ACMA has announced that it will be adopting a new regulatory framework to govern VoIP in Australia.
Lower costs may be drawing businesses into Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), but improved services are keeping them there.
Australia's enterprise IP telephony market grew 98 percent in 2004 compared to 2003, according to the latest report from International Data Corp (IDC).
Australian IP telephony hardware revenue is set to hit AU$679.33 million by 2006, with up to 40 per cent of existing equipment replaced by hardware that includes IP telephony capability, according to IDC.
The federal government is stepping up its scrutiny of voice over IP in an effort to ensure regulations and policy can deal with its impact on the communications landscape.
Australian IP telephony hardware revenue is set to hit AU$679.33 million by 2006, with up to 40 per cent of existing equipment replaced by hardware that includes IP telephony capability, according to IDC.
BT, long considered a risk-taker in the telecommunications market, has laid a US$105 million bet to open its network to application developers in the hopes of creating innovative voice services. But will other phone companies take a similar gamble?
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