| In the coming years, a majority of UK's population | | | | broadband telephony, but not all of them use it. |
| is expected to dispose off their traditional landline | | | | The conventional telephone companies are |
| phones in favour of broadband telephony which | | | | affected by the growing popularity of broadband |
| offers cheap calls. | | | | telephony in both a good and bad way. |
| Broadband telephony is gaining popularity as | | | | Although they are adopting this technology, the |
| consumers are becoming increasingly aware of | | | | lower prices of VOIP do not mean that they will |
| this technology. Analysts Gartner say that by | | | | gain the same amount of revenue as they did |
| 2009, 70% of voice calls will be wireless as a | | | | from their traditional telephone services in the |
| result of slashing mobile prices. | | | | past. |
| Since Internet telephony does not work with | | | | It has been estimated that there will be three |
| dial-up Internet access, you may see more people | | | | billion mobile subscribers in the world by 2010. |
| switch from dial-up to broadband Internet access | | | | Fixed line operators are now incorporating wireless |
| as its popularity increases. | | | | with their traditional phone services providing ease |
| The cost of handsets may fall down to | | | | of having one device and one bill for both mobile |
| £14 by 2010. | | | | and fixed line calls. But the constant slashing of |
| The companies providing software for broadband | | | | VOIP prices will discourage people to continue with |
| telephony via PC are also gaining popularity among | | | | their landlines alone. |
| consumers but it is predicted that in due course, | | | | People are expected to use mobile phones instead |
| VoIP-enabled telephones will win out. Although lots | | | | of landlines if the mobile prices continue to fall. |
| of people have downloaded the software for | | | | |