Report: VoIP market grew to $20.7 billion

We’ve heard this before: the bad economy was a boon for VoIP. Well now there is some pretty decent evidence coming out of Infonetics Research with their latest report VoIP and UC Services and Subscribers Report. According to the report, for the first half of 2009 the VoIP services market worldwide grew to $20.7 billion.

The majority of worldwide VoIP revenue, which consisted of residential VoIP and subscribers, was up 14 percent from the end of 2008. On the business side, IP PBX revenue growth slowed, but the research firm forecasts that IP Centrex and hosted UC revenue will grow 26 percent year-over-year in 2009.

“Demand for residential and business VoIP services continues to grow even as spending in other communication areas tightens.” explains Diane Myers, directing analyst for service provider VoIP and IMS at Infonetics Research.

November 16, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Voip Articles, Voip News  No Comments

How can I get free VoIP?

The first thing to know about free VoIP calls is that none of them are actually completely free. Even in the best hypothetical case in which the VoIP provider doesn’t charge you at all, remember that you still have to pay for your broadband Internet connection. You must understand that the goal is not to achieve completely free calls to all destinations, but to use the VoIP operator that suits your needs best. Keeping that in mind, you will learn that most VoIP companies will let you talk for free in their own network but also they will charge you for making calls outside their proprietary network.
The main way for free VoIP calls companies is to offer free calls inside their own network and also towards other specially selected destinations. Using this tactic users are drawn to make calls to free destinations and afterwards purchase credits to make calls towards paid destinations.
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October 17, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Voip Articles  No Comments

Latest News: Infonetics Reports Companies Still Planning Voice Investment, Sipera Says VoIP Toll Fraud Escalating

Infonetics Reports Companies Still Planning Voice Investment
North American companies are planning to continue their current spending levels on voice communications systems, according to a new survey by Infonetics Research. Though the companies want to decrease or slow the decrease of their overall voice communication expenses, they’re primarily looking to do so by cutting the cost of telecom services. If that requires investing in infrastructure or applications, they’re willing to do so, the report’s author said.
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July 3, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Voip News  No Comments

VoIP: Are There Any Disadvantages?

VoIP, also called Voice Over Internet Protocol, is a service that have become a subject of discussions recently. People’s attitudes are very different; though ones consider the system to be an inexpensive substitute for Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), others find lots of disadvantages and contras in it, waiting for upgrades to be ready to use it. In fact, I can guarantee, lots of us would ask questions concerning this matter. Here is some info about VoIP system.
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July 3, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Voip Articles  No Comments

Voice over Internet Protocol: Next Generation Communication

Lots of you, dear readers, have watched advertisements for Vonage, one of the most popular VoIP Service providers, on television. What does in general this powerful technology mean and what ways does it use to improve your life? As the time of purchasing phone cards at a residential 7-11 has almost passed, international phone calls are still needed. The Web has provided communication across the world, so is there any necessity to make things difficult, paying for conventional long distance calls, when there is an opportunity to do it for free?
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July 3, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Voip Articles  No Comments