VoIP minutes in 4Q08 touch 428 billion

Growth in local VoIP minutes seems to have slowed down a little. There was a sequential growth of 7% in local VoIP traffic from Q3 to Q4. This is no doubt due to decline in VoIP subscriber growth. We track mostly VoBB minutes and iPAS type traffic in this category.

ILD VoIP minutes, on the other hand, saw a negative growth Q-o-Q. This is perhaps due to the overall decline in ILD traffic in 4Q08. The negative growth could also be due to slight bit of consolidation in the service provider segment dealing with ILD wholesale. NLD minutes saw a normal/healthy growth owing to the growing use of IP networks by wireless carriers to transport NLD traffic.

Estimated 107. 2 billion local minutes, 298.1 billion NLD minutes, and 22.5 billion ILD minutes were handled by VoIP platforms worldwide in 4Q08.