Mobile voice volume will overtake fixed in Western Europe by mid-2008

For the first time, the volume of mobile voice calls will exceed that on traditional fixed networks in Western Europe as a whole, says global advisor on telecoms, IT and media - Analysys Research.

According to them, this milestone is set to occur by the end of summer this year and is the result of continual increase of call minutes made from mobiles during last year (1.4% per quarter).

• In the UK, mobile voice usage should overtake fixed voice in the second quarter of 2008.
• In France, mobile voice usage has already surpassed that of fixed voice, and keeps growing despite the widespread availability of practically free voice over broadband.
• On the other hand, mobile voice is not expected to overtake fixed voice in the Italian market until the first quarter of 2009.
• The German market will not experience this phenomenon for about two years, at current rates of substitution.
• Portugal was the first country in which mobile overtook fixed, due to lowest voice consumption in Western Europe.
• Sweden will be among the last to change.

As always, we point you to the research company’s website for more information. Here’s the link.