Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Informa Media and Telecom
Published: March 2007
Product Code: R443-230Description Mobile VoIP: Transforming Voice Networks, Devices & Business Models delivers the information you need to ensure that you fully understand the future of mobile VoIP and the imapct it will have on today's global telecoms industry.
VoIP services delivered over a wide range of mobile or wireless technologies are both an opportunity and a threat for operators and vendors. This detailed strategic report explores the impact of mobile VoIP on the industry and includes detailed market forecasts for the next five years.
Mobile VoIP: Transforming Voice Networks, Devices & Business Models delivers everything you need to ensure you fully understand this complex, business-critical issue:
- Realistic market segmentation and roadmaps for VoIP in the mobile and wireless markets - includes seven main market segments ranging from softphone and plug-in solutions to end-to-end VoIP integrated into cellular networks
- Detailed market forecasts to 2011 that enable you to understand the various variants of mobile and wireless VoIP and highlight how this market will develop going forward
- Extensive and exclusive operator case studies spanning the full range of company types and regions.
- These include detailed analysis of pricing strategies, services being launched and the market segments being targeted
- Unique analysis of key market drivers and inhibitors including regulation, business models, business cases, technology and competition
- Independent examinations of the business benefits of mobile and wireless VoIP, as well as the business strategies and revenue models currently being pursued
- In-depth analysis of the numerous technology options open to operators, service providers and vendors
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Table of Contents - CHAPTER 1
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- Market segmentation and roadmap for VoIP in the mobile market
- Figure 1.1: Market segmentation for VoIP in the mobile and wireless markets
- Figure 1.2: Mobile VoIP using the plug-in approach
- Figure 1.3: Roadmap for different mobile VoIP solutions
- Supply-side market drivers
- Figure 1.4: Types of player targeting the wireless and mobile VOIP markets
- Fixed wireless operators
- Public Wi-Fi operators
- Hybrid operators
- Mobile-only operators
- Fixed network operators
- Service providers
- Figure 1.5: Comparison of supply side drivers and inhibitors by company type
- Near-term challenges
- Longer-term perspective
- Forecasts overview
- Figure 1.6: Worldwide mobile and wireless VoIP users by market segment
- Mobile plug-in solutions
- Figure 1.7: Mobile users of VoIP plug-in solutions in Asia Pacific, 2006-2011
- VoWLAN softphone solutions
- Figure 1.8: VoWLAN users in North America, 2006-2011
- Softphone over cellular solutions
- Figure 1.9: Softphone over cellular users in Europe, 2006-2011
- VoIP and FMC services
- Figure 1.10: FMC VoIP subscribers in North America, 2006-2011
- VoIP integrated to cellular networks
- Figure 1.11: Subscribers of VoIP services integrated to cellular networks in Asia Pacific, 2007-2011
- Mobile VoIP in the enterprise
- Figure 1.12: Enterprise subscribers of mobile VoIP in Europe, 2007-2011
- CHAPTER 2
- MARKET AND TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW
- Introduction
- The current state of deployment of VoIP
- Figure 2.1: Different VoIP implementations and evolution
- Mobile threat and opportunity
- What is mobile/wireless VoIP?
- Figure 2.2: Typical VoIP packet
- Figure 2.3: Bandwidth requirements for VoIP using different codec algorithms
- Segmentation of VoIP solutions in the mobile and wireless markets
- Figure 2.4: Summary of different VoIP solutions and their deployments in the mobile and wireless markets
- Market segmentation and roadmap for VoIP in the mobile market
- Figure 2.5: Market segmentation for VoIP in the mobile and wireless markets
- Figure 2.6: Examples of wireless IP phones
- Figure 2.7: Examples of mobile VoIP software client UIs
- Figure 2.8: Mobile VoIP using the plug-in approach
- Figure 2.9: Roadmap for different mobile VoIP solutions
- Enabling technologies for VoIP software clients and VoIP devices
- The mobile VoIP software client platform
- VoIP software client architecture: hardware and software requirements
- Figure 2.10: Typical VoIP client architecture
- Figure 2.11: Sample of early wireless/mobile VoIP enabled chipsets
- The evolution of PoC towards VoIP enabler
- Figure 2.12: PoC services roadmap and evolution towards VoIP
- The evolution of mobile instant messaging towards VoIP enabler
- Overview
