Mobile VOIP to see huge growth, threaten carriers' voice revenue, says report

THE TOTAL NUMBER of mobile VoIP users will reach 288 million by the end of 2013, according to research firm In-Stat.Of these, well over half will be associated with online mobile VoIP providers, under one-third will utilize mobile VoIP with 3G MVNOs or mobile operators, and 11% with WiMAX/LTE operators. On a geographic basis, mobile VoIP will be heavily biased towards the Asia Pacific region, particularly among the online mobile VoIP services.“The near-term opportunity for mobile VoIP is closely linked with the growing success of dual-mode phones and other Wi-Fi connected devices,” said Frank Dickson, In-Stat analyst, in a release....