Asia International Call Revenue Lost to VoIP Bypass Declines in 2005, Says INSIGHT Research19 June 2005
The Asian carriers will be losing less revenue next year from Voice over the Internet Protocol (VoIP) bypass, according to a new market analysis report by INSIGHT Research. International voice telecommunications revenue lost to VoIP bypass is gradually declining, even as total international calling continues to increase, the report says. The study concludes that as Asian telecommunications companies bring their international rates into line with actual costs, the attractiveness of VoIP as an arbitrage opportunity will diminish, slowing down its adoption.
According to the market analysis study, "Telecommunications and VoIP in Asia, Oceania, and the Mideast: A Market Perspective on the Major Economies 2005-2011," in 2004 VoIP bypass calling revenue amounted to slightly more than one-third of the $98 billion spent in China, India, Japan and other Asian countries on international calling. By 2011, VoIP bypass revenue is expected to remain essentially flat at $30 billion while international call revenue jumps to about $160 billion. Of the 96 billion Asian international calling MOUs expected to be recorded in 2011, only 22.8 billion will be attributable to VoIP.
"Once international settlements are in line with the real costs to deliver service, the arbitrage opportunity becomes less compelling, VoIP growth rates slow and actually become a smaller percentage of all international calls," says INSIGHT president Robert Rosenberg. "Take India as just one example: in 2004, international call revenue amounted to $2.7 billion, of which $1.5 billion was lost to VoIP bypass. In 2011, we expect total international voice to generate $4.5 billion in revenue, with VoIP bypass taking a far smaller percentage," concluded Rosenberg.
"Telecommunications and VoIP in Asia, Oceania, and the Mideast: A Market Perspective on the Major Economies 2005-2011" forecasts access line growth and wireless subscriber growth, analyzes data on MOUs related to international circuit switched voice and VoIP traffic, and forecasts VoIP MOUs and revenue per subscriber. VoIP"s impact on capital investment in hardware and software is also quantified. Data is provided for the major economies in Asia, the Mid-East and Oceania including: China, India, Japan, South Korea, Israel, and Australia.
Source: Arrivenet
All trademarks and copyrighted information contained herein are the property of their respective owners.
Related Voip Articles
|
