In a new report, In-Stat explains how the growth of mobile VoIP will eat into carrier profits as users rely on less costly voice over data while avoiding the more premium costs of traditional voice minutes.
According to the report, users can talk for over 20,000 minutes before going over their a $30, 5-gigabyte mobile data cap. That's a lot of talk time for the price when you compare it to the amount carriers charge for regular voice--sometimes as much as 45 cents a minute. In-Stat claims that this is a dramatically cheaper form of calling combined with the rising ranks of mobile VoIP users will. These factors will not only drive an increase in mobile VoIP revenues, but also a decrease in traditional (and more lucrative) voice minutes profits.
Read more:
- TMC has an article [1]
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Links:
[1] http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/mobile-unified-communications/articles/66906-report-mobile-voip-growth-will-impact-operator-voice.htm
[2] http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/can-pure-play-mobile-voip-succeed/2009-05-28
[3] http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/voip-voice-open-internet/2009-10-15
[4] http://www.fiercewireless.com/press-releases/gartner-says-mobile-voip-poses-huge-challenge-traditional-mobile-voice-providers
[5] http://www.fierceenterprisecommunications.com/story/report-mobile-voip-poised-rapid-growth/2009-08-13
[6] http://www.fierceenterprisecommunications.com/special-reports/round-latest-mobile-voip