VoIP subscriber growth in western Europe is skyrocketing

July 23, 2007

TeleGeography’s new European VoIP Research Service projects that nearly 30 million consumer VoIP lines will be in service across Europe by end of 2007, up from 6.5 million at the beginning of 2006. The rapid growth of VoIP will change the way telcos do business in Europe, and challenges the historical stronghold of incumbent service providers.

However, while VoIP services are growing rapidly in all of western Europe, a closer look reveals stark differences in subscriber numbers, market penetration and growth rates across Europe (see figure). Some markets, like France and the Netherlands, have already reached a large portion of homes; others, like Spain, have low penetration levels, but are growing at a blistering pace.

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