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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.
A free report
excerpt, table of contents, and ordering information is online at
http://www.insight-corp.com/reports/Asiavoip.asp
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