26 September 2007

TeleGeography is reporting that The Netherlands consumer fixed line telephony market grew by 2,000 connections in the second quarter of this year, bringing their total to 5.999 million. During the same time period, the total number of Dutch consumer VoIP subscriptions rose7.1% to 2.2 million.

Their recent research indicates that DSL-based VoIP subscriptions are growing at a slower pace than cable VoIP subscriptions:5.7% versus 8.3%.  Although their growth in the VoIP market seems to bea tad on the slow side, the Dutch are on track to have 2.8 million VoIP subscribers by years end.