ALMOST EIGHT MILLION new cable telephony subscribers have been added around the world over the past 12 months, reports high tech market research company In-Stat. 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, added the company release, which said that there will likely be over 37 million cable telephone subs by the end of this calendar year. "Current priorities for cable telephony service providers are expanding the availability of their service and attracting business end-users, especially small and medium-sized businesses," said Mike Paxton, In-Stat analyst,...