Spirent Communications Announces Results from Vote for VoIP Poll14 December 2004
Telecommunications industry leaders agree that the VoIP revolution has begun and predict that VoIP will transform communications, according to the latest 'Vote For VoIP' poll conducted by Spirent Communications(TM) (LSE:SPT; NYSE:SPM) and Telephony Magazine at USTA TELECOM '04 in Las Vegas last month.
More than 600 hundred people participated in the poll. Results show that ninety-one percent of respondents believe the VoIP revolution has begun and two-thirds state that VoIP is ready for widespread deployment today.
Spirent and Telephony Magazine first launched the popular industry survey at the SUPERCOMM 2004 show in Chicago last June. Spirent also gauged international opinion with a similar poll at the Broadband World Forum in Venice in September.
Attendees of SUPERCOMM 2004 and TELECOM '04 were in alignment on the ability of VoIP to revolutionize communications and the resulting customer benefits, as well as their views relating to the obstacles of widespread deployment. Both groups cited reduced cost and product innovation/increased functionality as the top two customer benefits of VoIP technology. Although voters were enthusiastic about VoIP's industry impact and the potential benefits, poll respondents were cautious about the realities and challenges surrounding VoIP deployment.
In addition, TELECOM '04 voters claimed that the top three consequences of VoIP deployments are: rapidly increasing new service deployment; substantially changing network architectures; and dramatically altering the financials of network deployment. SUPERCOMM 2004 attendees included the third consequence as leveling the playing field between large and small players, telecom and cable carriers.
When asked to identify obstacles to VoIP deployment, participants at TELECOM '04 said consumer awareness, voice quality, and slow broadband deployment were the largest obstacles hindering the widespread adoption of VoIP. SUPERCOMM 2004 attendees agreed that voice quality and slow broadband deployment could limit adoption, yet they believe it was compounded by government regulation rather than consumer awareness.
When asked to list service providers that will be most successful in VoIP deployment, results at both shows were fairly evenly divided between Verizon, SBC, Comcast, AT&T, and Vonage. Each carrier received between 12 and 16 percent of the votes at TELECOM '04. Additionally, fifty-six percent of TELECOM '04 attendees said their employer uses some form of VoIP technology today, and half of the respondents said they have the option to sign-up for VoIP at their home.
"The results from these polls show that overall the industry is optimistic about the promise of VoIP, but tuned into the obstacles of widespread deployment," said Tom Smith, vice president marketing, Spirent Communications' Service Assurance - Broadband unit. "At Spirent, we're focused on helping our customers overcome some of those hurdles to dramatically accelerate the deployment of VoIP services."
"VoIP was a key theme at TELECOM '04," said Mark Hickey, publisher of Telephony and Telephonyonline.com. "Joining forces with Spirent once again, we were able to provide a venue for attendees to sound off about VoIP. In alignment with the SUPERCOMM 2004 attendees, polltakers at TELECOM '04 agree the VoIP revolution is moving forward and they are realistic about the promises and challenges of IP."
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