VOIP: related pages

Disruptive technology

A new technology, that radically transforms markets, creates wholly new markets or destroys existing markets for other technologies.

Switched telecoms

Plain Old Telecom Services; a synonym for old style switched telecoms.

Data revenues

The revenue generated from carrying data rather than voice telecommunications traffic. Data revenues are likely to have different margins and growth prospects from voice.

Termination rates

The payment made by a telecoms network originating a phone call, to that to which the call is made.

ARPU

The revenues from the services divided by the number of clients buying those services.

Churn

The number of new subscribers who replacing those who have cancelled the service as a proportion of the total number of subscribers.

KPI (Key performance indicators)

Indicators of the performance of a telecoms business in terms of customers and revenue generation.

Subscriber acquisition cost

Subscriber acquisition cost. The total cost of signing up a new customer; often used by mobile phone networks.

Wi-Fi

A set of standards for technology allowing computers and other devices to communicate using radio connections instead of cables.