Interconnected VoIP subscriptions have increased by 17 percent...
Interconnected VoIP subscriptions have increased by 17 percent annually over the past three years, said the FCC Wireline Bureau in a Local Telephone Competition report out Tuesday (http://fcc.us/1hgB8OK). Mobile subscriptions have increased by about 4 percent annually, and retail switched…
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access lines have declined at about 9 percent annually. Of the 138 million wireline retail local phone service connections in December 2012, 57 percent were residential connections and 43 percent were business connections, the report said. Commissioner Ajit Pai said the numbers show “there can be no doubt, if ever there was, that the IP Transition is upon us.” The report demonstrates that “Americans continue to flee the copper networks of the 20th century,” with one in seven households on copper dropping its landline last year alone, wrote Pai. “These changes underscore how dynamic the communications marketplace is. And yet, the FCC’s rules saddle one segment of the market with onerous, outdated burdens like tariffing and require the continued investment in last-generation technology. Now is the time to modernize our rules."