In less than a decade the VoIP technology has undergone several generational transformations.
In the process it has brought about unprecedented changes in communications for the end users, enterprises, and carriers alike. VoIP's humble beginnings date to the mid 1990s with lab experiments and the emerging idea of toll bypass.
Since then, the VoIP technology has penetrated the consumer long distance market, facilitated carrier infrastructure conversions from circuit to packet switching, leveraged the data network infrastructure of the enterprise for IP Telephony solutions, and is now in full swing of bringing about enhanced services on converged IP networks.
Is there a future still?
With VoIP in the lead, the future mandates that any IP-enabled service be available any time, from any device, and anywhere. That future also mandates the creation and execution of new business models to accommodate the VoIP-driven and still accelerating communications revolution.
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