Alianza’s announcement this week that three smaller cable companies will use its cloud-based VoIP offering illustrates a broader trend, said Alianza Vice President of Marketing Kevin Mitchell in an interview. After deploying softswitches and other VoIP equipment five to 10…
In today’s marketplace, there are many factors pushing businesses of all sizes to embrace the cloud for their communications needs. Here are just a few: the growing number of remote workers, the need for more and better team collaboration, the…
Businesses’ increasing use of cloud services is dampening growth of unified communications systems (UCS), according to new market research from IHS Infonetics. Businesses are putting off purchases of new phone systems, IHS Infonetics highlights in “Enterprise Unified Communications and Voice…
ORLANDO, Fla., April 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Bright House Networks Enterprise Solutions today introduced Hosted Voice for Hospitality, a feature-rich, scalable and fully supported hotel communications service that cost-effectively enhances guest experience. Delivered over the Enterprise Solutions cloud, the new Hosted…
April 16, 2015 — HERNDON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–XO Communications (XO), a leading national provider of advanced IP communications, has launched “HPBX Concierge,” a “touch-free” feature for its award-winning Hosted PBX (HPBX) service. While customers already have the ability to manage their…
An incisive study from Windstream’s Allworx Corp. reveals that most small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) “have low awareness of the technology trends in business phone systems and most are not utilizing advanced phone features that are widely available today.” Commissioned…
As small telcos seek to expand beyond their traditional business, we’re seeing more and more of them offering cloud-based services outside their traditional serving area. A good example of that comes from Saddleback Communications, an Arizona-based ILEC that has a…
With the explosive growth in hosted private-branch exchange (PBX) and unified communications (UC), many service providers are now considering selling hosted communications services to business customers for the first time. The financial rewards can be great for the service providers…
Revenues for the enterprise PBX and UC (Unified Communications) markets headed in opposite directions in 2Q 2014, according to a new report from Infonetics Research. Enterprise PBX revenues fell six percent while those for UC rose 31 percent from a…
The migration to all-IP communications infrastructure – voice, data and television – continues apace, as unified communications platforms continue to expand and replace legacy PBX systems. Tracking the markets for PBX phone systems in 1Q 2014, voice-over-IP (VoIP) gateways, unified…
The move into hosted PBX services by carriers of all sizes is well documented. Carriers see great opportunity for revenue growth by targeting small and medium business (SMB) customers with a cloud based business communications service that can replace legacy…
Worldwide residential and business VoIP services’ revenue grew 3% to $33 billion in 2013’s first half, in line with expectations, Infonetics Research reports in its latest “VoIP and UC Services and Subscribers” report. While residential VoIP services represent the bulk…
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