The International Voice Market is a Challenging Environment, With Price Decline Running Between 10-15%.DUBLIN Dublin, city, Republic of Ireland Dublin, Irish Baile Átha Cliath, county borough (1991 pop. 915,516), Leinster, capital of the Republic of Ireland, on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the Liffey River. , Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c51040) has announced the addition of Life After Voice: Where Next for International Wholesale? to their offering. The market for providing international wholesale services in general, and international wholesale voice services in particular, is becoming more challenging. International voice traffic is typically below 5% of total circuit-switched traffic in most developed countries, but it has been a handsome contributor to telco revenues and profits. For carriers in developed countries where competition is well established, wholesale voice, once the mainstay of international wholesale, is now notable for low prices and low margins. Hopes that the worst is behind us are diminished di·min·ish v. di·min·ished, di·min·ish·ing, di·min·ish·es v.tr. 1. a. To make smaller or less or to cause to appear so. b. by comments such as that from BT, which in April 2006 commented: The international voice market is a challenging environment, with price decline running between 10-15% on average and continuing sharp downward pressure on margins. Faced with this situation, international fixed network operators that provide wholesale services need to make major strategic choices. Their choices include the following: -- International voice - do we get bigger, get focused Get Focused is a Christian youth festival started in 2001 in Tønsberg, Norway. The festival had 1500 visitors in 2005, and the British Christian-rock band Delirious? performed. Get Focused is a cooperation of the local youth groups in the Tønsberg area in Vestfold, Norway. , or get out -- Enterprise services - should we support the telecoms requirements of international enterprises, rather than just the wholesale market -- What do we need to include in a portfolio of IP-based services -- Should we partner with other carriers to offer IP-based international wholesale services -- How do we capitalise Verb 1. capitalise - supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders capitalize on growing requirements for supporting mobile content? In this report, principal analyst Stephen Young Stephen Young can refer to:
Topics Covered Key messages It's (still) good to talk Global voice continues to grow Retail voice: not just more of the same Retail fragmentation (1) Storing data in non-contiguous areas on disk. As files are updated, new data are stored in available free space, which may not be contiguous. Fragmented files cause extra head movement, slowing disk accesses. A defragger program is used to rewrite and reorder all the files. = wholesale complication complication /com·pli·ca·tion/ (kom?pli-ka´shun) 1. disease(s) concurrent with another disease. 2. occurrence of several diseases in the same patient. com·pli·ca·tion n. Changing dynamics: the new market for international wholesale voice IP and VoIP: the technological disrupters Supply side: a crowded market Demand side: new customers, new requirements Tough choices in international wholesale voice If international voice is no longer the cash cow Cash Cow 1. One of the four categories (quadrants) in the BCG growth-share matrix that represents the division within a company that has a large market share within a mature industry. 2. , where's the cream? Serving international enterprises Offering white label and private-label IP products Partnering with other carriers to extend the reach of carrier IP services Providing network services for mobile content For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c51040 Source: Ovum |
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