Figure 9 VoIP, PSTN and Broadband, 2000-9 VoIP, PSTN & Broadband, 2000-9 (Q1 2009 for reference) 1'400 VoIP subscribers (Point Topic) 1'200 Subscribers (millions) 1'000 800 600 Broadband subcribers (Point Topic) Global fixed lines (ITU) 400 200 0 2000Q4 2001Q4 2002Q4 2003Q4 2004Q4 2005Q4 2006Q4 2007Q4 2008Q4 2009Q1 Worldwide regulation of VoIP, 2004-2009 100% 46 59 69 79 88 92 80% Number of countries (and proportion of total) Allowed 60% 57 51 46 42 39 39 8 10 40% No framework 12 12 11 Closed 11 20% 80 71 64 58 53 49 Banned 0% 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Source: Point Topic (top chart), ITU (bottom chart). 68