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According to the latest report from NPD In-Stat, last year ended with 29 million active mobile VoIP users, up from 9 million in 2010. Service providers have increased smartphone penetration and competition to thank for this surge in demand. Moreover, some mobile operators also started embracing mobile VoIP, helping drive the usage.
However, the research company points that mobile VoIP market is still in its infancy, with most offerings only being developed over the past several years, leaving a ton of space for further growth.
Some other NPD’s findings include:
- The primary distribution channel to access mobile VoIP offerings is through the OS application store.
- The largest concentration of mobile VoIP users is in Western Europe.
- Revenues associated with mobile VoIP usage will increase to over $4 billion in 2015.
- LTE operators are not likely to have a significant impact on the mobile VoIP market until 2013.
And you can get additional information about NPD’s report from their website.
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
