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| Obama win 'good news for global VoIP market' |
| Thursday, Nov 20, 2008, Filed under: Telecoms News |
Barack Obama's recent victory in the US presidential election will serve to boost the already-booming global VoIP market, one expert has claimed.
According to legal and telecommunications expert Andrew D Lipman of Washington DC-based Bingham McCutchen LLP, the forthcoming US administration looks set to place greater emphasis on hosted telecoms solutions such as VoIP as it attempts to improve efficiency within the public sector.
Commenting on the potential impact of the Obama presidency both at home and abroad, Mr Lipman told TMC.net that changes are likely in four major areas: "First, greater FCC appreciation of VoIP. Second, better carrier interconnection rights. Third, recognition among policy-makers that the telecom world is evolving to VoIP.
"And finally, fostering of VoIP technology ubiquitously to rural and remote areas and to low-income users."
These comments come as the European Union looks into alleged cases of VoIP calls being blocked across some parts of the continent.
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| Hosted telecoms 'safer and more productive' |
| Tuesday, Nov 18, 2008, Filed under: Telecoms News |
| Turning to hosted online telecommunications systems can help businesses better safeguard their data, while also promoting greater productivity, experts have explained.According to a new article published in Computer Weekly, firms that invest in virtual local area networks (Vlans), can expect to see benefits such as improved security and better overall performance of their hosted telecommunications.One of the main advantages of this technology is that such networks are significantly less vulnerable to security threats after they are virtualised.read more |
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| MEPs join businesses in embracing remote working |
| Monday, Nov 17, 2008, Filed under: Telecoms News |
| European members of parliament are joining businesses of all sizes in latching onto the benefits of hosted telecommunications applications, such as VoIP, it has been reported. At present, millions of workers across the continent use such solutions to keep in touch with the office while simultaneously keeping business telecommunications costs down. However, now a new project aimed at allowing MEPs to work 'on the move' is being rolled out in Brussels, with politicians being given the necessary technology to enable them to carry on communicating and carrying out administrative duties while outside of the corridors of power in the Belgian capital. read more |
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| Copper broadband speeds 'improving' |
| Friday, Nov 14, 2008, Filed under: Telecoms News |
| News brought to you by Primus Virtual Phone; a professional phone system built for the smaller business.A company has announced a new service offering speeds of up to 40Mbps over existing wires.The announcement comes just days after claims were made that copper cabling is limiting the progression of broadband in the UK.read more |
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| Smartphones increase profits for SMEs |
| Friday, Nov 14, 2008, Filed under: Telecoms News |
| News brought to you by Primus Virtual Phone; a professional phone system built for the smaller business.Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can actively increase their profits by equipping their employees with smartphones, it has been claimed.According to Jelly Communications, an independent mobile phone specialist, devices such as the RIM BlackBerry and Apple iPhone can help smaller firms to hold on to the competitive edge in "an ever competitive world".read more |
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| Demand for super-fast broadband 'dependant on work demand' |
| Thursday, Nov 13, 2008, Filed under: Telecoms News |
| News brought to you by Primus Virtual Phone; a professional phone system built for the smaller business.Demand for next-generation networks will only be strong in the UK if super-fast broadband becomes integral to work life, it has been suggested.According to the Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (Pitcom), the roll-out of fibre optic networks is currently being delayed because infrastructure providers want to wait for application providers, but they will not build programs until the infrastructure is in place.read more |
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| IM a 'useful tool' for SMEs |
| Thursday, Nov 13, 2008, Filed under: Telecoms News |
| News brought to you by Primus Virtual Phone; a professional phone system built for the smaller business.Mobile instant messaging (IM) can be extremely beneficial to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), particularly as telecommunications software is now available to let companies monitor it.That is according to ProcessOne, a specialist provider of IM solutions, which explained that mobile phone applications are now available to allow businesses to log communications made and received by business phone devices. read more |
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| Social networks 'benefitting' businesses |
| Friday, Nov 07, 2008, Filed under: Telecoms News |
| News brought to you by Primus Virtual Phone; a professional phone system built for the smaller business.Social networking can provide small businesses with significant advantages during harsh economic times, an expert has suggested.According to Peter Bradwell, of independent think-tank Demos, the web 2.0 telecommunications solution can be used to help organisations develop and maintain relationship with partners and customers.read more |
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| Copper wires 'will limit network speeds' |
| Friday, Nov 07, 2008, Filed under: Telecoms News |
| News brought to you by Primus Virtual Phone; a professional phone system built for the smaller business.Eventually the very copper used in network and internet cabling will act as a limiting factor on business broadband speeds, it has been claimed.According to broadband.co.uk, the recent dip in average broadband speeds signals that the UK's telecommunications infrastructure is beginning to struggle with the increasing amounts of digital information being transmitted.read more |
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| Applications 'hold appeal' for smartphone users |
| Thursday, Nov 06, 2008, Filed under: Telecoms News |
