The number of mobile VoIP minutes will rise from 15 billion this year to 470.6 billion minutes by 2015, finds a new report from Juniper Research. According to the research company, the traffic will steadily rise in all regions over the forecast period, but particularly in developed markets.
Juniper’s Senior Analyst Anthony Cox points to two “flavors” of mobile VoIP traffic – one that uses cellular 3G and 4G networks, and WiFi mobile VoIP, which is operators hate (and users love) as its “costs” them lost minutes.
Other findings from the report include:
- Competitive and regulatory pressure will push traditional operators in developed markets to eventually forge partnerships with VoIP providers.
- Operator revenues from circuit switched voice will continue to diminish over the next five years, though the rate of decline will not accelerate.
- The market opportunity for HD voice and ad-support mobile voice services will be limited for the foreseeable future.
As usual, you can get more information from Juniper’s website…