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