Insight Research has stated that revenue for the telecom industry will amount to $ 1.2 trillion by the end of year 2006 and by 2010; it will touch $ 1.6 trillion. The analysis titled "2006 Telecom Industry Review: An Anthology of Market Facts and Forecasts" states that by the beginning of 2006, almost 1.8 billion people will utilize mobile wireless phones. Sections of the industry that have experienced growth include VoIP, Wi-Fi, IMS, etc. voip-magazine.com reports:

“Wireless communications will continue to displace wireline communications for voice calling and as the number of wireless 2.5G and 3G data services increases, wireless will continue to squeeze traditional landline calling."