Mobile VoIP to be worth $35b in 2013: In-Stat

Robert Clark
05 Mar 2010
00:00

Asia-Pacific region is set to become the biggest mobile VoIP market, which will be worth $35.2 billion by the end of 2013.

Research firm In-Stat predicts that the global user population will by that time reach 288 million, with less than one-third using mobile VoIP via mobile operators.

Instead, most will use online mobile VoIP providers and apps such as Skype, said In-Stat analyst Frank Dickson, who describes them as a “direct threat” to operator voice revenue.

He said operators were learning how to balance “new opportunity with the threat,” but the near-term opportunity was linked with the growing popularity of dual-mode phones and other Wi-Fi connected devices.

More than 400 million dual-mode (Wi-Fi + cellular) devices will ship in 2013, In-Stat predicts.

In-Stat says the Europe-Middle East-Africa is currently the biggest mobile VoIP by revenue currently.

Asia-Pacific will become the largest regional market by 2013, with most users preferring mobile VoIP apps and services rather than operator-provided VoIP.

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