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VoIP Enabler Feature Article Archive
5/24/2012
VoIP Enabler Provider Recognized by Avaya Phybridge was recognized for its UniPhyer VoIP enabler technology at the International Avaya Users Group (IAUG) Global Education Conference. UniPhyer was selected as an innovative solution designed to address a unique need in the market. Its ability to be delivered in conjunction with Avaya technology also made it eligible for this award.
5/15/2012
The Plaza Suites Turns to Phybridge to Migrate to IP Telephony According to a company success story, Phybridge has the only data network switches in the world to deliver Ethernet and Power over Ethernet on a single pair of telephony grade wire with four times the reach of traditional data switches.
5/7/2012
Which Consumers Benefit Most from VoIP Services? ITP VoIP has issued a checklist of reasons why customers may benefit from switching from a traditional phone system to a VoIP system. The number of available services and the potential cost savings, according to ITP VoIP, make switching a smart choice for a variety of telephony customers.
5/2/2012
Phybridge VoIP Enabler Brings Pharmaceutical Company into the 21st Century According to officials with Phybridge, it has designed "the only data network switches in the world to deliver Ethernet and power over Ethernet on a single pair of telephony grade wire with four times the reach of traditional data switches."
4/25/2012
VoIP Enabler Used for Flawless Telephony Cutover in One Weekend What would it mean for a service provider or vendor if customers working with them described their service or implementation as "flawless"? That word has power as a marketing and word of mouth tool to demonstrate the value of the solution. For VoIP enabler provider, Phybridge, the impact is considerable.
4/19/2012
Large Financial Services Company Completes 'Flawless' IP Telephony Cutover with the Help of Phybridge's VoIP Enabler Common reasons for maintaining a legacy phone system include concerns over LAN upgrade costs, reliability and the downtime often associated with VoIP installations. One simple solution to overcoming these hurdles is the Phybridge UniPhyer, dubbed the VoIP enabler, which leverages a company's existing infrastructure to create a robust IP phone network through a brief, non-disruptive migration.
4/12/2012
Survey Suggests High Customer Satisfaction with VoIP in Britain Telappliant, a U.K.-based Voice over IP (VoIP) provider for small to medium sized businesses (SMBs), released the results of a new survey, suggesting almost seven out of 10 U.K. business are going to be using VoIP services by 2013. The study surveyed 100 British businesses from different industries and showed 41 percent already use VoIP, while 25 percent more plan to review and implement the service in the next year.
4/10/2012
VoIP Services Becoming Increasingly Popular for Enterprise Communications According to recent surveys conducted by Infonetics Research, voice over IP (VoIP) services have been gaining a lot of popularity due to the demand for a simpler, more flexible management solution.
4/10/2012
Phybridge UniPhyer Certified with RedSky's E911 Manager Phybridge Inc., the telecommunications industry leading provider of risk-free IP Telephony deployment infrastructure, announced today that its flagship product - the Phybridge UniPhyer - is certified to operate with RedSky'E911 Manager.
4/3/2012
VoIP Enabler Company Phybridge Braces for Projected VoIP Growth VoIP allows for the convergence of the voice and data networks to streamline communications and make archiving and data management more efficient. One company helping businesses make the migration to VoIP is Phybridge. The company's VoIP enabler, the UniPhyer, takes a low cost, effective approach to migrating networks while also leveraging current assets. CEO John Croce recently talked with TMC to offer insight on the current industry and opportunities that continue to emerge.
3/26/2012
Phybridge Takes VoIP Enabler to Enterprise Connect As the demand for the convergence of voice and data networks continues to grow, companies are increasingly turning to industry providers to integrate their networks. To ensure a seamless and cost effective approach, Phybridge offers its VoIP enabler technology.
3/26/2012
VoIP Enabler Phybridge Expands in U.S., Hires Regional Managers in Chicago and Phoenix It's been an eventful year so far for Ontario, Canada-based Phybridge, which has been getting positive attention for its UniPhyer VoIP enabler solution and customer-focused approach to VoIP. Among other events, the company enabled a college in Illinois to converge its voice and data networks, was awarded a U.S. patent (No. 8,125,998) for its network and power over Ethernet (PoE) redundancy solution, and helped Habersham County in Georgia migrate to IP telephony.
3/22/2012
Enterprise Router Sales Grow in China Enterprise router growth is now being driven by the Chinese market, which is mixed news for Cisco, HP, Avaya, Juniper, OneAccess and others. The overall demand for enterprise routers has risen in the last quarter to sales numbers similar to the pre-recession peak, but buying patterns have shifted away from North American small to medium sized businesses toward the Asian markets where growth is booming.
3/16/2012
Phybridge Delivers Sustainable IP Telephony with VoIP Enabler for Habersham County For those who want to truly optimize on their current investments while also leveraging the potential in IP telephony, a VoIP enabler can deliver significant value. Northeast Georgia-based Habersham County was seeking to make such a migration and turned to Phybridge for a little help. The company offered its UniPhyer VoIP enabler to ease the process and significantly reduce the cost.
3/8/2012
Phybridge Awarded US Patent for a Network and PoE Redundancy Solution Phybridge Inc. today announced that it has been issued US Patent No: 8,125,998 for Backup System and Method for Network Data Communications. This innovation expands the capabilities of the award winning Phybridge switches allowing customers to create a robust and redundant local area network (LAN).
