Voice Over Internet Protocol has quickly risen above all competition to become the undisputed king in waiting of communication for both the business and residential world's alike, effortlessly mixing incredible audio quality and video transfer capabilities with unbelievable flexibility.
But because of the incredible advantages offered by Voice Over IP technologies, and the drastic uptake in people wanting to utilise Voip technologies, market saturation is a serious problem which service providers are taking very significant steps to research.
In 2010 the number of Voice Over IP subscribers (including over access lines and other broadband lines) hit 157 million - an increase of 12.6% - with the number of residential and SOHO providers growing 14% in 2011 to over 178 million. This number looks set to grow to over 270 million by 2015.
The most users belong to the USA, Japan and France respectively, with the UK languishing in 10th place - thanks in no small part to the somewhat lacking broadband ability.
In France and Japan, the introduction of fibre based broadband services have been the main driver behind adoption, with over 93% of broadband subscribers in France also having a Voice Over IP service, a statistic which has resulted in that particular segment to suffer from market saturation.
But regardless of when if and even why market saturation should ever occur, there are still many untapped markets just waiting to jump on the Voice Over IP bandwagon, and none-more-so than China, where in 2010 figures show just one bundled Voip package for every twenty subscription.
As well as this, mobile Voip usage is also growing at an incredible rate thanks to the ever increasing numbers of Smartphones on the market offering Voip services. In 2011 alone, active mobile Voip subscriber rates tripled to over 29 million from just 9 million in 2010.
And so there you have it. Some market sectors will, evidently, reach saturation point before others - but regardless of if and when that happens there will still be plenty left to go around. In the mean time, the only question that any business should be asking themselves is, do we have the best Voice Over IP service provider on the market? And if you've not yet considered that question, you need to step your game up.
But because of the incredible advantages offered by Voice Over IP technologies, and the drastic uptake in people wanting to utilise Voip technologies, market saturation is a serious problem which service providers are taking very significant steps to research.
In 2010 the number of Voice Over IP subscribers (including over access lines and other broadband lines) hit 157 million - an increase of 12.6% - with the number of residential and SOHO providers growing 14% in 2011 to over 178 million. This number looks set to grow to over 270 million by 2015.
The most users belong to the USA, Japan and France respectively, with the UK languishing in 10th place - thanks in no small part to the somewhat lacking broadband ability.
In France and Japan, the introduction of fibre based broadband services have been the main driver behind adoption, with over 93% of broadband subscribers in France also having a Voice Over IP service, a statistic which has resulted in that particular segment to suffer from market saturation.
But regardless of when if and even why market saturation should ever occur, there are still many untapped markets just waiting to jump on the Voice Over IP bandwagon, and none-more-so than China, where in 2010 figures show just one bundled Voip package for every twenty subscription.
As well as this, mobile Voip usage is also growing at an incredible rate thanks to the ever increasing numbers of Smartphones on the market offering Voip services. In 2011 alone, active mobile Voip subscriber rates tripled to over 29 million from just 9 million in 2010.
And so there you have it. Some market sectors will, evidently, reach saturation point before others - but regardless of if and when that happens there will still be plenty left to go around. In the mean time, the only question that any business should be asking themselves is, do we have the best Voice Over IP service provider on the market? And if you've not yet considered that question, you need to step your game up.
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Saul Saresi writes regularly about Voip systems and technology for his website which can be found here business voip to find out how much you can save with your Voip communications click here voip for business
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