VoIP News: February 2010

The likes of Wi-Max and LTE could eventually see high-definition mobileVoIP phones supersede traditional mobile voice services, PCWorld has said. These 4G wireless technologies would allow mobile phone users to access high-quality VoIP solutions, removing the limitations of minute-based call services, according to the technology news and reviews website. If such solutions were made widely available, consumers would pay a flat-rate for a monthly data plan that would allow them access to voice and internet services.

The VoIP carrier market coped well in 2009 compared to other IT and telecom markets, despite seeing a decline, Synergy Research Group has said. The global VoIP solutions network operator market fell by 18 per cent year-on-year in 2009, but still totalled over £6. 5 billion, according to the market research company.

Smartphone sales in the final quarter of 2009 grew by over 41 per cent on the same period in 2008, Gartner has said. The information technology research and advisory company reported that almost 54 million smartphones were sold in the fourth quarter of last year. Overall, 172.

Users of IP telephony solutions should opt for O2 as their service provider, if they live in London, a survey has found. In a survey commissioned by the telecommunications company and SIRODA - a network specialist - O2 was able to take the top of the list due to it having the fastest access speeds. In January 2010 the average time taken to load a page with an O2 connection was 1.

Virgin Media has seen its revenue rise to £980 million in quarter four 2009 as nearly 64,000 new broadband subscribers have signed up. Overall Virgin outfitted 28,600 new households in the fourth quarter, bringing the total aggregate number of signed up users to 4. 77 million.