It used to be VoIP versus traditional phone service. Now it’s VoIP versus Hosted VoIP. As the market for VoIP expands, traditional on premise VoIP vendors are increasingly finding Hosted VoIP challenging their dominance.
According to a new report from ABI Research, unified communications (UC) is expected to be a $4.8 billion market opportunity by 2015. As this growth continues though, Hosted IP PBX providers will be eating up a bigger part of the pie.
VoIP is on the rise and nowhere can it be seen more exponentially than China. With its population dwarfing the size of most other countries and its roaring–for these tough times anyway–economy pushing its technological development at an ever fast place, China is a great place to watch some VoIP trends.
During the last few mid-term elections, a growing number of state and local politicians have begun utilizing new forms of technology to get their message out to a broader audience.
Most of the prominent political figures of the last election cycle, including Nancy Pelosi, Scott Brown and Sarah Palin, all used social media and other unconventional communication mediums to garner support and create more of an interactive relationship with voters.
The festival, which runs during the week of 8 November, is the first time such an event has been held outside the US, with a number of big name firms showing up, including Google and Yahoo.
VOIP technology has improved by leaps and bounds over the past several years. Now, the technology is easier to access and features a higher quality of call clarity than ever before. The following list represents the five ways that Voice Over Internet Protocol has moved forward during the past half decade.