3/2/2012
VoIP Growth in 4Q11 Recent market research from Infonetics takes a look at the fourth quarter of 2011 and how the Enterprise UC, VoIP and TDM Equipment markets fared.
2/23/2012
VoIP Enabler Helps Banish Infrastructure Headaches, Puts Focus Back on ROI For businesses making the switch to IP Telephony and UC, a future full with success and productivity can seem as though it's within reach. Often times however, this goal can be put on the back burner if the proper infrastructure to support VoIP is not in place. Ontario-based Phybridge says it can remove any frustrations associated with infrastructure with its simple, low-cost, robust LAN platform. The technology offers a single point of central convergence to enable VoIP by making use of existing voice infrastructures. That means companies can spend more time focused on their core business and apply their budgets to the area that will drive a higher return on investment.
2/16/2012
Novus Assigned Epygi Gold Distributor Status for Third Consecutive Year Epygi Technologies, known for its hybrid feature-rich IP PBX, VoIP gateways and cost-savings conference servers, has honored Novus with the Gold Distributor status for the third consecutive year.
2/10/2012
Phybridge Offers Alternative, Customer-Focused Approach to VoIP It's the philosophy of Phybridge officials that technology "should enable your business and not burden it with complexity, costs, and dependencies." Sounds common-sense, right? It is - but you'd be amazed how often technology becomes the focus, rather than the tool. You want to avoid that when it comes to VoIP.
1/30/2012
College Finds Easy Convergence with Phybridge VoIP Enabler Not long ago, an Illinois-based college recognized the need for an all IP telephony and Unified Communications environment. At the same time, the institution also recognized there would be obstacles to successfully completing the convergence their voice and data networks. Fortunately, Phybridge was able to help with its VoIP enabler technology.
1/25/2012
PhyBridge UniPhyer a VoIP Enabler for Cloud Communications Recently, a large state government customer wanted to trial Phybridge partners' cloud based voice offering. However, one of the biggest challenges was LAN readiness, until the customer was introduced to the Phybridge UniPhyer. But together with their partners, this government customer with over 50,000 users successfully trialed seven different locations.
1/20/2012
Mitel DataNet Offers Phybridge VoIP Enabler Technology Demo Kit Special One Phybridge partner is demonstrating its strength in the market, leveraging the power of a complete end-to-end solution to overcome LAN-readiness barriers and challenges to VoIP migration. Mitel DataNet is driving adoption by promoting the Phybridge VoIP enabler offering as the ideal foundation for its voice solution.
1/13/2012
Is a LAN Better Converged Centrally or On Desktops? 10 Reasons Let's take it a bit more rationally. We come down on the side of the fact that it is, in fact, better to converge your LAN centrally, and we have ten good reasons from Phybridge to back us up. If you disagree, well, it's your right to be wrong. Uh, sorry, we mean...interesting position.
1/6/2012
VoIP Enabler Eases Concern over IP Phone Migration, Saves Millions for Financial Services Company The quality and cost benefits promised in the implementation of VoIP has a number of organizations, from small businesses to large enterprises, considering a change. The challenge in migration, however, is deciding on the right approach to voice and data convergence. With the help of Phybridge's VoIP enabler, that challenge is eliminated.
12/21/2011
Business VoIP Drives Wireline NGN Voice Equipment Market: Exact Ventures Exact Ventures, an independent market intelligence and advisory firm recently released a report on next generation network (NGN) and business VoIP.
12/12/2011
Phybridge Awarded U.S. Patent for Location System Identifying Physical Location of IP Endpoints This U.S Patent No: 8,059,631 details a technology that provides a robust way to install and manage a location identification solution in the market and address the challenges associated with VoIP E911 location identification and asset tracking.
12/12/2011
Phybridge VoIP Enabler - Optimizing the LAN With the VoIP enabler from Phybridge, you gain access to the only network switch designed to deliver Ethernet and Power over Ethernet over a single wire pair with a reach of more than 400 meters. As a result, customers are transforming their existing voice infrastructure, into an IP network that serves as the ideal foundation for IP telephony. This deployment can compliment and extend the data network.
12/8/2011
Phybridge VoIP Enabler - the Optimal Alternative to Standard Network Convergence The migration to converged networks supporting both voice and data is a rapidly growing phenomenon. While the opportunities in this space are extensive, the trend is not without its problems. Perhaps the most obvious is the industry's approach to convergence - layering voice requirements onto the data LAN and settling for the results. With the introduction of the VoIP enabler technology in Phybridge's UniPhyer, customers finally have a choice.
12/2/2011
Phybridge Celebrates VoIP Enabler Success, Looks Ahead The benefits of VoIP, while already apparent to many users across the globe, have taken on a special focus in the business world this past year as economic uncertainty loomed and decision makers fought to cut costs and remain successful.
11/21/2011
VoIP Enabler Provider Phybridge Completes Disruption-Free Migration Canada's Welded Tube was facing problems with its aging telephone system, experiencing issues daily. At the same time, the company was dealing with excessive costs in its effort to maintain tie line connectivity between their three properties. As a result, the company opted to upgrade to IP telephony to enjoy the inherent cost savings of the platform, as well as the elimination of tie lines. Welded Tube also wanted the benefits of Unified Communications and turned to VoIP enabler provider, Phybridge.
