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Business Telecom Weapons

As business process and technology collides, one of the major weapons for differentiation and business efficiency is VoIP and high-definition video conferencing.

The benefits of these capabilities are mainly in massive reductions in communications and travel costs.

Providers of components of these services are battling is out:

Telecom carriers
Cable TV companies
Telephone hardware companies
PC and high-definition video conferencing system
Handset manufacturers.

The telephony carriers are in a pretty healthy position in this market war; being able to increase their data penetration whilst protecting legacy analog telephony revenues.

Characteristics Of Business VoIP

VoIP-data for business is quite different from residential.

Residential voice is generally provided by 'out-of-band' rather than xDSL. Out-of-band uses narrow band filters to usher voice signals to carrier channels below 3400Hz.

In contrast, business VoDSL scenario, SHDSL technology is employed; where bandwidth is aggregated between voice and data requirements.

Voice is given a higher priority so that quality is consistently guaranteed.

This also means that the transmission capacity of the lines can be dynamically allocated to voice and data packets, accommodating end-user devices such as telephones, faxes, PBXs, PCs, LANs or routers.

The lAD integrates all the voice and data traffic and sends it over the traditional copper wires to the next DSL access multiplexer [DSLAM].

Pros and Cons of VoIP in Business

Speaking to an audience of independent distributors (telecom agents, channel partners & solution providers) author & educator Steven Sheppard gives a detailed 40-minute analysis of the pros & cons small businesses owners and decision makers need to be properly consulted about before they can "buy into" and benefit from adapting any VoIP solution or migration strategy into their businesses communication and technology suites.

VOIP Hosted Services

The Small-Medium Business VoIP hosted services market will reach $416 million in 2007, up significantly from $165 million in 2005. Small businesses prefer hosted services, having neither the operations knowledge or desire to mess around with Internet telephone services.

Quality of Service Solutions For VoIP

Types of VoIP Solutions For Business