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There's Still Time to Profit from VoIP

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July 22, 2013

There's Still Time to Profit from VoIP

By Mae Kowalke, TMCnet Contributor


Businesses and industries of all types have seen disruption lately as the velocity of technology innovation radically alters the way they communicate, work and live their lives.

One big shift that is altering dynamics is the move toward voice-over-IP (VoIP). Instead of calls taking place over telephone wires as analogue signals, calling is rapidly shifting to a digital packet delivery system that travels over the Internet much the same way email and chat messages reach their destination—using IP technology.


This shift to IP-based calling saves callers money, first and foremost. IP to IP calls are often free, and the reduced costs to calling providers mean that callers often can call domestically for a low flat rate and internationally for greatly reduced costs (in fact, VoIP is often the underlying technology for calling cards these days).

There also are other benefits that come from VoIP, such as the ability to tie it with other methods into a single unified communications platform that includes SMS, instant messaging and other real-time communications. It also enables mobility and value-added services such as automating calling card usage and being able to recharge prepaid mobile phones from anywhere in the world.

This is an opportunity service providers who are able to deliver VoIP solutions, and one company that is helping these service provider is REVE Systems.

“VoIP usage is predicted to rise phenomenally over the coming years,” noted a recent video put out by REVE. “Mobile VoIP is an exciting opportunity waiting to be explored.”

That’s because mobile VoIP subscribers are estimated to touch the magic figure of 1 billion by 2016, according to the company. This creates a huge opportunity for an additional 10,000 new service providers to extend VoIP services to these 1 billion users and generate greater revenues across the globe, according to the company.

REVE estimates that this 1 billion user base translates into a revenue potential of $60 billion.

Helping businesses capitalize on the opportunity, REVE offers a range of VoIP solutions service providers can leverage, including its hosted softswitch, iTel Switch Plus, that immediately lets a company offer VoIP to its clients—it even includes an integrated billing solution, making it a one-stop VoIP offering.

Mobile VoIP is another area where REVE has focused. With its iTel Mobile Dialer Express, service providers can offer a mobile VoIP solution that works on any smartphone platform. Not only does it work on iPhone (News - Alert) and Android mobile platforms, but it also supports Windows Mobile, Blackberry and even Symbian phones. The app can be fully customized and branded, and it can be set up to download fully configured for the VoIP offered by the service provider.

The company also has on-premise VoIP solutions and carrier-grade platforms such as its iTel Media Gateway, which converts TDM voice to VoIP. Another company innovation is its iTel Byte Saver, which can reduce VoIP bandwidth by up to 70 percent.

Based in Singapore, REVE has been at the forefront of the VoIP revolution since the company was founded in 2003. More than 2,000 service providers in 75 countries have leveraged REVE technology to deliver VoIP services to their customers, which might be part of why RED Herring named the company a 2012 Top 100 Global Winner.

The technology revolution is changing the game of business, and REVE both knows this and has positioned itself to help savvy businesses take advantage of the opportunities. Its range of VoIP solutions is are well-placed to help service providers meet the communications needs of their customers.




Edited by Stefania Viscusi







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