Telecom industry executives and analysts generally believe consumer VoIP will hit mainstream status by late 2008 or early 2009, according to stl. They also believe that sometime in 2010, voice revenue will represent 20 percent or less of wireline service provider revenue. Mobile operators will be in the same position by 2011. Some 90 percent of respondents say the global telecom industry is undergoing a fundamental structural change.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Late 2008 Consumer VoIP Mainstream
Telecom industry executives and analysts generally believe consumer VoIP will hit mainstream status by late 2008 or early 2009, according to stl. They also believe that sometime in 2010, voice revenue will represent 20 percent or less of wireline service provider revenue. Mobile operators will be in the same position by 2011. Some 90 percent of respondents say the global telecom industry is undergoing a fundamental structural change.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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