There is growing interest in delivering VoIP services over a range of wireless technologies (including 3G, WLAN and WiMAX). However, there is still uncertainty over the extent to which it will be adopted and the impact it will have on the usage and revenue of voice services in general. Such services offer significant opportunities and risks for network operators, equipment vendors and a number of other organisations. The central question addressed by this report is: what will be the impact of wireless VoIP on the overall voice market, and when? The report provides detailed forecasts of traffic volumes, revenue and ARPU for mobile and fixed voice services for the period 2006–15, segmented by wireless technology type (cellular, WLAN and BWA), and by circuit-switched and VoIP services.
Forecasting the commercial impact of wireless VoIP in the USA and Western Europe answers your key questions:
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What are the barriers to the adoption of wireless VoIP services?
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How and when will these barriers be overcome, and what will drive adoption?
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What contribution will wireless VoIP make to the total (fixed and mobile) voice market, in terms of traffic volume and revenues?
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What will be the relative contributions of VoIP over 3G, WLAN and BWA?
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How will wireless VoIP usage and revenues compare to fixed voice services?
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How will the evolution of 3G networks affect the migration from circuit-switched voice services to VoIP?
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What actions should operators, service providers, vendors and VoIP software providers take to seize the opportunities that wireless VoIP presents and overcome the risks?