In the latest issue of Capacity magazine, there are a number of articles about the International long distance market. It seems Skype has swiped 14 Billion minutes of international from the carriers. Just so you know how big of a slice that is: TI Sparkle does 17B; TATA does 21B; and IDT and iBasis did 24B each. It didn't take long for Skype to catch the carriers either. [The whole pie is 300B minutes and $74B in revenues.] The profits are slim though, because international rates have been dropping steadily. International LD is a volume business that has been growing for years. That growth slowed down to 10% in 2006. At the same time, mobile originated international growth dropped from 24% in 2005 to 16% in 2006. (I have to wonder if that isn't due to more smartphones, which translates to more VoIP apps, so more International going to Skype or Jajah). It seems like every telco market is flattening out.
International Minutes
The opinions and views expressed in comments, blogs, etc. are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of TMC, TMCnet, or its editors. TMCnet reserves the right to edit, delete, or otherwise make changes to the content that appears on these pages at its own discretion and as it deems necessary.
| 
0 Comments
| 0 TrackBacks
Technorati
Del.icio.us
Slashdot
DiggListed below are links to sites that reference International Minutes:
International Minutes TrackBack URL : http://blog.tmcnet.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/36402
Leave comment to International Minutes article