VoIP Industry Newsletter: Volume 1: Issue 1

VoIP Technology Update
6.8 million Class 4 VoIP softswitch licenses shipped during the quarter, down from 7.1 million in 1Q08.

8.9 million service provider media gateways ports shipped during 2Q08, up significantly from 8.1 million ports in the previous quarter.

5.2 million SBC sessions capacity shipped in 2Q08, down from 8.9 million in 1Q08. Revenue, however, did not show such a depression Q-o-Q. Revenue decreased 1.3% sequentially.
-- iLocus

VoIP Subscriber Growth Remains Robust
Cable telephony subscriber growth continues to be strong, with almost 8 million new subscribers added around the world over the past 12 months. Growth in North America has been particularly strong, as cable operators near the end of their transition to voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP)-enabled network architectures, the high-tech market research firm says.

Worldwide cable telephony service revenues are on track to reach $12.6 billion in 2008, up from $10.7 billion in 2007. Total worldwide cable telephony subscribers are projected to reach 37 million by the end of 2008, and rise to over 64 million by 2012.
-- In-Stat

VoIP in Multi-play Bundles is Having a Major Impact
Over 16 million U.S. consumer VoIP lines were in service by the first quarter of 2008, representing nearly 14 percent of all households and 27 percent of broadband households. Meanwhile, data released by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says in the last six months of 2007, at least 16 percent of U.S. households have one or more cell phones, but no landlines.

Since 2005, the RBOCs--AT&T, Verizon and Qwest--have lost over 17 million residential telephone lines with more than 80 percent of these customers tapping into the services of cable telephony providers. A chart illustrating the losses and gains around fixed and VoIP could best be described as the cone of pain for RBOCs; VoIP subscribers are going up nearly as rapidly as fixed line subscribers are departing, so there's a nice upward line for VoIP and a downward one for RBOCs on a year-to-year basis.

RBOCs are fighting back against cable with their own triple-play offerings, but they have a long way to go to recapture subscribers. Verizon had over 18.8 million subs to its FiOS fiber offering in Q108 while ATT has 379,000 U-Verse broadband and video subscribers, including 4,000 VoIP subscribers.
-- TeleGeography

Gartner has Recently Revealed Smartphone Industry Figures for Quarter 2, 2008 and Things are Looking Good for Symbian, RIM and Apple
The figures are in for Quarter 2, 2008 and things are looking good for Symbian, RIM and Apple. According to the figures:

• Over 32 million Smartphones were shipped worldwide during the Q2, 2008 and there was a 15.7% growth rate in shipments during Q2, 2008 as compared to Q2, 2007.
• Symbian is still the Industry leader with over 18 million shipments worldwide and 57.1% market share. It achieved 0.7% growth rate in Q2, 2008 as compared to Q2, 2007.
• RIM has overtaken Windows Mobile to obtain the second position with over 5 million shipments and 17.4% market share. It achieved the second highest 126.4% growth rate in Q2, 2008 as compared to Q2, 2007.
• Microsoft Windows Mobile came thirdwith over 3 million shipments worldwide and 12.0% market share. It achieved 20.6% growth rate in Q2, 2008 as compared to Q2, 2007.

-- Gartner

As of October 7, 2008, Apple, Inc. reported that it's close to reaching its goal of selling 10 million iPhone 3Gs.
-- Top Tech News

VoIP Expertise In Demand
VoIP salaries are on the rise. OnForce Inc., an online jobs mart where employers and workers meet on the Internet and agree on an hourly rate published, in a recent report that shows growth in VoIP rates have increased by over 20% between Q1 and Q2 2008 in an otherwise troubled larger employment market-place.
-- TMCNET

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