Issue #53 | Fri 15th Aug 2008

Ofcom report shows VoIP usage down

The number of people using VoIP services fell from 20 per cent in 2006 to 14 per cent in the first quarter of 2008, according to a report from Ofcom ...

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VoIP and IP PBX services see growth

Worldwide revenue from hosted VoIP and managed IP PBX services increased 52 per cent to $24 billion (£12 million) in 2007 after a leap of 66 per cent in 2006, research has found ...

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Telecom carriers need to be able to support new services

Telecom carriers have to start changing their IT and service technologies into "IT and network factories" to support new services, according to Gartner ...

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UC has big business future

Unified Communications (UC) is to play a big part in the future of business, according to Azzurri.The real advantage of the technology, according to the consultant, is that it allows workers to communicate in real time ...

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Small businesses moving out the office

Small business are downsizing offices and encouraging working from home in a bid to reduce costs, according to research ...

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Virtualisation becoming more popular, research finds

Nearly three quarters (72 per cent) of businesses have either deployed virtualisation solutions or are planning to do so soon, according to new research ...

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Virgin Media talking about 200Mbps by 2012

The British broadband war heated up as Virgin Media announced that it could be offering customers 200Mbps connection speeds by 2012 ...

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Industry expert explains VoIP carrier types

An industry expert has been explaining how one VoIP carrier differs from another, while pointing out the advantages they all share ...

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Boost for Northern Irish broadband

Businesses in rural areas of Northern Ireland may soon be able to take advantage of VoIP solutions after a £1 ...

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Business IT is 'transforming'

A majority of businesses believe that they must transform their IT operations in order to ensure better services, according to a study ...

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Expert extols the benefits of being a VoIP reseller

The benefits of becoming a VoIP reseller have been highlighted recently by an expert.A VoIP reseller program, explains Kristen Kiya, a blogger on Best Syndication News, is a way of distributing cheap calls by using IP services ...

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