VoIP Mechanic wants to keep you informed with some of the news that will  directly affect 'Voice over the Internet' consumers and providers.  We will highlight events and news, placing emphasis on the direct impact and relativity to the VoIP community.  We believe this is preferable, rather than to just focus on the latest news event, which may not be as important.

Bits, Bytes & Some Commentary

The FCC has for the first time released comprehensive information about interconnected VoIP service.  At year-end 2008 there were 21 million VoIP interconnected lines, which represented 12% of the 162 million total connections. more 7/7/10

Suggestions that VoIP, which is used by 42 percent of organizations at the end of last year, will explode to 79 percent in 2013.  This article explains their reasons.  Among them the following.  At the end of the recession it figures that unleash pent-up demand by organizations replacing telecommunications equipment that was pushed to, or even beyond, its end-of-life due to the bad economy will push VoIP deployment to 79%. 3/15/2010

Asterisk is going strong.  An interesting article that sheds light on the industry changes that are being created by Asterisk.  "Open Source continues to be disruptive to traditional market leaders....The open source model and licensing model make it a challenge for traditional players to compete and continue to gouge business users’ financially..." read more 1-10-2010
 

VoIP the best industry of the decade.  Its been an astounding amount of growth with 179,000 percent, a figure one thousand times larger than another communications industry top ten maker, Wireless Telecommunications Carriers.  This is an astounding amount of expansion, one which should continue, albeit a with a little more tempering.  And what is driving this momentum; VoIP's ability to dramatically cut down the cost of communication, and its' interesting features that enrich and empower communication.

The economic slowdown has forced large cutbacks in most companies expenditure budgets.  One "sweet spot" for increasing budgets would be communications, i.e. VoIP.  Small businesses can do more for less, according to this article by small business expert Steve Strauss.  "the economy has forced small businesses to do more with less, advancements in technology are enabling companies to maintain their competitive edge despite a reduction in orders, employees and budgets."

Asterisk solutions beat the competition hands down.  This article from a while back really struck home with us.  One of the most important factors that led this company to choose Asterisk was its price, but soon other important factors became apparent, as well.  The Asterisk solution had many optional features and was easily customizable because of its open source nature and it was about $140K cheaper than the alternatives.  "We went to the traditional vendors like Cisco, Avaya, and Nortel, and the costs were just out of line with what we felt we could commit to."  Not only that, but the prepackaged systems that the big commercial companies offered weren't customizable. more 10/6/2009

 

Having trouble porting your VoIP number even though the FCC says you have that right?  Read what one person went through in this interesting article.  You shouldn't have to go through what he did, but there appears to some companies that don't want to play by the rules and your only recourse if to file a FCC complaint.  read more 7/27/09

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