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February 2011

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In-Stat Predicts Mobile VoIP to Exceed $6B by 2015

February 15, 2011

Voice-over-IP (VoIP), "the technology that has revolutionized voice services over the past several years and has brought calling costs down for residential and business customers alike," is spreading from the fixed-line world to the mobile world. So say officials of research firm In-Stat (News - Alert) [www.in-stat.com], adding that usage is on the rise, "creating significant opportunity for mobile VoIP gateway equipment suppliers as expenditures in this space are expected to soar beyond the $6 billion mark in 2015."

Mobile VoIP "has only recently begun being implemented in the business environment," says Amy Cravens, Market Analyst. "One of the key benefits of mobile VoIP for enterprises is extending desk phone functionality to mobile devices.

Amdocs and Ovum Release Prepaid Report

February 7, 2011

ST. LOUIS, MO (January 11, 2011) Amdocs (NYSE:DOX), provider of customer experience systems, has released the findings of a global research report that showed that 73 percent of service providers plan to expand their prepaid offerings to include services that are traditionally offered only to postpaid customers. The research, conducted by analyst firm Ovum, also found that nearly half of the service providers polled said they needed to make moderate to large changes to their business and operational support systems (B/OSS) in order to answer the technical challenges involved in expanding prepaid services.

"Greater availability of high-end devices such as smartphones, along with services like messaging, mobile broadband and applications, are increasing customer expectations from prepaid wireless services," said Sara Kaufman, analyst at Ovum.

"Prepaid wireless services are becoming even more prevalent around the world.