09 July 2007

The market for consumer voice over IP (VoIP) services boomed in 2006,
industry watchers reported today, and Europe is leading the way.

The latest market estimates from
In-Stat
said that worldwide VoIP subscribers increased by 34 million in 2006, and that
almost half of the new subscribers were located in Europe.

"Europe showed the largest gain in consumer VoIP subscribers, adding over 14
million last year," said In-Stat analyst Keith Nissen.