Business

VoIP growing in Sweden

Swedish industry regulators have reported a substantial growth in the number of VoIP users in the country in 2006.
With idyllic valleys and mountain ranges often a barrier to easy travel or hardline communications across the country, users have begun to embrace VoIP - creating an impressive 87 per cent growth in subscribers last year.
This put [...]


Why are VoIP services cheaper than conventional phones?

You might have seen ads of VoIP [Voice over IP] companies saying that a long-distance call will cost you a fraction (5%) of what you would pay in a conventional phone. Have you ever wondered how they are able to offer such a price. Let me de-mystify it for you.
Let’s say that you own a [...]

CDW offers Bandwidth.com’s SIP Trunking Service

Bandwidth.com, today announced that CDW, one of my favorite places to order PCs, printers, office supplies, laptops, and much more, is now offering Bandwidth.com’s Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Trunking VoIP solution as a part of its suite of telecommunications products and services. I should point out that CDW is one of the largest online retailers [...]

UK businesses afraid of switch to VoIP

A new report from Quocirca and conducted on behalf of Shoretel has found that businesses in the UK are scared of switching to Voice over IP telecommunications because of the initial setup cost involved in buying and installing new equipment.
Some of the main findings from the Quocirca report were a lack of understanding with regards [...]

AT&T phasing out Cingular brand

After recently acquiring Cingular it has emerged that AT&T are to drop the Cingular brand according to ZDNet. Cingular is the current largest mobile phone group in the United States with 58 million subscribers to their mobile services. Dropping a brand as strong as Cingular is a big step, and a big risk.
The [...]