11/14/2011
UniPhyer VoIP Enabler Helps IT Network Engineer Save Employer Over $1 Million Prior to Phybridge's emerging on the scene, the only way to gain the benefits of IP telephony and Unified Communications was to layer voice requirements on a data Local Area Network. When the Phybridge UniPhyer VoIP enabler became an option, businesses finally had a choice on how to best optimize the LAN for voice and data convergence.
11/7/2011
Phybridge UniPhyer Helps AICR Realize VoIP Implementation in Historic Building The advancements in technology that enable voice communication over data networks can make it possible for an organization of any size to significantly reduce the cost of said communications, while also driving improved efficiency. This was a clear goal for the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR), yet antiquated systems inhibited the ability to leverage VoIP technologies and the organization demanded a change.
11/4/2011
Phybridge Officials Address 'Inside Your Walls' Challenges for UC There continues to be a growing momentum toward the cloud, as Phybridge officials correctly say, and telephony is certainly a driving force. Part of it is the ability to consolidate application requirements garnishing significant financial and operational efficiencies, that's something a lot of companies want to do.
10/27/2011
CALLTELE Now a Certified Partner with VoIP Enabler Phybridge Phybridge, as a VoIP enabler, offers a unique approach to focusing on optimizing the local area network for voice and data convergence, maintaining the quality of voice, while still supporting the importance of data.
10/18/2011
School Districts Partnering with Rel Comm to Leverage Power of Phybridge's 'VoIP Enabler' School district IT directors around the nation are being charged with the task of upgrading their institutions' telephony systems to VoIP to take advantage of its many benefits, including its cost-effective, scalable and flexible nature.
10/11/2011
Phybridge UniPhyer Interoperable with Conveyant Systems' Sentry E911 Solutions A telecommunications provider of PC-based attendant consoles, Conveyant Systems has gained yet another solution to operate with its Sentry E911 solutions.
10/3/2011
Simply Enabling Cloud Telephony within Business There continues to be growing momentum toward the Cloud, and telephony is a driving force. The ability to consolidate application requirements garnishing significant financial and operational efficiencies is compelling. However, one of the biggest challenges is when that Cloud offering, hits the wall of your building.
9/28/2011
Phybridge and PosTrack Partner to Deploy an Integrated VoIP Solution for Wagner College Like many higher education institutions, Wagner felt inclined to make the transition to VoIP-based communication technologies, which are more scalable, flexible and less expensive to maintain than traditional phone systems. However, with a legacy infrastructure and limited financial resources, it was extremely difficult for Wagner deploy a costly and time-consuming on-premise VoIP deployment.
9/21/2011
Phybridge: Technology Must Ultimately Serve Customer So say officials of Phybridge, which sells IP telephony products and services, charging that the existing data switch industry players have "no interest" in changing this state of affairs, since as they put it, "in many cases they have a significant advantage when selling their IP telephony offering given the dependency on LAN changes required."
9/13/2011
Phybridge UniPhyer Now Certified with Siemens' Portfolio of UC Solutions The Ontario, Canada-based company's VoIP enabler solution delivers Ethernet and Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) over a single, traditional twisted pair telephone line, enabling enterprises and SMBs to leverage existing legacy infrastructure to make the move to an IP network.
9/7/2011
Seamless Voice with Data Now Possible for Manufacturing Firm The VoIP enabler industry is one that is readily split in two. Standard implementations tend to focus on layering real-time video onto the distributed data LAN, built only for near-time delivery. That doesn't work well for voice communications. The Phybridge UniPhyer aims to improve upon this standard by layering the voice with the data in real-time.
8/30/2011
IP Telephony an Opportunity, But for Whom? Much has happened in the voice business over the last decade, since the advent of IP communications and VoIP. But much has not happened. Some might have thought a whole new industry might arise. Instead, VoIP and IP communications arguably are more aptly seen as the latest evolution of voice services.
8/25/2011
Infonetics Research Releases EMEA Business VoIP Services Leadership Scorecard Analyzing and ranking the top service providers in the IP Centrex market in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, market research firm Infonetics Research has released its annual EMEA Business VoIP Services Leadership Scorecard.
8/22/2011
Service Provider Mobile VoIP Expected to Grow The use of a data connection to drive voice communications is not necessarily new, but it is a growing concept among mobile users. And, according to Juniper Research, mobile VoIP use is expected to reach roughly 130 million people around the world by 2016.
8/15/2011
SOHO Telecom Services Spending on the Rise According to the latest research from In-Stat, spending on communications technologies in the small-office-home-office, or "SOHO" market will surpass $17 billion in 2015.
8/15/2011
Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale PC Leverage UniPhyer VoIP Enabler Phybridge, the provider behind UniPhyer, is committed to changing this approach, delivering IP telephony solutions designed to meet the needs of the user, and not their own bottom line. In this latest success story, the company played a significant a role in enabling Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, PC to make the migration to IP telephony. With the help of CMS Solutions, the firm successfully completed the data switch and now more than 500 users can enjoy IP telephony.
8/10/2011
Organizations Still Lacking Effective UC Strategies A recent study from Teo, a Mukilteo, WA-based provider of telecommunications solutions, reveals that the majority of professionals are restricted in their ability to work effectively outside the office due to limited or no Unified Communications (UC) functionality.
