Business boosts VOIP spending

Small businesses and enterprises plan to boost their applications-based voice-over-Internet protocol (VOIP) spending by almost 60% over the next five years, reports Channel Partners Online.

According to research by In-Stat, VOIP spending will rise by 52% from 2010 to 2014.

The increase is due in large part to the small office and home office market, which is expected to decrease its wireline voice expenses by 6% over the next four years, claims In-Stat.

Millions of people may get the chance to access VOIP services for the first time after the availing of Europe's second dedicated broadband satellite, states Telappliant.

Created by communications firm Eutelstat, the 6.1 tonne Ka-Sat was fired into space on top of a proton rocket from Baikonur in Kazakhstan. The satellite is expected to deliver high-speed broadband to more than one million homes using 82 spot beams linked to ten ground stations.

Eutelsat CEO Michel de Rosen says the technology could allow access to areas currently deprived of Internet connectivity, via a system similar to that delivering access to almost half a million US homes.

Vox Communications and Nimbuzz have jointly rolled out a VOIP application for the Apple iPhone called Mobile Out, says CBR Online.

Embedded within Nimbuzz, Vox Mobile Out is a cloud-based calling application for iPhone owners within the US, according to a statement by Vox Communications.

Nimbuzz CEO Evert Jaap Lugt says the addition of Vox to the Nimbuzz service offering, supports their mission to give users the freedom to choose how they communicate across any device and network, wherever they are.