Will Telephony Regulators Lose Their Teeth With VoIP Adoption?
The likely passage of SB 1161 needs to be taken pretty seriously. It won’t really change the way smaller, independent telephony companies and VoIP providers operate, but it will give the big telecom oligarchs, like AT&T, free rein to cut or degrade service and to continue to charge their inflated prices. Furthermore, passage of SB 1161 may have pretty profound implications on not only home phones, but also on cell phones, as mobile devices are likely to jump on the VoIP train sooner rather than later. If VoIP is totally deregulated than that means the future of mobile telephony technology is going to be deregulated. And that’s kind of scary considering the way modern regulated telephony mobile providers already abuse their customers.
PBX Phones Review: Altigen iFusion AP 300 Handset
Overall, I think Altigen had a great idea: take a mobile device and turn it into a stationary handset by adding Bluetooth speakerphone hardware to it. Unfortunately the issue is a bit more complicated than that. iPhone is designed around being a mobile device. Surely you can use it as a TV remote or Gaming console, surveillance system or a million other things that ultra-portable computer allows you to do. But in the end it will not do them as well as the device that is purposed for that single task. There is always going to be a one extra step to perform any single function on a multifunctional device and that is selecting which function you are going to use. Can it be used? Yeah, it can, if you are willing to live with the limitations. But why not get a SIP handset that will work with your SIP-based hosted PBX.
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Are VoIP and Video Chat Really the Future of Mobile Communications?
A recent editorial by Joel Evans over at zdnet argues that two forces are going to drive the future of mobile communication- VoIP and Video Chat. He bases this argument on a pair of experiences he recently had using Skype’s premium outbound calling functionality as well as the VoIP service’s video chat abilities, both of which he used on his mobile device, an iPhone connected to AT&T’s 3G network. He argued that the quality of the VoIP and video chatting services were at least as good, and often superior in clarity and reliability, than normal calls he made using AT&T’s traditional telephony network.
Should The USF Cover Broadband?
Some people, mostly telecom industry professionals, like to argue about how the USF is funded. There are certainly a few glaring chinks in that armor, but these day’s we’re noticing a much bigger tussle over defining the boundaries of the USF. These days, the debate rages fiercer over what technologies, precisely, we need to spread equitably around the country.
HP Dropped Their IP PBX
Before HP purchased 3Com they didn’t have any entry into the IP PBX market and that was an intentional decision. By the time HP made its purchase 3Com’s IP PBX division had already found itself severely beaten down by Cisco and the industry’s other bruisers. If HP wanted to be a serious contender in the digital telephony market it would have had to construct a new channel for selling digital telephony, practically from scratch, to funnel 3Com’s IP PBX products through.
Useful Tips on IP PBX Security
Along with the benefits, VoIP technology brings many more security threats than traditional circuit switched telephony. IP PBX systems could be exploited from thousands of miles away without perpetrator actually physically tapping into your circuits. Because of that, many IP PBX systems offer a broad range of complex configurable PBX security features. PBX system security can be customized to suit the individual needs of a business. For this reason, the security should be designed and integrated with the specific telephony services you need to keep your business secure and productive.
Hosted PBX Bundles
Depending upon the hosted PBX service provider you choose, system features and capabilities in addition to bundles and pricing will vary. If you are just beginning to research hosted PBX as an option for business telephony, this article will help you understand common practices of bundled hosted PBX pricing, the general restrictive nature of any type of service bundling, and how it can limit business choices.
How the Demand for Mobile VoIP Changes Business VoIP Market
The increased demand for mobile VoIP is changing the forecast for the global business VoIP market over the next six years. According to Global Industry Analysts Inc., a worldwide business strategy and market intelligence source, global business VoIP is being influenced by two factors which include the rapid acceptance of VoIP by businesses around the globe and the increased demand for mobile VoIP.
In terms of market segments, the fastest growing market is hosted PBX services. Additionally, the VoIP market on a global scale will be driven by the value and cost savings to companies around the world thanks to new unified communications technology. The hosted PBX market is expected to increase at a Compound Annual Growth Rate by more than twelve from 2012 to the year 2018.