8/4/2011
Highland Community College Implements IP Telephony with Help from UniPhyer UniPhyer sets out to change this approach, delivering IP telephony solutions that meet the needs of the user, not the bottom line. In its latest success story, the company played a role in helping Highland Community College to make the migration to IP telephony. With the help of Advanced Telecommunications of Illinois, Highland successfully made the data switch.
8/3/2011
Data Consumption Growth Creates Opportunities for VoIP Enabler Technologies Today, according to this MarketWatch release, 51 percent of operators no longer offer unlimited data plans. Sprint is the only remaining major vendor to offer such a plan, and with the steady rise in consumption, we shouldn't be surprised if a change isn't in the near future. While this can be good for those who offer VoIP enabler technology, a clear focus on strategies and need will be required.
7/25/2011
VoIP Becoming Popular Among Small Businesses: Research New research from In-Stat finds that broadband IP telephony has become a popular form of VoIP in both the work-at-home and small business arena. According to the research agency small office spending on broadband IP telephony will increase 83 percent from 2010-2015.
7/22/2011
Manufacturing Firm Leverages UniPhyer VoIP Enabler for Seamless Voice with Data The cost and functionality benefits associated with IP telephony has a number of companies seeking to make the switch. The challenge is in knowing how to approach this migration to ensure the end result delivers the desired functionality and benefits. The use of VoIP enabler technology can ease the process and guarantee Quality of Service.
7/18/2011
Research: Wireline Voice Spending Among U.S. Small Businesses to Approach $16 Billion by 2015 One of the biggest threats, the report says, is VoIP which is emerging to battle for long distance services.
7/15/2011
Business Spending on IT and Telecom Services to Grow 6 Percent Recent research from In-Stat finds that enterprise business spending on IT and telecom services, which includes cloud computing, wireless, wireline voice, wireline data, and business IP/VoIP, will grow nearly 6 percent in 2011.
7/13/2011
VoIP Enabler Optimizes Communication for Law Firm Technology advancements over the last several years have been designed to enable businesses to enhance their operations and lower their overall costs. This is especially true where communications are concerned. The challenge is that in some cases, advancements have led to increased complexities and complications.
6/30/2011
Phybridge Partner Announces Exciting VoIP Enabler Win The Phybridge UniPhyer enables Certified Partners to win competitive bids and RFPs as its unique capabilities and VoIP enabler technology offers a pain-free way to migrate to IP telephony, while also future-proofing investments.
6/22/2011
Miami Hotel Leverages Phybridge's 'VoIP Enabler' to Upgrade to IP Telephony Each day, more organizations make the transition to VoIP-based communication technologies, leaving behind their legacy phone systems that are less scalable and flexible, as well as more expensive to maintain.
5/26/2011
ACN Picks MDS to Support VoIP Services across Europe Direct selling telecommunications company ACN has selected MDS, a provider of enterprise customer experience management solutions, to support its voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) services across 16 countries in Europe.
5/20/2011
Phybridge's UniPhyer VoIP Appliance Now Available to MiCTA Members at a Discount Members of MiCTA can now purchase Phybridge's UniPhyer VoIP appliance at a discounted price.
5/11/2011
NACR to Build Multivendor Resource Pool for Avaya's Nortel Customers NACR, a provider of solutions integration, announced that it is building its multivendor resource pool in support of Avaya's Nortel customers.
5/6/2011
New Version of Call Recording Software Offers Enhancements Virtual Observer, a call recording technology suite, offers several enhancements. One of the main features includes a Web-based interface enabling customers to utilize all of the solution's QA features within any standard Web browser. CSI also overhauled the system's analytics offering to include powerful user-specific dashboards, company officials said. Coordinated Systems, an Avaya DevConnect Gold Partner, just released this newest version of Virtual Observer, its call recording and quality optimization suite.
5/3/2011
VoIP over Twisted Pair: C'est Possible? UniPhyer is a "plug-and-play" appliance that lets companies deploy VoIP quickly, easily and more affordably using their existing telephone cabling. This compact, rack-mountable appliance, which connects to your IP-PBX, breaks the "VoIP deployment paradigm" by enabling businesses to create a "parallel network," dedicated for voice, using existing telephone cabling. At the same time it facilitates a fully converged IP network, capable of supporting unified communications and all that good, productivity-enhancing stuff.
4/28/2011
Sipera Systems in Pact with voipGATE to Secure Enterprise UC and SIP Trunks Sipera Systems, a provider of real-time Unified Communications (UC) enablement and security, and voipGATE, a Luxembourg-based Voice over Internet (VoIP) operator, announced their alliance to secure enterprise UC and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunks.
4/19/2011
Wiring Old Buildings for VoIP Made Simple with Phybridge's UniPhyer Having your small business located in a funky old building or house can be a lot of fun. For one thing it can be conducive to creating a warm, "homey" work environment, which in turn can help drive better employee productivity than if your business was located in some cinder-block dungeon.
4/14/2011
VoIP for Small Business: Dispelling Myths, Being Honest About Shortcomings If you thought you had to rip out all your existing company telephone equipment and go on a spending spree to get VoIP, well, good news: You don't.
4/8/2011
Israel's Tikal Sees Africa Ready for VoIP Growth Tikal Network, an Israeli-based VoIP provider, says it wants to focus on Africa for growth opportunities, according to news reports.
