29.09.2009
IP, mobile to represent 40% of voice traffic in 2013
In 2013, some 40% of voice traffic in Latin America will run over IP or mobile networks, compared to around 34% at the end of 2008, according to consultancy IDC. Speaking during a webinar, Diego Anesini, telecom research and consulting manager for IDC Latin America, attributed the trend largely to the substitution of traditional fixed lines for IP and mobile lines and the increasing use of fixed and mobile email and instant messaging. At the end of 2008, two-thirds of voice traffic was still running over traditional TDM networks. Some 31% was mobile and 3% was IP. Chile and Mexico continue to be the leaders in IP adoption, while Colombia and Venezuela are seeing the fastest mobile telephony adoption rates, Anesini said. Latin America's telecoms market was worth US$142bn in 2008, representing roughly 10% of the global total. However, the regional telecoms market grew 11% in 2008 compared to the global average of 4%, making it one of the fastest growing regions, along with EMEA. Nonetheless, voice revenues accounted for 85% of total telecoms revenues, compared to the global average of 75%, while mobile data represented only 3% of revenues compared to the global average of 12%.
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