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You’ve decided to switch to a VoIP service because you’re tired of the expenses from a traditional phone service, in addition to paying a technician to maintain your current setup. You’re also looking for state of the art customer-facing telecom features. To make your transition to VoIP as seamless as possible, planning and preparation are key. Here are the top four things that VoIP subscribers should consider when developing their transition plan:
#1. Your own bandwidth
Recently, Facebook paid a whopping $19 billion to acquire WhatsApp. Currently a messaging application, WhatsApp is looking to implement voice over internet protocol (VoIP) by June of this year. A prime example of the growth and prosperity of VoIP in the business market today, WhatsApp already has 465 million users - all of whom will be able to make VoIP calls after WhatsApp releases an update by the second quarter of the year.
Mobile VoIP (mVoIP) is a sky rocketing service that is threatening carriers and customers of traditional mobile networks. With mVoIP, users can avoid the voice networks altogether and make their calls via an internet connection on a mobile device. The benefits of avoiding the use of precious data and minutes while not paying large long distance fees has become a top commodity for users.
You’ve been tapped. Well, that’s the plan at least. Your VoIP phone calls might soon fall into new, broader surveillance laws if the FBI is successful in their new wiretapping proposals.
Privacy advocacy groups and Internet companies are both concerned with the latest news that the FBI wants to overhaul the current surveillance laws to include more forms of Internet communication. However, the FBI and other government agencies see the matter as a national security issue, and a necessity to keep civilians safe.
According to a survey by Infonetics Research as referenced by UC Strategies, the VoIP industry grew by about 9% between 2011 and 2012, which amounts to about $63 billion in additional revenue. Most of the growth, according to the article, was in the SIP industry as SIP sales increased by 83% and hosted PBX sales stayed stable.
IVR (interactive voice response) can be a huge asset to businesses looking to enhance their business image, simplify their transfer process, increase customer satisfaction, save money, and increase productivity.
When you’re shopping around for phone service, you may feel bogged down with information or feel lost in the terminology. While the whole decision making process can seem daunting or overwhelming, VoIP Review is here to take the stress out of your purchase.
Purchasing something new for your home or office should be an exciting endeavour, so to add a bit of excitement into the mix, we’ve announced the top five fun facts about VoIP!
As of Friday September 29, 2012, California’s Governor Gerry Brown has officially signed Bill 1161 into law. The bill prevents the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) from monitoring VoIP communication services.
This bill has recently garnered a lot of attention in the telecom world. Telecom giants like AT&T and Verizon strongly support the bill, but critics have expressed their concerns that the bill does not provide adequate protection to the consumer.
Earlier today, I saw an article on how Aptela (read Aptela reviews) used AppNeta's application performance management software to diagnose network connectivity problems.
Basically, Aptela found that, in certain cases, spotty call quality was caused not by their service but by the customer's internal Internet network.
Yesterday, we tweeted about Colocation America's examination of VoIP provider websites, and their conclusion that the 5 top ranked VoIP providers in the business were:
New Rule Requires Notification of Service Outages
In what surely seems a case of "too little, too late" to Phone Power customers who weathered the May 2nd service disruption, the FCC has finalized rules requiring VoIP providers to report service outages.
The FBI has listed VoIP as one of the new technologies it's desperately trying to keep pace with, and has petitioned the industry to allow backdoor access to spy on Americans who might be up to no good.
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