4/1/2011
Phybridge Comes to Aid of St. John's Communities Recently St. John's Communities was looking to upgrade their non-supported Nortel system to Mitel IP Telephony but the cabling, LAN switches and deployment disruptions left significant barriers all this according to a recent case study published by Phybridge.
3/25/2011
VoIP Enabler: Genband Plans to Play a Major Role in TDM Switch Replacement VoIP enabler company GENBAND is expected to play a major role in time-division multiplexing (TDM) switch replacement, which is seen as a happening market.
3/18/2011
VoIP Enabler Company GENBAND Announces S3 Session Border Controller on GENiUS Platform GENBAND, a developer of IP infrastructure and application solutions, today announced that the S3 Session Border Controller on the GENBAND GENiUS platform is generally available and currently being deployed.
3/11/2011
VoiP Enabler: CMS Communications Becomes Certified Partner of Phybridge CMS Communications, a company which designs, installs and maintains Unified Communications (UC) systems in 12 major markets throughout the U.S. announced it has attained the status as "Certified Partner" of Phybridge.
3/3/2011
VoIP Enabler: Easing Integration Challenges for Users, snom Intros VoIP Server Hardware Snom technology, a provider of IP communications and VoIP Enabler solutions for the enterprise and small business market, introduced new products at Enterprise Connect in Orlando, Florida.
3/1/2011
CTI Group to Launch SmartInteraction Suite for Contact Centers CTI Group announced that it will be launching the SmartInteraction Suite for contact centers at an upcoming trade event.
2/16/2011
Compunetix Completes Testing with BroadWorks VoIP App Server Compunetix, a collaboration tools seller, has completed interoperability testing of its Contex Summit with BroadWorks a VoIP application server by BroadSoft.
2/11/2011
VoIP Enabler: Nokia Plans to Make Advanced Telecom Services Simpler at MWC At the Mobile World Congress (MWC), Nokia Siemens Networks plans to launch a suite of core products called the Open Core Systems, a suite system based on open architecture to reduce time-to-market for services and simplify network evolution.
2/3/2011
Mobile VoIP To Gain Real Market Presence With Increased Mobile Usage A new market research report titled "Mobile VoIP: Social Networking Integrates IP Voice" is now included in the catalogue of Reportlinker.com for easy access. Driven by rapid evolution of mobile offerings as well as disruption of established services, the mobile VoIP market is gaining significant momentum. Mobile VoIP has recently completed five years of established service offerings, with its market gaining real presence, resulting in increased revenue with increased usage rates.
2/2/2011
Congress Grasps for Life and Death Power over Entire Internet Big Government's Capitol Hill Insider, Elizabeth Letchworth, has been reporting on Congress' "attempts to give the President an Internet kill switch."
1/28/2011
Mobile VoIP to Soar Past $6B by 2015 Voice-over-IP (VoIP), "the technology that has revolutionized voice services over the past several years and has brought calling costs down for residential and business customers alike," is spreading from the fixed-line world to the mobile world.
1/20/2011
VoIP Traffic Termination Charges: Good News and Bad News Don't you love those good news/bad news deals? Which do you want first as concerning a new traffic termination deal between business VoIP provider Bandwidth.com and Verizon? The good news? We thought so.
1/13/2011
Mobile VoIP Set to Dominate: Dramatic Increase in Revenues Expected In-Stat's market intelligence combines technical, market and end-user research and database models to analyze the mobile Internet and digital entertainment ecosystems. An analysis of the VoIP market shows a marked shift in the way it is being used, and the fixed-line VoIP is being slowly displaced by mobile VoIP.
1/6/2011
Can VoIP Software Provider Skype Live up to the Hype? The excitement was intoxicating as I signed in to hear and watch Skype's keynote speech at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas streaming live. How could it not be? The live chat was filled with anticipation as one viewer commented, "I've been waiting for this all week." Viewing numbers rapidly increased - 234 … 238 … 263… - and then, nothing. About ten minutes past the scheduled airing time, rumblings began via Facebook, Twitter and live chat: Skype is having difficulty with VoIP, ironic.
12/30/2010
Chinese Authorities Give Skype the Boot and Ban Third-party VoIP China, with its 450 million Internet users, is going after Internet phone and VoIP services, such as Skype, claiming its actions to be in the benefit of the country's state-owned telephone companies. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology revealed on its website that it is working to fight "illegal Internet phone services," without any warning of the specific actions that will take place.
12/20/2010
Telcentris Offers White Label Managed Wholesale VoIP Platform Telcentris, a vendor of cloud communications products, has announced the availability of its white label product, which company officials describe as "an end-to-end managed wholesale VoIP enablement platform that offers customers a complete suite of services and robust back-end infrastructure."
12/17/2010
Overall VoIP Spending Anticipated to Increase by 2014 In a recent research report by In-Stat entitled, "U.S. Business Spending by Size of Business and Vertical, 2009-2014: Business IP Communications" indicated that application-based Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) spending might increase nearly 60 percent by 2014.
12/10/2010
Small and Medium Businesses Predict VoIP Market to Grow New research from Ami-Partners, which involves opinions from small and medium businesses, indicates that VoIP market will grow in coming years. According to the research, over 30 percent of small businesses (1 - 99 employees) and 50 percent of medium businesses (100-999 employees) say that VoIP will become critical to their business operations.
