There's good and bad news in the international calling business, according to TeleGeography. Volume continues to grow, unabated. That's the good news. But rate declines persist. That's the bad news. But there are times when "bad" news is pretty good news. And the good news for global voice providers is that the rate of decline appears to have stabilized. Providers can plan for volume incrases and declining per-unit prices, as long as the declines are predictable and moderate.
Monday, January 15, 2007
Global Calling: Decline Rate Stabilizing
There's good and bad news in the international calling business, according to TeleGeography. Volume continues to grow, unabated. That's the good news. But rate declines persist. That's the bad news. But there are times when "bad" news is pretty good news. And the good news for global voice providers is that the rate of decline appears to have stabilized. Providers can plan for volume incrases and declining per-unit prices, as long as the declines are predictable and moderate.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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