For Customer Experience Professionals (Length: 18 pages)

April 3, 2007

The VoIP Customer Experience: Work In Progress

VoIP Customer Experience Is Not Ready For Mainstream Users

by Zayera Khan

with Jaap Favier, Michèle Bouquet

Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Consumers choose voice over IP (VoIP) because it offers select zero or low-cost alternatives to expensive phone calls that telcos cannot beat. Current Web-based VoIP offers have attracted tech-savvy consumers, but in order to also attract mainstream consumers, VoIP vendors Google, ICQ, Microsoft, Skype, and Yahoo! have to radically improve the experience. Telecom and cable operators have an edge in this market segment.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemVoIP Consumers And Communication Needs

itemVendors Compete Head To Head With Incumbent Telcos And Cablecos

itemCustomer Experience Is The Main VoIP Differentiator

itemVoIP Evaluation Methodology

itemWe Created Personas And Scenarios For VoIP Evaluation

itemVendors Don't Address Mainstream Consumer Needs

itemApplications Pass The Mark On Some Criteria

itemVoIP Applications Need To Shape Up

itemVendors Must Iron Out Technology Issues

Recommendations

itemTelcos And Mobile Operators Have To Face The VoIP Challenge

itemSupplemental Material

Forrester interviewed 20 vendor and user companies, including: Google, ICQ, Microsoft, Skype, and Yahoo!

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Technology: Channel Design Strategies, Convergence Services, Customer Experience, Networking, Telecommunications Services, Unified Communications, Voice Services
Industry: Consumer Technology Adoption, Consumer Telecommunications
Geography: Europe
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