Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Mobile video calling users to pass 130 million

Mobile video calling users will exceed 130 million by 2016, according to a study by Juniper Research.
The prospects of mobile video calling have improved in the last eighteen months due to the launch of mobile video calling services by major industry players, availability of front-facing cameras on smartphones and underlying technology improvements.
The increasing dominance of the smartphone in developed markets, meanwhile, and the application download model have improved the market for mVoIP delivered through mobile clients downloaded to the handset, although there are few alliances between MNOs and mVoIP service providers, the report added.
Alliances between Facebook and several mVoIP service providers, and the acquisition of Skype by Microsoft are expected to enhance this trend. Mobile VoIP and mobile video calling services will develop in developed markets due to the direct correlation between 3G and 4G roll-outs and the take up of mobile VoIP and mobile video calling. Revenues from the circuit switched voice market will continue to diminish over the next five years, although this is not expected to accelerate.
Many basic mobile video calling services are offered for free by players wishing to launch the market, it revealed.

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