12/2/2010
'VoIP Enabler' Phybridge Chosen by MiCTA as Endorsed Vendor, Two Organizations to Hold Webinar MiCTA has chosen Phybridge as an endorsed vendor for IP telephony equipment, the organizations have announced.
11/29/2010
American Institute for Cancer Research Migrates to VoIP the 'Painless' Way with Phybridge's UniPhyer The American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) recently made the leap to VoIP the "painless" way using Phybridge's UniPhyer appliance.
11/23/2010
Demand Up, Prices Down for Carrier VoIP and IMS Equipments Market research firm, Infonetics Research released its third quarter report for Service Provider VoIP Equipment and Subscribers, as well as for the worldwide IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) Equipment and Subscribers.
11/18/2010
Dealing with VoIP Quality Issues: Don't Just Start Changing Settings We suppose it would be fair to say VoIP has been a net plus for the telecommunications industry. As industry observer James Waldrop notes, "Consumers have used services such as Vonage and Skype to lower telephone bills and connect with loved ones around the world. Businesses have reaped far greater benefits from VoIP when they have installed IP-enabled telephone systems and hosted PBX services."
11/9/2010
Open Source VoIP the Right Way The implementation of open source voice over IP solutions has graduated from niche status to become a viable and increasingly popular approach for enterprise voice services. A 2009 research study by the Eastern Management Group reported that open source PBXs captured 18 percent of the 2008 market - a 40 percent increase over the previous year, and more market share than any traditional PBX manufacturer.
11/3/2010
UC Infrastructure Market Will Reach $4.8 Billion by 2015: ABI Research VoIP technologies are part of enterprise communications products and services that include fixed mobile convergence (FMC), contact center, IP/TDM PBX, messaging, and conferencing and collaboration.
11/3/2010
Phybridge's 'VoIP Enabler' Offers All the Benefits of a Converged IP Network Phybridge's UniPhyer product helps overcome these challenges by allowing companies to run VoIP on their existing telephone lines, thus creating a "parallel network" dedicated for voice. This compact telephony appliance -- dubbed the "VoIP Enabler" -- lets companies quickly and affordably deploy VoIP using their existing CAT3 (traditional) telephone lines.
10/25/2010
Future of VoIP Assured Notwithstanding Saturation For companies trying to cut costs, VoIP is a viable option, and for residents, it is a phenomenal leap into the future of communications. The latest figures from industry analysts, Point Topic, seem to reiterate this fact and even service providers are finding VoIP critical for penetrating the consumer market.
10/20/2010
Law School Deploys VoIP with No Compromise, Thanks to UniPhyer Vermont Law School is known and respected internationally as a center for the study of environmental law. The school has placed first 13 times since the U.S. News & World Report environmental specialty rankings began in 1991, including the past two years, and has never placed lower than second.
10/15/2010
Broadvox, Cypress, Leading VoIP and Unified Communication Providers, Announce Merger Broadvox, a well-known VoIP provider, is acquiring Cypress Communications, a unified communication service provider, under a merger agreement that is expected to close within a few months.
9/27/2010
Phybridge Inks Deal with ShoreTel Platform Phybridge Inc., a provider of risk-free IP phone deployment infrastructure, has signed a partnership deal with ShoreTel Inc., a provider of simple IP phone systems with fully integrated unified communications, to integrate the Phybridge UniPhyer solution with ShoreTel's UC solution.
9/22/2010
Phybridge UniPhyer Achieves Certification with ShoreTel Platform Phybridge Inc. has partnered with ShoreTel Inc., the leading provider of IP phone systems with fully integrated Unified Communications (UC), to integrate the Phybridge UniPhyer solution with ShoreTel's award winning UC solution.
9/15/2010
Western State College Puts IP Phones on Phybridge Network for VoIP Enabler Instead of re-cabling, the ability to add the Phybridge UniPhyer allowed Western State College to complete the project within just a few weeks and well below the school's original budget.
9/9/2010
Australian Defense Department to Provide VoIP-enabled PCs to Troops The defense department of Australia is going to enable its troops to make VoIP calls to their friends and family. The personnel deployed in foreign countries or patrolling Australia's border will soon be able to access VoIP via a Wi-Fi-enabled PC. The website claims to obtain some defense documents on the project that reveal that the defense department has taken the new initiative as a step to boost the morale of the Australian troops.
9/4/2010
Church Found Heavenly VoIP Enabler Solution Holy Cross Lutheran Church recently had a communications inspiration. The church wanted to upgrade their telephony system in both the church and two adjacent school buildings.
8/27/2010
VoIP Enabler Phybridge UniPhyer Saved LAN, Cabling, Professional Services Costs at Hotel It was another Mitel win using the Phybridge UniPhyer.
8/21/2010
PhyBridge's 'VoIP Enabler' Helps Small Businesses Deploy VoIP Faster Looking for a faster, more affordable way to upgrade your small business to a VoIP phone system?
8/13/2010
Simplicity Leads to the Ultimate Sophistication with VOIP Enabler Business communications is increasingly heading to a multi-dimensional platform with both data and voice intelligence being seamlessly shared. The business value of IP telephony and Unified Communication continues to grow as new applications get introduced. Yet, too often the technology takes center stage in discussions and the value of the solution is lost.
