UK 'great' for VoIP traffic

The UK is a haven for VoIP traffic, according to a report, issued January 12th by CCS Insight, which has shown that the UK has the cheapest mobilebroadband in Europe, which could make it attractive to users of VoIP phones.

The UK beat France, Germany, Italy and Spain with an average mobile broadband cost of around £15 - comfortably ahead of France, where users pay on average twice the amount as in the UK and 4GB (Gigabytes) could set a consumer back as much as £76.

Mobile broadband subscribers in these five major markets are expected to rise from 22 million at the end of 2009 to over 43 million in 2011. Combined revenue is expected to rise from £5.3 billion to £9.8 billion over the same period.

The GSM Association has predicted that the forecast growth will boost technologies used for mobile broadband, allowing users to have more reliable VoIP on the go.

Michael O'Hara, chief marketing officer for the GSMA, said: "Mobile Broadband users will experience even faster data rates, more than sufficient to compete with fixed line broadband offerings."