AT&T smart phone customers now will be able to make international calls from their mobile devices using a VoIP app developed in conjunction with 8x8. AT&T "Call International" is a free mobile VoIP app providing international long distance calling at low, competitive rates.
Developed with and operated by 8x8, AT&T smart phone customers can use the app to make calls from the U.S. to international numbers; and when abroad, customers will benefit from the same low rates using the app over Wi-Fi .
A list of countries and rates are available at www.att.com/callinternational.
The app provides simple, step-by-step instructions to establish an AT&T Call International account. Once established, customers can immediately make international calls through the app by either dialing directly or by accessing their existing contacts list. All calls are billed directly to the customer's credit card.
The AT&T Call International app is available now as a free download in Android Market, BlackBerry AppWorld and more. AT&T Mobile Adds VoIP-Based International Calling
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| Mobile VoIP Forecast |
Mobile VoIP subscribers will grow from 47 million in 2010 to almost 410 million by 2015, Infonetics Research forecasts. That is not a good thing for service providers.
Mobile service providers globally earn about $500 billion a year providing voice services.
In 2010, mobile operators made $13.21 per user, per year, from mobile VoIP services. That works out to about $1.10 per user, per month, demonstrating how little revenue there is to be made from over-the-top mobile VoIP services. Mobile VoIP forecast.
Consider that, even after a 20 percent decline over the last three years, monthly average mobile revenue is about $27.77 a month. That points out the complicated business impact of IP telephony and VoIP.
So what happens if 363 million more mobile VoIP users are active by 2015? Assume the same revenue metrics for the additional 363 million mobile VoIP users, which is $13.21 per user, per year, compared to a typical payment of $27.77 a month for legacy voice services, or $333.24 a year.
If the 410 million mobile VoIP subscribers use nothing but VoIP, they would spend $131 billion less with mobile service providers than they used to.
That suggests a loss of about 26 percent of total mobile service provider revenue in four years. Mobile VoIP About to Explode?
