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To: RealMuLan who wrote (131)	8/5/2003 1:05:42 PM
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Japan and China take different approaches to VoIP Daniel Shen, Taipei; Chinmei Sung, DigiTimes.com [Tuesday 5 August 2003] Japan and China, two countries closely watched for their VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) development, have very different business models in their approach to the technology, said Yung-chu Wang, an analyst at Taiwan’s Industrial and Economics Knowledge Center (IEK). In Japan, VoIP services are usually provided by Internet service providers (ISPs) and bundled with ADSL broadband services. The market thrives on IAD (integrated access device) equipment sold to individual households. In China, corporate subscribers make up for the majority of VoIP users, and gateways are their main equipment choice. Japan is the VoIP market leader in Asia. Last year, Asia added 1.6 million new VoIP users, of which one million were in Japan, Wang said. In contrast, China shows the most potential for future growth, as demonstrated by having the largest fixed-line subscriber base in the world yet having a mere broadband penetration rate of 1.4%. Corporate VoIP users in Japan will exceed household users by 2005, projected Wang. The demand for VoIP gateways will gradually be replaced by IP-PBX (Internet protocol-private branch exchange) equipment, and with increasing deployment of fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) services, the demand for optical fiber and IP phones will also rise. China, which is still three to five years behind Japan in VoIP development, will also see growing demand for IP-PBX equipment in the corporate domain. In household usage, Wang estimated that IAD equipment using VoDSL (voice over digital subscriber line) technology would become the technology of choice in the near future. digitimes.com