European VoIP - the revolution is underway

European VoIP — the revolution is underway

According to new data from TeleGeography’s European VoIP & Triple-Play Research Service, VoIP services are growing at a blistering pace and reshaping the fixed-line market in Europe Consumer IP telephony subscribers reached 25.3 million at year-end 2007, up from 15 million in 2006, and only 6.5 million in 2005.

While the overall pace of growth is rapid, VoIP market developments in each country are unique. Market penetration of consumer VoIP service in the 13 countries profiled by TeleGeography ranged from 2% to 43%.

TeleGeography’s European VoIP & Triple-Play Research Service is the authoritative source of data on consumer VoIP services and service providers in western Europe. Contents include:

* Historical VoIP data from 2004-2007
* Detailed analysis of the consumer VoIP market in 13 European countries
* Profiles of 72 leading European voice, video and broadband providers
* Overview of dual-play and triple-play prices in 13 European countries
* Continent-wide and national subscriber and revenue projections through 2012
* All data are updated twice annually, and are current through 2007
* Bi-annual updates, delivered in PDF and Excel spreadsheets, include country subscriber totals, provider rankings, VoIP projections by country and market indicators by country.

A few more key findings:
* VoIP services will have a dramatic impact on revenues from switched services, both by siphoning subscribers off of the switched network, and by forcing deep reductions in fixed-line voice prices.
* While Skype has more subscribers in Europe than any individual provider of handset-based VoIP services, the revenues and traffic volumes generated by Skype’s subscribers are lower, and have a much smaller impact on incumbent’s revenues.
* VoIP adoption in Europe is growing far faster than in the U.S. Prices are a key reason: typical prices for triple play service in the U.S. are approximately 70 percent higher than in Europe.