Skype has been taking a larger share of the international long-distance pie according to new data from TeleGeography, which just came out today.The article states:
TeleGeography estimates that Skype's cross-border traffic grew approximately 41% in 2008, to 33 billion minutes --equivalent to 8% of combined international telephone + Skype traffic. 'Skype's traffic growth has been remarkable,' said TeleGeography analyst Stephan Beckert. 'Only five years after its launch, Skype has emerged as the largest provider of cross-border voice communications in the world.'
With dozens of international carriers, getting 8% marketshare is no small feat. To do so in just 5 years in a hyper-competitive environment is even more remarkable. VoIP has changed the communications landscape forever and for those that claim VoIP is dead, this is just more evidence to the contrary.
Technorati
Del.icio.us
Slashdot
Digg
twitter
Leave a comment