VoIP services grew 125% in 2006

Consumer adoption of VoIP services grew 125 percent in 2006 from the previous year to reach more than 9 million subscribers, according to a report out today from the Yankee Group.

The group, a Boston-based consulting firm that focuses on global connectivity, said that consumer VoIP services made headway by penetrating 9 percent of all US households, up from 4 percent in the previous year.

The report also noted that as consumers begin to demand "inexpensive anywhere connectivity," there is more demand for mobile VoIP. The opportunity for VoIP on dual-mode mobile phones will increase as the number of units in use rises from 913,000 in 2006 to 22 million in 2011, Yankee Group predicted.
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)