- Figure 2.13: Selected mobile IM players and partners
- Standardisation issues
- VoIP over cellular networks: enabling devices
- Overview
- Enabling devices
- Figure 2.14: Hardware requirements of mobile broadband handsets
- VoWiMAX: enabling devices
- Figure 2.15: Example of early WiMAX handset devices
- Fixed/mobile convergence and VoIP: enabling devices
- Overview
- Enabling devices and device vendors’ position in the FMC market
- Figure 2.16: WLAN usage
- CHAPTER 3
- VENDOR STRATEGIES AND PROFILES
- Introduction
- Figure 3.1: Overview of the wireless / mobile VoIP market positioning of the vendors profiled in this chapter
- Adding mobility to enterprise networks
- The need to cope with an eclectic range of operator demands
- Cellular-based VoIP solutions
- Wireless VoIP solutions
- FMC VoIP solutions
- Customer-led portfolios
- Alcatel-Lucent
- Company overview and strategy
- Products and services
- SWOT analysis
- Avaya
- Company overview and strategy
- Products and services
- Customers
- SWOT analysis
- BridgePort Networks
- Company overview and strategy
- Products and services
- Customers
- SWOT analysis
- Cisco
- Company overview and strategy
- Products and services
- Customers
- SWOT analysis
- Ericsson
- Company overview and strategy
- Products and services
- SWOT analysis
- Kineto Wireless
- Company overview and strategy
- Products and services
- Figure 3.2: UMA functional architecture
- Customers
- SWOT analysis
- Motorola
- Company overview and strategy
- Products and services
- Customers
- SWOT analysis
- Nokia Siemens
- Company overview and strategy
- Products and services
- Customers
- SWOT analysis
- Nortel
- Company overview and strategy
- Products and services
- Customers
- SWOT analysis
- CHAPTER 4
- MARKET SEGMENTATION AND BUSINESS DRIVERS
- Demand for wireless and mobile VoIP
- Drivers and inhibitors of wVoIP or mVoIP
- Figure 4.1: Drivers of end user demand for wireless and mobile VoIP
- Figure 4.2: Inhibitors of end user demand for wireless and mobile VoIP
- Patterns of demand
- Figure 4.3: Relative importance of drivers in enterprise and consumer segments
- High demand business segments
- Figure 4.4: Relative savings to be made by taking calls off-net
- High demand residential segments
- Supply-side market drivers
- What types of company are looking to offer wVoIP or mVoIP?
- Figure 4.5: Types of player targeting the wireless and mobile VOIP markets
- Fixed wireless operators
- Public Wi-Fi operators
- Hybrid operators
- Mobile-only operators
- Fixed network operators
- Service providers
- Figure 4.6: Comparison of supply side drivers and inhibitors by company type
- Business strategy and revenue models by operator type
- Current strategies: how are the different players approaching the market?
- Mobile-only operators
- Figure 4.7: Hutchison 3 Group’s use of mobile VoIP
- Figure 4.8: Price per minute of a VoIP service using the Vodafone datacard on the unlimited tariff plan
- Figure 4.9: T-Mobile USA’s use of wireless VoIP
- Fixed wireless operators (unlicensed and unlicensed)
- Figure 4.10: Irish Broadband VoIP prices
- Figure 4.11: Positioning of selected operational VoIP over fixed wireless access networks
- Hybrid operators
- Figure 4.12: Dual mode service packaging of France Telecom /Orange
- Figure 4.13: Typical hybrid operator usage of mobile and wireless VoIP
- Fixed network operators (including cable)
- Figure 4.14: Typical fixed operator usage of wireless VoIP
- Figure 4.15: Comparison of BT and Volny residential voice over Wi-Fi services
- Service providers
- Figure 4.16: Business models of selected service providers
- Likely market outlook
- Near-term challenges
- Managing the transition to wireless and mobile VoIP without ARPU destruction
- Finding new applications to restrict ARPU declines
- Avoiding loss of control
- Managing the threat of convergence and the arrival of powerful new entrants
- Longer-term perspective
- CHAPTER 5
- OPERATOR STRATEGIES AND CASE STUDIES
- Figure 5.1: Positioning of selected leading fixed and mobile VoIP providers
- Established mobile operators
- Hutchison 3 Group
- Company overview and strategy
- Services
- Customers/subscribers
- Figure 5.2: Hutchison 3 Group customer base
- SWOT analysis
- Deutsche Telekom/T-Mobile
- Company overview and strategy
- Services
- Figure 5.3: The T-One handset
- Figure 5.4: T-One use from a hot spot
- Figure 5.5: T-One pricing
- Customers/subscribers
- Figure 5.6: Deutsche Telekom’s customer base
- SWOT analysis
- France Telecom/Orange
- Company overview and strategy
- Services
- Customers/subscribers
- Figure 5.7: France Telecom/Orange customer base
- SWOT analysis
- NTT DoCoMo
- Company overview and strategy.