| News brought to you by Primus Virtual Phone; a professional phone system built for the smaller business.The range and variety of web applications available for use on smartphones are driving increased adoption of the wireless devices.That is according to an expert from Mobile Choice Magazine, who forecast that smartphones will increase their share of the overall mobile phone market in 2009.read more |
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| Sales of dual-mode mobile phones increasing |
| Wednesday, Nov 05, 2008, Filed under: Telecoms News |
| News brought to you by Primus Virtual Phone; a professional phone system built for the smaller business.Dual-mode mobile/ Wi-Fi business phones are becoming an increasingly popular solution to the various business telecoms challenges faced by small enterprises.That is to be inferred from a new report by Infonetics Research, which suggest that global sales of dual-mode devices will increase by 16 per cent this year, as businesses adopt converged mobile/ Wi-Fi services.read more |
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| Increased mobile broadband choice from 2009 |
| Wednesday, Nov 05, 2008, Filed under: Telecoms News |
| News brought to you by Primus Virtual Phone; a professional phone system built for the smaller business.Small companies' business phone deployments could be drastically altered next year thanks to the emergence of new multi-mode handsets.According to a new report from ABI Research, 2009 will see the launch of mobile chips that integrate two competing mobile broadband technologies; WiMax and Long Term Evolution (LTE).read more |
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| Telecoms industry has 'bright future' |
| Tuesday, Nov 04, 2008, Filed under: Telecoms News |
| News brought to you by Primus Virtual Phone; a professional phone system built for the smaller business.Although the credit crunch is taking its toll, the global market for telecommunications looks set to enjoy sustained growth over the next five years.That is the conclusion of a new forecast from Insight Research, which suggests that worldwide revenues will grow at eight per cent during the period.read more |
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| Network traffic requires 'greater optimisation' |
| Monday, Nov 03, 2008, Filed under: Telecoms News |
| News brought to you by Primus Virtual Phone; a professional phone system built for the smaller business.As internet users' online habits become more bandwidth intensive, there is a growing need for network traffic to be optimised.That is the conclusion of broadband network provider Sandvine, which claimed that it is also crucial for broadband suppliers to control bandwidth consumption with often controversial 'fair usage' policies.read more |
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| ISP service bundling 'disadvantages customers' |
| Monday, Nov 03, 2008, Filed under: Telecoms News |
| News brought to you by Primus Virtual Phone; a professional phone system built for the smaller business.A growing number of large internet service providers are bundling additional telecommunications services into their broadband packages, but the results are often less than ideal for customers.That is according to one expert, who explained that convergence in the broadband market has been occurring for some time and is "not really surprising" given the rising prominence of the internet as a source of revenue for service providers.read more |
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| Fixed broadband 'accelerating away' from mobile |
| Friday, Oct 31, 2008, Filed under: Telecoms News |
| News brought to you by Primus Virtual Phone; a professional phone system built for the smaller business.The gulf between mobile and fixed broadband speeds is expanding, according to new research which suggests that wired broadband is now twice as fast on average.The speed tests, conducted by Broadband Expert, revealed that the average fixed broadband connection speed to be 3.61Mbps, while mobile broadband clocked in at 1.57Mpbs.read more |
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| Mobile broadband 'encourages' femtocell uptake |
| Thursday, Oct 30, 2008, Filed under: Telecoms News |
| News brought to you by Primus Virtual Phone; a professional phone system built for the smaller business.As mobile broadband becomes more common, a growing number of small and medium-sized enterprises will find themselves subscribing to femtocell services.That is according to a new report by Infonetics, which suggests that high-speed packet access (HSPA), a next-generation mobile broadband technology, will be a key driver behind increased enterprise adoption of femtocells.read more |
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| Business mobile market 'split in two' |
| Wednesday, Oct 29, 2008, Filed under: Telecoms News |
| News brought to you by Primus Virtual Phone; a professional phone system built for the smaller business.The market for mobile internet is diverging into two distinct categories in which users have different requirements from and expectations of their wireless business telecoms.That is the key finding in a new report from the Yankee Group, which suggests that one segment is providing an always-connected internet experience for big screens and the other an optimised connection for smaller screens.read more |
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| Small businesses 'confused by broadband limits' |
| Tuesday, Oct 28, 2008, Filed under: Telecoms News |
| News brought to you by Primus Virtual Phone; a professional phone system built for the smaller business.Nearly nine in ten (86 per cent) broadband users are still not clear about the limits imposed on their service, it has been revealed.That is one of the findings of a new report by financial comparison site uSwitch.com, which also found that some 56 per cent of major broadband providers are willing to disconnect individuals or businesses using their connection "excessively".read more |
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| Broadband subscriptions 'remain strong' |
| Monday, Oct 27, 2008, Filed under: Telecoms News |
| News brought to you by Primus Virtual Phone; a professional phone system built for the smaller business.The increasing popularity of online applications and internet video is encouraging businesses all over the world to adopt new broadband subscriber lines, it has been revealed.According to a report from In-Stat, more than 80 million new broadband subscriptions were signed in the last 12 months read more |
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