VoDSL deployment - Industry Trend or Event - Brief Article

Communications News, Oct, 1999

According to a recent report released by Cahners In-Stat Group, Voice over DSL (VoDSL) is the "killer application" for the digital subscriber line market (DSL). The ability to provide integrated voice and data services over a single copper pipe elevates the role of DSL from a data access alternative to a platform for offering value-added services.

Cahners' research forecasts:

* U.S. small businesses with 20-49 employees present the greatest opportunity for VoDSL deployment;

* SOHO and residential users are not likely to adopt VoDSL as an alternative in the next two years;

* Trials and evaluations in 1999 and early 2000, followed by real deployments in the second half of 2000, will result in over a $1 billion market for VoDSL services by the end of that year.