Lower costs may be drawing businesses into Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), but improved services are keeping them there.
The introduction of triple play strategies -- bundling of voice, broadband and pay television services -- is the key to VoIP growth in the Asia Pacific region, but will also reduce its importance as a selling point for telcos.
Pacific Internet has started selling a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), going against research the telco recently released showing its small to medium business (SMB) target market was primarily not interested in the technology.
Business-focused Internet service provider Pacific Internet is evaluating wholesale partner options as it gears up for the launch of high-speed ADSL2+ services.
NEC Australia's NEXTEP DSL wholesale division will speed up the ongoing upgrade of its broadband infrastructure to the ADSL2+ standard as part of an access agreement announced today with Internet service provider People Telecom.
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Accountancy group PKF Australia has started migrating its 800 or so users from IBM's Lotus Notes collaboration platform to rival Microsoft's Exchange infrastructure.
NEC's business-grade broadband wholesale division, NEXTEP, is tooling up its national network to provide Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services, with a wireless offering also on the horizon.
Meticulous research and close vendor relations have allowed information expert Sensis to rollout an Internet telephony solution to 1,500 workers at its head office.
Although the benefits and potential savings are well known, businesses have long been taking a wait-and-see approach to voice over IP. But will the aggressive movements of carriers and telcos force businesses to act?
Skype has released a beta version of its latest client for Mac OS X users.
This is a full-featured home or small business ADSL router that'll comfortably handle all your broadband needs, including Wi-Fi, VoIP and ADSL2+. But don't expect it to be an easy task to set up the advanced features.
It's sleek and it's sexy, but still must contend with issues from price to typing speed and wireless realities.
Motorola and NEC America are co-developing an Internet Protocol office telephone that roams from Wi-Fi onto cell phone networks, the companies announced Tuesday.
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