ip-pbx in news
More businesses turning to VoIP?
News Worldwide revenue from hosted VoIP and managed IP private branch exchange (PBX) services leapt up 52 per cent to $24bn last year, it reports. Infonetics said hosted VoIP services continue to far outpace... [14 Aug 2008]
RIM reveals BlackBerry roadmap
News Going beyond partnerships with the likes of SAP, which RIM describes as the BlackBerry "app ecosystem", the smart phone giant is looking at getting its claws into the office PBX - be it an old-school analogue system or... [14 May 2008]
Small firms snub videoconferencing
News Geared towards offices of up to 10 employees, the service offers PBX-style functionality for a £40 setup fee and £5 per end-user per month. The telco launched a new IP Centrex-hosted VoIP service for its... [05 Sep 2007]
Is Spit set to soar?
News Spam calls will then be rejected by the PBX without the recipient's phone ringing. But as more telephony is delivered over IP networks, the volumes of spam aimed at telephony users is likely to explode,... [29 Jan 2007]
VoIP market growing "every quarter"
News Rogier Mol, senior analyst for IDC said that "every quarter" sees the number of IP PBX and IP telephone sales growing. The market for enterprise IP telephony... [14 Dec 2006]
Cisco shopping for mobile software start-up?
News Cisco's Unified Communications software suite, announced earlier this year, ties Cisco's Call Manager, an IP PBX that routes phone calls over an IP infrastructure, with a presence... [26 Oct 2006]
Alcatel, Nokia buddy up for mobility
News Intellisync Call Connect for Alcatel - which is part of Nokia's larger Intellisync Mobile Suite - uses the cellular network to connect to a company's PBX infrastructure. Companies using Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise... [22 Sep 2006]
Nokia pitches Blackberry-esque business smart phone trio
News The Finnish giant has also signed deals with Avaya and Cisco, so the phones can be connected to IP PBX networks. Nokia has released the first of three phones aimed at the business segment. The trio of... [12 Oct 2005]
London NHS trusts opt for VoIP
News Upgrading our PBX system would not have allowed us the improved services we wanted for our patients. Three London NHS trusts have signed a contract with Matrix Communications for almost £1m, to build and support a voice... [12 Sep 2005]
Gartner: Don't believe the tech security myths
News So, Williams said, the answers are the same: guard the IP PBX with a firewall, an Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and other products just as how a server is protected. Research director Amrit Williams... [25 Jul 2005]
Nokia: Skype must change or die
News Nokia today announced a partnership with Avaya which will give users of Nokia Series 60-based smart phones and Avaya IP PBXs to have a single business number and voicemail, as well as PBX-style call... [13 Jun 2005]
VoIP: Half of businesses use it
News The IP PBX market in western Europe, for example, will see 50 per cent penetration in enterprises by 2007 and 60 per cent by 2008, according to the analysts. Voice over IP (VoIP) is... [10 Jun 2005]
Ovum: 'VoIP mainstream in businesses by 2008'
News Hall said the IP PBX market, in particular, is moving out of the early adopter stage in Western Europe. Another trend Hall pointed to is the recent emergence of managed and hosted services for... [01 Jun 2005]
Nortel picks up $5m BT call centre contract
News The new deal sees the replacement of existing Nortel kit, Meridian-branded PBX and call routing technology, and the rollout of Nortel Communication Server 1000 at five sites, along with IP handsets and... [03 Dec 2004]
Telcos plan to run VoIP out of town
News Enterprises who go to build new offices, or those whose existing PBX kit is old and tired, will be compelled to go to an internet telephony solution. The traditional phone companies are trying to stifle innovation in... [08 Oct 2004]
