Dutch consumer VoIP connections grew by 1.1 percent during the fourth quarter of 2013 to reach a total 5.1 million on 31 December, according to Telecompaper’s quarterly report about the Dutch fixed telephony market. The decrease of 6.8 percent in PSTN/ISDN lines and 2.5 percent in WLR lines was off-set by the quarterly growth of VoIP connections. This led to a 0.2 percent (12,000 lines) growth for the whole fixed telephony market, ending 2013 with 6.25 million lines. Telecompaper expects the fixed telephony market to continue to grow with a CAGR of 1.3 percent per year until 2018.
The growth of VoIP lines was led by a growing number of connections over FTTH/B networks, which increased 5.1 percent on a quarterly basis. Cable VoIP saw 0.8 percent quarterly growth, and DSL VoIP lines increased by 0.5 percent during the fourth quarter. In the fourth quarter of 2013, the fixed telephony revenues were stable compared with the preceding quarter at EUR 334 million. For the period 2014-2018, Telecompaper expects a decrease by a CAGR of -2 percent per year for the revenues.
