Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony

News Desk: Verizon, Comcast Take IP Honors

This week's Channel Partners News Desk looks at the market leaders in hosted VoIP and IP connectivity; breaks down 2013's first quarter for Windstream and CenturyLink; and reveals some important personnel announcements from EarthLink and ShoreTel. ...More
May 16, 2013
Posted in Videos, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
Lightyear No More: Birch To Buy 20-Year-Old Reseller

The Kentucky-based company, founded by Sherman J. Henderson III, soon will be a name relegated to the competitive telecom history books. Read more about severance-pay plans, the impact on agents and one analyst's thoughts on the Birch-Lightyear combination. ...More
May 15, 2013 By Kelly Teal
Posted in News, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
Ring 'Em Up: Retail Represents Big Opportunity for Partners

The retail sector represents a large and quickly growing opportunity for channel partners offering network and IT services. ...More
May 9, 2013 By Kelly Teal
Posted in Articles, Software as a Service/ Cloud Services (SaaS), Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
Global Managed Telecom Services to Reach $152B in 2013, Study Finds

Insight Research also predicts U.S. revenues from managed telecom will increase from $34 billion in 2013 to $51 billion in 2017. ...More
May 2, 2013
Posted in News, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
New Products and Services to Sell, March-April 2013

Conferencing to call centers. SaaS to security. There have been a whole slough of new products and services unveiled by major industry players over the past couple of months that partners can sell. ...More
April 30, 2013
Posted in Galleries, Ethernet/ MPLS, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
ZyXEL Debuts 2 Power Over Ethernet Switches

Both deliver 30 watts of power. ...More
April 26, 2013
Posted in News, Ethernet/ MPLS, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
Cloud Services Fueling VoIP Demand

New stats from Infonetics Research show big increases in segments including managed IP PBX and SIP trunking, all thanks to cloud. ...More
April 22, 2013
Posted in News, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
XO Communications Improves Hosted PBX Solution for Businesses with Multiple Locations

XO says it's helping multi-location businesses have more flexibility in bringing all of their offices and operations onto a single, multi-featured communications platform and unifying their employees with advanced VoIP capabilities and tools. ...More
April 16, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News, Ethernet/ MPLS, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
Channel Program Changes You Should Know, Feb.-April 2013

In just the past two months, partners have witnessed some of the biggest changes to channel programs in years. Verizon, AT&T and XO are just three of the big names to either overhaul their programs, tweak them or announce new partner programs entirely. ...More
April 9, 2013
Posted in Galleries, Software as a Service/ Cloud Services (SaaS), Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
Windstream Gets New GSA Contract

The business communications giant says the new contract represents a multimillion-dollar revenue potential revenue annually. It's a five-year deal running through fiscal year 2016. ...More
April 8, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony