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December 2002
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The Price Of VoIP In Europe |
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European companies are happy with their voice over IP (VoIP) trials but balk at the cost of a full rollout. While full replacement doesn't make sense, all but the largest firms will save up to 27% with a gradual IP migration. |
by
Lars Godell
with Matthew Nordan,
Thaís Lapolla |
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- Eighty-seven percent of 23 European telecom managers interviewed expect to deploy packet voice within five years.
- While 100% of today's adopters are happy with VoIP, they packetize only 3% of their voice traffic, on average.
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- A domestically focused European company will cut five-year voice costs by 27% with IP trunking.
- International WAN costs of
 16,000 per Mbps reduce cost savings to 14% for a more international firm.
- The largest multinationals shouldn't bother with VoIP.
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- Before you do anything else, audit the network.
- Replace private WANs with VPNs, regardless of VoIP.
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- Figure 1.
Large European Companies' Views On VoIP
- Figure 2.
Model: Europe, Voice Costs For A Large, Domestically Focused Firm
- Figure 3.
Model: Europe, Voice Costs For A Large, Internationally Focused Firm
- Figure 4.
Model: Europe, Voice Costs For A Very Large Multinational Firm
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- Online Resources
- Companies Interviewed For This Report
- Related Research
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- Governments go on the VoIP warpath.
- VoIP as an end-to-end service in the public network? Not any time soon.
- Will complexity kill IP's network management benefits for telcos?
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