Voice: a vision of the future - Asia update

Voice: a vision of the future - Asia update published by Ovum, Ltd. in July, 2008. This report consists of 18 pages and the price starts from US $ 1800.

Introduction

Voice remains an important service and revenue generator in Asia. Developed and emerging markets are on distinct and very different growth paths.

• rapid investment in new technology and networks
• a customer base that is keen to access and use new services
• high levels of service innovation driven by competition.

This report examines the next ten years for voice in Asia.

Executive summary

• In a nutshell
• Key messages

Scope

• Voice: a vision of the future
• Defining the market

Key drivers

• Overview
• Technology drivers
• Customer behaviour
• Service suppliers and new competition

Voice forecasts

• Connections
• Volume/minutes
• Prices
• Revenues

• Table 1. Impact of technological drivers on voice call volumes
• Table 2. Impact of customer behaviour as a driver on voice volumes
• Table 3. Impact of new service providers as drivers of voice volumes
• Figure 1. Communications connections (lines) in Asia-Pacific: 2007- 17 (by technology)
• Figure 2. Communications connections in developed markets: 2007- 17 (by technology)
• Figure 3. Communications connections in emerging markets: 2007- 17 (by technology)
• Figure 4. Voice call minutes in Asia-Pacific: 2007- 17 (by technology)
• Figure 5. Voice call minutes in developed markets: 2007- 17 (by technology)
• Figure 6. Voice call minutes in emerging markets: 2007- 17 (by technology)
• Figure 7. Fixed, mobile and VoIP call prices in developed markets: 2007- 17
• Figure 8. Fixed, mobile and VoIP call prices in emerging markets: 2007- 17
• Figure 9. Voice call revenues in developed markets: 2007- 17
• Figure 10. Voice call revenues in emerging markets: 2007- 17

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