Cell phones and VoIP are becoming more Popular than Landlines in Europe

A recent survey carried out in Europe revealed that European households are replacing the use of landline with either cell phones or VoIP; some even adopt both the mobile phones and VoIP internet telephony. The survey which was carried out in 27 countries involved 1000 households in each of the country bringing the total number of the households interviewed to 27,000.

Apparently, the result of the survey indicates that the use of cell phones and VoIP services as a major means of communication is becoming more popular in Europe and Europeans are increasingly taking advantage of the healthy competition in the Continent's telecommunication industry. According to the report made available, about 24% of the households have jettison their fixed-landline subscription and opted for mobile phones. Notable countries with highest number of subscriptions are Finland which has about 61%, Portugal (48%), and "new Member States" in Eastern Europe (39%).

The VoIP internet telephony is also gaining more popularity, as 22% of households with internet connections now make some of their telephone calls online. This figure is especially high in Latvia (58%), Lithuania (51%), the Czech Republic (50%), Poland (49%), and Bulgaria (46%).  

With the trend of subscription rate, it is expected that more users will favor the use of these two in place of landline.