Africa: VOIP Services in Africa Already Driving the Transition to Data - Video Will Accelerate That Trend

London — For years VoIP services in Africa were the grey market in voice calling, which was seen as rather grubby by the mainstream operators.

VoIP came of age with widespread use of consumer apps like Skype and Viber which have continued to increase in popularity, particularly among high-end consumers. Now a corporate version of this kind of VoIP calling is being adopted by companies in Africa. Russell Southwood spoke to Marc Israel, Microsoft Office Division Director and reflects on what this means for traditional mobile operators.

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