We’ve written about softswitch replacement and migration, but it’s not all about rip and replace. Another use case for a business communications platform is to power new business VoIP and unified communication services (what some call white label cloud PBX).
With the acquisitions of the VoIP 1.0 softswitch vendors, including BroadSoft, GENBAND, and Metaswitch, communication service providers are asking: what is the future of my VoIP softswitch network? Is my current supplier the one that can take me to the web-scale, cloud-centric future?
As businesses adopt hosted communications services, some historical telecom service providers are hosting their own offerings on their infrastructure.
The call to quarantine and work from home to stem the spread of the coronavirus has caused a massive shift in network usage patterns, affecting where and when a network is used and the amount of traffic over these broadband networks. These shifts have also led to an increase in wireline voice traffic.
As VoIP 1.0 softswitches near end-of-life, service providers face decisions on how to address a softswitch migration and evolve their voice networks to be more agile, competitive, and profitable. There’s a softswitch migration coming, so what are the replacement options? What is the role of the cloud-based vs cloud-building solutions?
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is funding rural broadband builds again with its 2020 Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF). And VoIP will play a role in making that happen as offering phone is a requirement for winners.
We are two decades into the VoIP transition and there are still many businesses moving from traditional communication systems to modern VoIP services, like hosted PBX. Now is an ideal time for service providers to help these businesses make that transition and participate in the fast-growing cloud communication services market.
Two electric cooperatives, Cumberland Connect in Tennessee and ecoLINK in Oklahoma, have selected Alianza's cloud-based VoIP solution to support their VoIP services.
The VoIP market in the United States is strong and it’s growing. VoIP subscriptions grew 5% annually according to the latest FCC data. Yes, there’s cord-cutting and wireless-only home phones, but there are still over 60 million residential phone lines, mostly VoIP, in the U.S. Some customers still want a landline and there are good...
The U.S. VoIP market is strong and it’s growing. Despite cord-cutting and wireless-only homes, VoIP subscriptions grew 5% from 2016 to 2017 according to FCC data. VoIP lines have grown 39% since 2013! There are 67 million interconnected VoIP subscriptions, representing 57% of all wireline phone lines in the U.S., upping its share from 52% in...