8/6/2010
Phybridge UniPhyer Touted as 'Low-Cost, Risk Free' VoIP Enabler The Phybridge UniPhyer is being touted by company officials as a "new standard for IP telephony infrastructure," a "low-cost, risk free VoIP enabler."
7/16/2010
XCast Labs Receives Accreditation Through the MSPAlliance's Vendor Accreditation Program According to officials, the VAP was created using a wide base of criteria considered critical to MSPs when selecting a vendor. Criteria examined during the accreditation process include: Business Practices - with the focus on channel development, channel competition safeguards and experience in the managed services industry; Product Roadmap - vendor's ability and eagerness to invest in reliable products for the MSPs are analyzed; Financial - vendor's financial stability is examined; and Client References - vendor has provide at least three MSP-specific client references.
7/8/2010
Psion Teklogix Introduces New Global Partner Program Officials with Psion Teklogix said that the Partner Program will provide a broader range of opportunities for partners with unprecedented tools and features for the co-creation of mobile hardware, software and services.
7/1/2010
Clarus Systems Enhances IP Telephony Testing Performance Clarus Systems, a provider of integrated Voice over IP or "VoIP" management software and services for Cisco Unified Communications, announced it has enhanced the automated testing capabilities of its flagship product ClarusIPC Plus+.
6/23/2010
Phybridge UniPhyer Ethernet Capabilities Stand Alone, Officials Say The Phybridge UniPhyer, company officials say, is "the only product in the world to deliver Ethernet and Power over Ethernet over a single pair with reach of over 1,200 feet. "
6/18/2010
Phybridge Now Compliant with Avaya for IP Telephony The UniPhyer is described by Phybridge officials as enabling businesses to deploy IP telephony "with no network or business disruptions." They say the application is proven and validated by Avaya Labs "to interoperate with the Avaya Communications Server 1000 and the Avaya Business Communications Manager 50, designed for the SMB market."
6/11/2010
Skype has 3G Functionality with New iPhone Application Skype announced the release of the new version of its iPhone application. Available to download from the Apple App Store today, this update allows iPhone users to make and receive Skype-to-Skype calls, and to call mobiles and landlines around the world at very low rates for the first time over their 3G data connection.
6/1/2010
Phybridge Selected as an Endorsed Vendor by MiCTA Phybridge, Inc. has been selected by MiCTA, a non-profit technology consortium, as an endorsed vendor for IP telephony equipment.
5/26/2010
Hyde Telecom Demonstrates Success With UniPhyer; Offers Special Promotion Postel shared a few customer examples where the UniPhyer enabled his team to get the job done, without interfering with the LAN. Omnium had a large warehouse and production facility and the corporation would not allow IP Telephony on the main network. The building also had very tall ceilings and the UniPhyer allowed the company to rely on an existing twisted pair.
5/21/2010
Phybridge UniPhyer Offers Non-Disruptive Transition to IP Telephony Phybridge's product, the UniPhyer, is described by company officials as "a new standard for IP telephony infrastructure… a low-cost, risk free, robust, quick and easy VoIP enabler."
5/6/2010
Phybridge Named "Cool Vendor" by Leading Analyst Firm Vendors selected for the "Cool Vendor" report are innovative, impactful and intriguing
5/4/2010
Rel Comm Uses Phybridge UniPhyer to Win Healthcare Application Joe Marasco, sales director at Rel Comm Inc., a 24 year old voice and data solutions provider with offices in Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse, N.Y., as well as a branch in Raleigh, N.C., told TMCnet during a recent podcast session that they utilized Phybridge's UniPhyer to help win over a healthcare opportunity by removing barriers and achieving a successful VoIP environment.
4/29/2010
Rel Comm Helps Education Customer Succeed with the UniPhyer Rel Comm Inc., a voice and data products provider serving upstate New York offers design, engineering, installation, training, and maintenance of current, upgraded, or new telecommunications systems.
4/23/2010
Rel Comm Uses UniPhyer to Win IP Telephony Business Speaking of the Phybridge UniPhyer as a way to move people to IP telephony, Marasco said most times, when you go out to a customer site for an evaluation, "one of the key items the customer's looking for is that they want to go into VoIP. They don't necessarily know why," Marasco said, they know it's an industry standard and seems to be the direction things are moving, but "they typically have a budget in mind," and a lot of them "just aren't there" with the technology.
4/5/2010
Phybridge UniPhyer Reduces Network Complexity, Helps Business Succeed Chief among all the benefits of the UniPhyer however is the reduced network complexity it offers by separating the physical path for voice so network monitoring and management are less stressful and quality of service is achievable.
4/1/2010
Covad, MegaPath Merger to Stimulate VoIP and UC Implementations "Many incumbent carriers are reluctant to introduce VoIP solutions to their clients because of potential problems and decreasing revenues. A new entity that is committed to VoIP solutions will be good for end-users and will accelerate the adoption of VoIP/UC, Croce said."
3/23/2010
Phybridge Now a Member of Cisco Developer Network, Successfully Completes Interoperability Testing Phybridge Inc., has announced it is now a member of the Cisco Developer Network and is considered a Registered Developer within the Unified Communications (News - Alert) technology category.
