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03-06-2009, 12:51 AM
pNew data released by TeleGeography indicates VoIP services are steam-rolling the landline market in Europe.nbsp;In 2007, there were around 20 million consumer VoIP lines in service in Western Europe, but that number ballooned to justnbsp;fewernbsp;thannbsp;30 million lines in mid-2008, and closed out atnbsp;more thannbsp;35 million lines by the end of the year./p pFixed-line market trends in each country are surprisingly unique, with household penetration of VoIP telephony at nearly 50 percent in France at mid-year 2008 to less than 3 percent in Spain.nbsp;Annual subscriber growth rates ranged from an astounding 544 percent in Portugal to a comparative anemic 13 percent in Norway./p pTeleGeography is projecting the number of VoIP subscribers in Europe to climb to 45 million by the end of 2009 - good news for VoIP and broadband advocates, bad news for landline divisions./p pFor more:br /- TeleGeography a href=http://www.telegeography.com/cu/article.php?article_id=27563reports/a./p pstrongRelated articles/strongbr /a href=http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/spotlight-landlines-subs-down-hungary/2009-01-12SPOTLIGHT: Landlines subs down in Hungary - FierceTelecom/abr /a href=http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/more-bad-news-telcos-and-demise-landline-business/2008-07-01More bad news for telcos and the demise of landline business .../abr /a href=http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/european-consumers-embrace-voip-ditch-landlines/2007-05-03European consumers embrace VoIP, ditch landlines - FierceVoIP/a/p
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