VoIP News: February 2009

The deployment of high-speed mobilebroadband networks has the potential to drive economic growth throughout Europe, a leading trade body claims. Delegates at the GSM Association's Leadership Summit discussed the need for European governments to invest heavily in mobile network infrastructure. It was suggested at the event that mobilebroadband may have a "unique role" to play in stimulating economic growth, while also enhancing levels of efficiency and employment.

A significant proportion of businesses in the US have deployed VoIP but there is also plenty of scope for future growth of the technology, a new report clams. According to an American business VoIP market study compiled by In-Stat, revenues derived from IP telephony topped $1. 1 billion (£773.

The vast majority of businesses believe that a high-speed broadband network is essential for Britain to compete in the global economy, a leading organisation claims. According to research by the Communications Management Association (CMA), 94 per cent of companies want the government to bring high-performance telecommunications to all parts of the UK. Equally, 95 per cent of businesses said that Britain must act quickly to hold its position in the top ten broadband nations in the world.

Mobilebroadband is without doubt going to play an important role in the future of internet usage in the UK, a leading expert has claimed. Communications minister Lord Carter's interim Digital Britain report recently laid out a pledge to provide download speeds of a minimum of 2Mbps to every household by 2012. Tom Newton, from Broadband-Finder.

Despite the current recession, information technology giant Microsoft has claimed that consumers are unlikely to give up their broadband packages. The firm was discussing the state of consumer technology at the Intellect Annual Regent Conference 2009 held at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel, London, on February 10th. Ashley Highfield, the firm's managing director and vice-president of consumer and online UK, said that "staying in is the new going out" for people during the recession.