VoIP Info

Poised as the next model of telephony, VoIP actually had its beginnings almost a century ago. In 1928 Bell Labs unveiled a technology they called the vocoder. It analyzed speech, transforming it into electronically transmitted information, and recreated it at the other end of the transmission. In principle very similar to today’s VoIP, where signals are converted into packets, sent across a network, and reassembled when they reach their destination. Data from IDC indicates that more than 1.7 billion mobile phones were shipped globally in 2012. Business was a big driver of those sales, and now more companies are looking for ways to save money and gain features by switching their mobile workforce to VoIP phone systems. VoIP can enable services on almost any mobile device, and in these days of BYOD, the workforce wants to connect on their favorite platform. The ability to choose a platform is a big plus for businesses because every employee has different preferences and needs to be able to seamlessly integrate the devices.