The number of Dutch consumer VoIP subscriptions grew 3.3 percent during the first quarter, to 3.69 million at the end of March of this year, according to Telecompaper's quarterly update on the Dutch fixed telephony market. The growth was driven by cable VoIP, with a 3.9 percent increase during the quarter, while DSL reported quarterly growth of only 1.7 percent. The total fixed telephony market grew by 12,500 connections during the first quarter to 6.019 million, despite a 5 percent drop in PSTN/ISDN connections to 1.918 million on 31 March 2010. The number of mobile-only households increased to 1.32 million and the number of Wholesale Line Rental (WLR) users decreased by around 1 percent during the quarter to 410,000 on 31 March 2010. KPN saw its share of the Dutch digital telephony market decrease by 0.2 percentage points during the quarter to 33.8 percent on 31 March 2010. Ziggo is second, followed by UPC. For the remaining quarters of this year, Telecompaper expects a growth of between 2.5 and 3 percent, leading to between 3.9 and 4 million VoIP users by year-end. The growth will be driven by triple play sales from cable operators, KPN, Tele2 Netherlands and Online.
