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This BBC article says 'A third of people in the US and Europe will abandon phone lines in favour of wireless and broadband telephony come 2009, a report from Gartner has found.Broadband telephony is gaining ground among consumers as people become more confident users of their high-speed net connections.It offers a cheap alternative to fixed-line voice calls.By 2009, 70% of voice connections around the world will be wireless, the report found.This is due to falling mobile costs and greater penetration in countries such as China and India'.

Internet phone calls on the rise "