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?
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A Florida-based company confirmed on Tuesday that it has begun providing Internet telephony services for search giant Google as part of unnamed services potentially related Google Talk.
Fledgling telco group the Australian Voice over IP Association (AVOIPA) is being absorbed into the Australian Communications Industry Forum.
The federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has flagged plans to migrate to an Internet Protocol-based (IP) telephony system, keeping its options open on a full unified communications move.
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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?
As organisations increasingly recognise and require the benefits voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) offers, they stop asking "Why?" and start asking "How?".
Microsoft is set to announce that it has purchased a small Internet calling start-up called Teleo, as part of a move to expand the capabilities of MSN Messenger.
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Millennium's New Zealand-based vice president for IT, Eli Salant, reveals how he's convinced board members to spend on technology instead of refurbishments, achieving savings of nearly US$800,000 a year with Voice over IP.
Phishers have started exploiting technologies such as Voice over IP and RSS to hook more victims while law enforcement authorities are being overwhelmed by the sheer volume and sophistication of attacks, according to the CEO of Websense.
The TA612V is a solid unit that provides a low-cost way to make VoIP calls. It is a good choice for a household or small home office where users are keen to cut their telephone bills.
ShoreTel's ShoreGear-120 is a VoIP system aimed primarily at medium- to large-sized businesses ranging from 50 users upwards and offers an impressive and versatile solution with the only major gripe being the big hit to capacity when using analog phones.
While being a leader in most areas of IP telephony, Avaya have previously been lacking in support for the smaller end of the market. That's set to change, however, thanks to the introduction of the new Avaya IP Office, a VoIP solution which caters from as little as two users right through to 360 users per server.
VoIP company takes page from parent eBay, offering a business-rating directory and a service linking advice givers and seekers.
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