingly) wallowing in tenth place, largely due, you would think, to the inadequate nature of UK broadband coverage by comparison.
In France and Japan, the introduction of fibre based broadband services have been the main driver behind adoption, with over 93% of broadband subscribers in France also having a Voice Over IP service, a statistic which has resulted in that particular segment to suffer from market saturation.
But regardless of when if and even why market saturation should ever occur, there are still many untapped markets just waiting to jump on the Voice Over IP bandwagon, and none-more-so than China, where in 2010 figures show just one bundled Voip package for every twenty subscription.
As well as this, mobile Voip usage is also growing at an incredible rate thanks to the ever increasing numbers of Smartphones on the market offering Voip services. In 2011 alone, active mobile Voip subscriber rates tripled to over 29 million from just 9 million in 2010.
And so there you have it. Some market sectors will, evidently, reach saturation point before others - but regardless of if and when that happens there will still be plenty left to go around. In the mean time, the only question that any business should be asking themselves is, do we have the best Voice Over IP service provider on the market? And if you've not yet considered that question, you need to step your game up.
But due to the incredible advantages offered by this system, there are sectors of the Voip world which face the very real prospect of market saturation being reached in the near future - and its a problem that service providers are seriously concerned about.
In 2010 the number of Voice Over IP subscribers (including over access lines and other broadband lines) hit 157 million - an increase of 12.6% - with the number of residential and SOHO providers growing 14% in 2011 to over 178 million. This number looks set to grow to over 270 million by 2015.
In the league table of most active-user countries the USA Japan and France hold the top three positions, with the UK (unsurprisingly) wallowing in tenth place, largely due, you would think, to the inadequate nature of UK broadband coverage by comparison.
In France and Japan, the introduction of fibre based broadband services have been the main driver behind adoption, with over 93% of broadband subscribers in France also having a Voice Over IP service, a statistic which has resulted in that particular segment to suffer from market saturation.
But regardless of when if and even why market saturation should ever occur, there are still many untapped markets just waiting to jump on the Voice Over IP bandwagon, and none-more-so than China, where in 2010 figures show just one bundled Voip package for every twenty subscription.
As well as this, mobile Voip usage is also growing at an incredible rate thanks to the ever increasing numbers of Smartphones on the market offering Voip services. In 2011 alone, active mobile Voip subscriber rates tripled to over 29 million from just 9 million in 2010.
And so there you have it. Some market sectors will, evidently, reach saturation point before others - but regardless of if and when that happens there will still be plenty left to go around. In the mean time, the only question that any business should be asking themselves is, do we have the best Voice Over IP service provider on the market? And if you've not yet considered that question, you need to step your game up.
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Saul Saresi writes regularly about Voip systems and technology for his website which can be found here business voip to find out how much you can save with your Voip communications click here voip for business
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