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| At the moment, small- and medium-sized businesses | | | | relatively expensive fixed (wireline) to mobile |
| (SMBs) have perhaps the most to gain from the | | | | interconnects from its PABX extensions through the |
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| businesses can outsource their communications, doing | | | | networks of choice. Suitable for both outbound and |
| away with clunky, on-site PBX equipment and | | | | inbound calls for both voice and data. Even with the |
| leveraging VOIP to reduce their monthly phone bills. | | | | recent and likely future reductions in cross network call |
| Some of the new SMB VOIP services also offer new | | | | charges, payback is typically in the order of weeks for |
| tools like "unified messaging" (converged voicemail and | | | | larger SMEs, for example. |
| email) that can actually improve productivity. | | | | All combinations and permutations of customer |
| New companies have been hurrying to deliver | | | | premise equipment and mobile network services are |
| converged voice and data services to SMBs over the | | | | supported, so it will be rare that a solution is not |
| past year â and for good reason. | | | | available for a particular customer. VoIP can be |
| The SMB market as a whole continues to grow and | | | | deployed for external calls so long as end-to-end |
| play a greater role in the economy, many of these | | | | service quality meets the organisationâs |
| business are just now converting to VOIP services. | | | | requirements. |
| The number of residential and SOHO VOIP | | | | Report this article |
| subscribers worldwide is expected to nearly double by | | | | This article is free for republishing |
| the end of this year to over 47 million, says a recent | | | | Source: |
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| By most definitions, small businesses employ between | | | | |
| two and 50 people, while medium-sized ones employ | | | | Ask a Question About this Article |
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