Research and Markets: Voice Communications: From Public Service to Private Application.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c10524) has announced the addition of Voice Communications: from public service to private application to their offering. The launch of Skype's free telephony software download in August 2003 caught the industry's imagination as it rapidly overtook o·ver·took v. Past tense of overtake. more established VoIP players to attain subscriber figures never before seen in this emerging segment. The software, initially offered to the users of KaZaA's file sharing Copying files from one computer to another. See peer-to-peer network, file sharing protocol and file and printer sharing. network, spread through word-of-mouth, with no traditional marketing, to claim over 7 million users in August 2004. Several copycat services have been launched this year, all offering free on-net calls within their closed user groups and offering optional extras including voicemail, conferencing See teleconferencing. and termination services to the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) The worldwide voice telephone network. Once only an analog system, the heart of most telephone networks today is all digital. In the U.S. . These all have minimal network infrastructure, relying as they do on 'peer-to-peer' topologies to support the services. These private VoIP applications (PVAs) highlight the susceptibility susceptibility the state of being susceptible. Refers usually to infectious disease but may be to physical factors such as wetting or to psychological factors such as harassment. of traditional voice service providers, both fixed and mobile, to new business models made possible by widespread broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. . This report assesses the potential impact on the Western European voice European Voice is an English language newspaper owned by The Economist group. The newspaper gives an account of the activities of the key European Union institutions – the European Commission, European Parliament and Council of Ministers. market of these PVAs. It evaluates the underlying business models and quantifies their short-term impact on the core businesses of both fixed and mobile service providers. The longer-term potential for a 'critical-mass effect' of PVA PVA polyvinyl alcohol. users giving rise to a new market structure is also explored and the possible scale of its impact is determined. The report explains how existing service providers can protect their revenues, and evaluates the strategic alternatives available to market participants The term market participant is used in United States constitutional law to describe a U.S. State which is acting as a producer or supplier of a marketable good or service. When a state is acting in such a role, it may permissibly discriminate against non-residents. . Voice Communications: from public service to private application answers your key questions: --What are the existing business models in the market and how are they likely to evolve? --What are the factors required to trigger a 'critical-mass effect'? --How much do traditional operators stand to lose? --Who could take advantage of the new business models, and how? --How should traditional operators respond to this threat? Who should read this report? --Mainstream fixed voice operators: understand the threat posed by the emerging business models, assess the scale of the potential impact and develop counter-strategies to minimise the danger --Internet Service Providers: understand where the main opportunities lie in terms of market segments, business models and distribution strategies for the launch of voice services --Specialist VoIP providers: identify the main opportunities and develop longer-term market strategies --Mobile network operators: understand the potential impact on mobile usage and revenues --Equipment vendors: understand the market drivers and identify new opportunities For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c10524 |
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