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VoIP: FUD and MOS Redux

FUD, or the use of fear, uncertainty and doubt, is no longer an impediment to the growth of VoIP and SIP trunks. However, questioning the voice quality of VoIP seems to still have legs. ...More
Yesterday By David Byrd
Posted in Blog, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
SIP Trunking: Good, Bad and Ugly

There's a ton of interest in SIP trunking, but it's unfortunate that the growing demand is being met more often than not by disappointing delivery by the providers and their channel partners. ...More
May 23, 2012 By Khali Henderson
Posted in Blog, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
SIP Trunking Cost Savings Redux

There are identifiable SIP trunking savings components that can be easily quantified, including domestic long distance, per-line cost and more. ...More
May 23, 2012 By David Byrd
Posted in Blog, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
Slide Show: The Top Hosted VoIP and IP Connectivity Leaders

Check out the results from Infonetics Research’s annual North America Business VoIP Service Leadership Scorecard. ...More
May 8, 2012
Posted in Galleries, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
Random But Pertinent Thoughts

Ericsson leads in the world of wireless. Amazon Kindle Fire is the most sold Android tablet but sales have fallen from 4.8 million in 4Q2011 to 750,000 in 1Q2012. RADVISION needed to be purchased by Avaya. And much more ... ...More
May 4, 2012 By David Byrd
Posted in Blog, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
GENBAND Must Clear Hurdles to Succeed In Enterprise UC Market

The company traditionally has targeted service providers. But now it's homing in on Cisco and Avaya's market share, and doing so solely through the channel. ...More
May 2, 2012 By Kelly Teal
Posted in News, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
Level 3 Helps Bring SIP Voice Services to College Campuses

Level 3 will provide SIP-based services such as long distance trunks, local trunks, conference bridges and other services. As a result, Internet2 will be able to offer the reliability that member institutions demand over a large scale, the companies said. ...More
April 30, 2012
Posted in News, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
Motives & Methods for Mobilizing VoIP

More than 75 percent of the U.S. workforce is mobile, creating a challenge for businesses in managing costs and customer experience. Channel partners can help companies with both issues by mobilizing VoIP and/or UC for savings and call control. ...More
April 24, 2012
Posted in Digital Issues, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
Telcentris' VoxOx Changes Structure, Pricing of White-Label VoIP

The program was previously offered with three separate pricing plans, but will now be offered as a single, streamlined package with both metered and bundled-minute options for SIP trunking and hosted IP PBX business solutions. ...More
April 24, 2012
Posted in News, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
Slide Show: Top 10 Stories From the 2012 Cisco Partner Summit

More than 2,200 channel partners attended the 2012 Cisco Partner Summit, April 16-19, in San Diego. Here are the 10 most important things you should take away from the event. ...More
April 23, 2012
Posted in Galleries, Software as a Service/ Cloud Services (SaaS), Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony