Business Taking IP Telephony Seriously

According to new research from In-Stat, businesses are taking IP telephony more seriously.

The firm reports that IP telephony has crossed over from an emerging technology to the mainstream choice for business voice. That’s evidenced by the numbers. In the first half of 2007, 11.1 million IP lines were shipped worldwide, comprising more than 80 percent of total shipments. That meant sales of IP lines in the first half of 2007 outpaced those of traditional lines, In-Stat reported.

"For IP telephony, the initial technical and operational challenges are behind it," said Norm Bogen, a research director at In-Stat. "ROIs are proving the economics to be solid, and the productivity gains associated with the technology are, and will continue to exceed, those that could be realized with traditional telephony."

Source: www.in-stat.com