Having seen six years of VoBB, it is not clear yet whether VoBB will replace POTS. In VoDSL format it has not. It remains to be seen what the scenario will be when fiber is laid out by the operators. Motivations for fiber, however, do not include voice. FTTX is being deployed for broadband and IPTV. The prospects of VoBB are in a way tied to the future of wireline voice as well. It is no secret that voice minutes are progressively moving towards mobile networks. While in the enterprise segment we are likely to see desktop phones for the foreseeable future, on the residential side, there seems to be a continued phenomenon of substitution – in terms of traffic as well as the actual subscriber accounts.
Having seen six years of VoBB, it is not clear yet whether VoBB will replace POTS. In VoDSL format it has not. It remains to be seen what the scenario will be when fiber is laid out by the operators. Motivations for fiber, however, do not include voice. FTTX is being deployed for broadband and IPTV. The prospects of VoBB are in a way tied to the future of wireline voice as well. It is no secret that voice minutes are progressively moving towards mobile networks.