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The VoIP Market
e global Internet infrastructure removes centralized dominant controls for voice
calls for the first time from the hands of incumbents and hands them over to mobile
operators. No single entity will eventually have full control of national and inter-
national voice telephony. is change of paradigm cannot be anything else other
than good for the consumer. is chapter discusses the VoIP (voice over Internet
Protocol; voice over IP) market, and the challenges and prospects it offers.
ere are several motivating factors why VoIP is popular among voice callers. It
provides an alternative voice service to high-cost mobile ...