07/07/2009 - snom: Drive to Unified Communications Remains Strong

Mike Storella, director of business development at VoIP phone maker snom, believes unified communications is the strongest segment in the communications industry.
As customers look to become leaner and meaner, he stresses the advantages offered by wireless technology, such as WiFi, saying he feels it should be "everywhere".

09/06/2009 - INTERVIEW: Carriers' "Sea Change" Towards IP Networks, JAJAH CEO Trevor Healy

JAJAH CEO Trevor Healy talks to voip.biz-news about the "sea change" currently taking place in the communications industry - and explains how that has resulted in JAJAH itself evolving from a consumer VoIP focus to become a global IP communications platform provider.

30/03/2009 - Avaya Announces SIP Architecture That Connects Users, Applications and Systems

Avaya today announced the launch of a new SIP-based architecture that integrates communications across multi-vendor, multi-location and multi-modal businesses.
Called Aura, the company said it is centered on the new open standards Aura Session Manager, which centralizes communications control and application integration.

12/03/2009 - Hosted VoIP Approaches One Million in the US - and Climbing

The US had almost one million installed hosted IP telephony lines at the end of 2008.
This figure is expected to grow to about 3.6 million lines in 2014, according to a report by Frost & Sullivan.

11/03/2009 - VoIP Solutions Provider Cypress Communications Expanding into Europe and Middle East

One of the US's largest providers of VoIP solutions, Cypress Communications, is to announce shortly that it is expanding operations into Europe and the Middle East.
After more than 20 years providing managed communication solutions to clients across the States, the Atlanta, Georgia-based company is to extend its network internationally.

06/02/2009 - Digium Adds New US Features To Latest Version of Switchvox IP PBX

07/01/2009 - Slower Growth Expected In IP Contact Center Market

Global economic problems will cause a slowdown in spending in the IP contact center (IPCC) market in 2009, according to Infonetics Research.
The communications market research firm reports that while the overall Unified Communications and IPCC markets will experience a downturn, the IPCC and communicator segments will weather the economic downturn better than others.

01/10/2008 - Business World May Be Rocked By IP PBX - But Not Yet

Industry hype surrounding unified communications (UC) may cause seismic shifts across the business world – but the changes could take up to a generation to impact.
That’s the findings of a study by In-Stat into UC such as IP PBX and how they will make fundamental differences to how people work.