A company VOIP phone might seem indestructible, but there comes a time when you need to upgrade to new technology. [Local rep: Duxbury Networking]

Using data to transmit voice is not a new concept, but with rapid digitisation, VOIP users are finally realising its true value.

Huge Group is acquiring independent telco company, Otel, and merging it with its subsidiary Huge Networks.

HeroTel expands into the Free State for the first time with the acquisition of Ntelecom in Bloemfontein.

Business VOIP solutions are a cheaper alternative to telecommunications and they have more benefits than landline services, says Syntelo.

The group's 28th acquisition is of VTN Communications, a national provider of voice over Internet Protocol and private automatic branch exchange systems.

Telkom reports flat revenue and declining headline earnings on the back of a tough year for BCX due to declining ICT spend in both the private and public sectors.

Evolv Networks offers VOIP failover services with almost no disruption to either the business or clients when the electricity or fibre is down, says Gerhard Conradie, MD of Evolv Networks.

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Wanatel's white labelled reseller platform, combined with its Hive Cloud PBX and automated processes, has reduced its resellers' waiting time for new services.

People in the industry try to overcomplicate VOIP to such a degree that it dissuades would-be customers for taking up these solutions, says Abacus Telecomm.

The Facebook-owned messaging application establishes itself as a mass-market service among mobile data users in the region.