- Services
- Figure 5.8: NTT DoCoMo push-to-talk charges
- Customers/subscribers
- Figure 5.9: NTT DoCoMo customer base
- SWOT analysis
- Sprint Nextel
- Company overview and strategy
- Services
- Figure 5.10: Sprint Nextel Walkie Talkie tariffs
- Customers/subscribers
- Figure 5.11: Sprint Nextel customer base
- SWOT analysis
- Fixed and fixed wireless operators
- Arcor
- Company overview and strategy
- Services
- Customers/subscribers
- SWOT analysis
- BT
- Company overview and strategy
- Services
- Figure 5.12: BT Fusion handset and BT Hub and BT Fusion in use
- Figure 5.13: Selected Fusion tariffs
- Customers/subscribers
- Figure 5.14: BT Mobile connections
- SWOT analysis
- Free
- Company overview and strategy
- Services
- Figure 5.15: Free’s Wi-Fi handset and dual mode Wi-Fi/GSM handset
- Figure 5.16: Free voice of Wi-Fi handsets
- Customers/subscribers
- SWOT analysis
- Liberty Global
- Company overview and strategy
- Services
- Figure 5.17: Service profile of national Liberty Global MSOs worldwide
- Customers/subscribers
- Figure 5.18: Liberty Global customer base
- SWOT analysis
- Azulstar (formerly Ottawa Wireless)
- Company overview and strategy
- Services
- Figure 5.19: Azulstar phone service pricing
- Customers/subscribers
- SWOT analysis
- WiMAX Telecom
- Company overview and strategy
- Services
- Customers/subscribers
- SWOT analysis
- Established VoIP providers
- The Cloud
- Company overview and strategy
- Services
- Customers/subscribers
- SWOT analysis
- Jajah
- Company overview and strategy
- Services
- Figure 5.20: Jajah VoIP call
- Customers/subscribers
- SWOT analysis
- Vonage
- Company overview and strategy
- Services
- Customers/subscribers
- SWOT analysis
- New mobile service providers
- Hello
- Company overview and strategy
- Services
- Figure 5.21: Call costs using OnePhone
- Customers/subscribers
- SWOT analysis
- Rebtel
- Company overview and strategy
- Figure 5.22: Rebtel company details
- Services
- Figure 5.23: Rebtel homepage
- Customers/subscribers
- SWOT analysis
- Mazingo
- Company overview and strategy
- Services
- Customers/subscribers
- SWOT analysis
- CHAPTER 6
- FORECASTS AND MARKET OUTLOOK
- Market overview and terminology
- Figure 6.1: Different mobile and wireless VoIP segments covered in the forecasts
- Methodology
- Mobile and wireless VoIP users
- Sales of enabling devices and software
- Mobile and wireless VoIP market forecasts, 2006-2011
- Mobile plug-in solutions
- Figure 6.2: Worldwide mobile users of VoIP plug-in solutions by region, 2006-2011
- Mobile softphone solutions
- Market forecasts for smartphones
- Figure 6.3: Worldwide smartphone sales, by region, 2006-2011
- Market forecasts for WLAN-enabled mobile phones and PDAs
- Figure 6.4: Dual mode handsets versus WLAN-enabled PDA sales, 2006-2011
- Figure 6.5: Worldwide WLAN-enabled handset sales, by region, 2006-2011
- Market forecasts for VoWLAN softphone users
- Figure 6.6: Worldwide VoWLAN users, by region and by handset type, 2006-2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
- Figure 6.7: Worldwide VoWLAN users, by handset type, 2006-2011
- Figure 6.8: Worldwide VoWLAN users, by region, 2006-2011
- Market forecasts for users of softphones over cellular networks
- Figure 6.9: Worldwide softphone over cellular users, by region, 2006-2011
- VoIP and FMC services
- Forecasts and regional analysis for FMC VoIP
- Figure 6.10: Worldwide FMC VoIP subscribers, by region, 2006-2011
- North America
- Europe
- Asia Pacific
- Latin America
- Africa and Middle East
- VoIP integrated to cellular networks
- Enabling cellular networks for VoIP
- Figure 6.11: Worldwide subscribers of mobile broadband services, by region and by technology,
- 2007-2011
- Figure 6.12: Worldwide subscribers of mobile broadband services, by technology, 2007-2011
- HSUPA forecasts
- EV-DOrA forecasts
- EV-DOrB forecasts
- Subscribers for VoIP services over cellular networks
- Figure 6.13: Worldwide subscribers of VoIP services integrated to cellular networks, by region and
- by technology, 2007-2011
- Figure 6.14: Worldwide subscribers of VoIP services integrated to cellular networks, by region,
- 2007-2011
- Enabling devices
- Figure 6.15: Worldwide sales of devices enabling VoIP over cellular networks, by region and
- by technology, 2007-2011
- Figure 6.16: Worldwide sales of devices enabling VoIP over cellular networks, by region, 2007-2011 . . . 201
- Mobile VoIP in the enterprise
- Figure 6.17: Worldwide enterprise subscribers of mobile VoIP, by region, 2007-2011
- GLOSSARY
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