Mobile VOIP: 2008 Status Report
Our survey of MVNOs reveals that nearly one-fourth of MVNOs are already offering/trialling mobile VoIP. By 2010 over two-thirds expect to have a mobile VoIP offering in place.
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Introduction
1. Major Market Challenges for Mobile VoIP
1.1 Beyond Techno Communities
1.2 Competition with FMC
1.3 Tackling QoS Issues
1.4 Limited Coverage of Wireless Broadband
1.5 Enterprise Features are Missing
1.6 Need For Unlimited Data Plans
1.7 The Missing ISP Breed in Mobile Markets
1.8 True VoIP Requires Smartphones
1.9 Competition with Mobile Callback
1.10 Mobile VoIP Regulation
2. Pre-requisites for a Successful Mobile VoIP Offering
3. Independent Mobile VoIP Service Providers
3.1 Categorization by Architecture
3.2 The Fring and Mig33 Type: Emphasis on Value Added Services
3.3 The Truphone and Vyke Type: Arbitrage Play
3.4 iSkoot and EQO Type: Utilizing Both Data and GSM Connections
3.5 Jajah and Nimbuzz Type: Blended Callback-VoIP Application
3.6 Rebtel and Talkster Type: Mirror Numbers
3.7 Productizing the Mobile VoIP Platform
4. Is 3G Ready for VoIP? Skype Case
5. MNOs and Mobile VoIP
5.1 Popularity of MSISDN-IMSI Mapping Among MNOs: Mobilkom Case
5.2 Using Circuit Switched Network in the Last Mile: H3G Case
6. MVNOs and Mobile VoIP
7. MVNO Survey
7.1 MVNO Plans Related to Mobile VoIP
7.2 Types of Mobile VoIP Being Offered/Explored By MVNOs
7.3 Suppliers of Mobile VoIP Solutions to MVNOs
7.4 Mobile VoIP Related Value Added Services Being Explored By MVNOs
7.5 Who is Best Positioned to Leverage Mobile VoIP
8. Market Size and Forecasts: Paying Mobile VoIP Subscribers
Appendix: MVNOs Surveyed
Tables and Figures
Table 6.1: Fixed and Mobile VoIP analogies
Table 6.2: H3G Skyphone offer. How the billing works.
Figure: 7.1: Expected timeframe for MVNO Mobile VoIP deployments
Figure: 7.2: Mobile VoIP network architecture preferred by MVNOs
Figure: 7.3: Preferences for Mobile VoIP numbering
Figure: 7.4: Supplier preferences
Figure: 7.5: Which value added services MVNOs plan to deploy along with Mobile VoIP
Figure: 7.6: Prospects of different players in Mobile VoIP
Table 8.1: Estimates of paying Mobile VoIP subscribers of different service providers
Table: Forecasts of paying Mobile VoIP subscribers (of MVNOs, MNOs, Independent Startups and Others) 2008-2012
Figure 8.1: Forecasts of paying Mobile VoIP players split by player type
Figure 8.2: Forecasts of overall paying Mobile VoIP subscribers across different players
