Abstract
Today, the predominate mobile VoIP offering is just another, less expensive
mechanism for providing cheap international calls from mobile phones. However,
the mobile industry is also beginning to use mobile VoIP as a component in new
offerings. MVNOs and 3G operators without legacy networks are using mobile
VoIP to more cost effectively add voice to data offerings and a few carriers
are using a form of mobile VoIP, UMA, to support better indoor coverage and
off-load macro networks.
This report looks at mobile VoIP and its many implications.
It covers
- The broad spectrum of mobile VoIP industry participants including
start-ups, online VoIP providers, mobile virtual network operators (MVNO) and
Mobile Virtual Network Enablers (MVNE), and the mobile carriers themselves.
- Mobile VoIP-based offerings of representative players across this broad
spectrum.
- Activities designed to impede/slow the progress of mobile VoIP and the
controversy such actions are stirring up.
- The paradigm shifts associated mobile VoIP that will affect mobile
industry directions.
- Forecasts for mobile VoIP by region, subscribers, usage, and revenues.
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