3/18/2010
Government Sector Deploying VoIP More than Others: Study According to the latest research report from In-Stat, "Business VoIP Overview by Vertical Industry," 48 percent of survey respondents said they have deployed VoIP in at least one location.
3/12/2010
Phybridge UniPhyer Supports Longer Reach Technological benefits like easier and more cost-efficient back-up power management and dependable voice quality, means businesses can have a guaranteed infrastructure in place.
3/5/2010
UniPhyer Touts Voice Quality with IP Telephony Not only does the UniPhyer meet the standard recommendation from experts to have a separate physical connection for voice and data, but the UniPhyer makes it possible to achieve this at a fraction of the cost and without any business or network disruptions.
2/25/2010
Phybridge UniPhyer Offers Convergence Options Ontario-based Phybridge, Inc. provides IP telephony and networking infrastructure solutions that allow businesses to run IP telephony using power over Ethernet and removing the need to have an optimized converged network.
2/19/2010
Reduced Day Two Costs with Phybridge UniPhyer PhyBridge's UniPhyer solution not only takes care of day two management concerns but also greatly reduces costs associated with it.
2/12/2010
Phybridge UniPhyer Offers Graceful Migration, No Risk To remove risks, the UniPhyer utilizes existing infrastructure - allowing customers to test and tweak their new solution so they can ensure complete satisfaction before rolling it out.
2/3/2010
VoIP Enabler Discusses New Segment at ITEXPO: Interview While attending the ITEXPO East in Miami from Jan. 20-22, as a TMC Web Editor, I had the lucky job of sitting down with leading executives from top companies in the telecom industry to discuss various trends in their business, as well as how the show was going for them, and what to expect in the upcoming year.
2/1/2010
Phybridge UniPhyer Delivers Business Continuity, Eliminates Disruptions Using the UniPhyer to optimize a network upgrade for voice, video and data convergence, not only cuts down on costs, but also removes the possibility of business and network disruptions.
1/26/2010
Pick Phybridge UniPhyer for Cost Savings, Better ROI Phybridge Inc., an Ontario-based provider of IP telephony and networking infrastructure solutions offers the "UniPhyer," a VoIP enabler that allows businesses to run IP telephony using power over Ethernet and removing the need to have an optimized converged network.
1/21/2010
Phybridge's CEO Highlights Customer Successes Phybridge Inc.'s "UniPhyer" not only helps companies to make the switch to VoIP without all of the increased costs or management requirements, but it has also continued to receive positive feedback from the customers who have used it.
1/8/2010
Phybridge's CEO Outlines Customer and Partner Benefits with UniPhyer "On average, customers will save over 50 percent of typical LAN readiness costs and avoid any surprises with the UniPhyer," John Croce, Phybridge's CEO said in a recent TMCnet Podcast.
12/28/2009
UC Applications Drove Value of IP Telephony in 2009 "IP phones overtook digital phones sold," Croce said. And the trend that had the most impact on Phybridge according to Croce, was the continued development of UC applications – which drove the value of IP telephony.
12/14/2009
Phybridge's CEO Discusses Industry Buzz Around UniPhyer Ontario-based Phybridge Inc., a provider of risk-free IP telephony and networking infrastructure solutions, makes it possible for organizations to more easily deploy and manage VoIP.
11/17/2009
Phybridge UniPhyer Guarantees Satisfaction The company is so confident in their UniPhyer solution, that is also backing their certified partners with a 100 percent money back satisfaction guarantee that says if within 30 days of installation, "the voice quality of the IP end-points connected to your Phybridge UniPhyer do not meet or exceed accepted industry standards, you may request a replacement product or a full refund of your purchase price."
11/13/2009
Improve Your Fortune, Eliminate Barriers with Phybridge UniPhyer Businesses using UC, and especially IP Telephony, have already discovered the competitive edge they can gain with reduced costs, enhanced productivity and improved customer satisfaction.
11/6/2009
Comstor Singapore Picks #1 VoIP Enabler for Risk-free, Quick & Easy UC Deployment Officials with Comstor, Singapore, said they chose Phybridge for their UniPhyer solution based on feedback from Westcon Canada, and for the solutions ability to quickly and easily deploy UC without network or business disruptions.
10/30/2009
Phybridge Offers Efficient Approach to Unified Communications Companies throughout the world are increasingly recognizing the benefits of Unified Communications. Traditionally, the convergence of voice networks onto data networks presented significant challenges and barriers for customers and providers. Now, the Phybridge Uniphyer presents an accepted deployment method.
10/21/2009
Avoid Network Readiness Risks with Phybridge UniPhyer Phybridge's UniPhyer VoIP enabler technology converts telephony infrastructure into a complete Parallel IP network with Power over Ethernet – making it possible to run IP telephony and greatly reduce LAN readiness costs while removing challenges and barriers for customers and providers.
10/14/2009
Phybridge #1 VoIP Enabler Now Avaya Compliant The VoIP enabler has been compliance-tested for compatibility with Avaya Aura Communication Manager 5.2, Avaya Aura Communication Manager Branch 2.0, Avaya IP Office 5.0 and all current Avaya IP telephones.
10/1/2009
Phybridge VoIP Enabler Helps Comstor Eliminate Deployment Barriers - Stalled Cisco IP Telephony Proceeds Successfully The advantages provided by this VoIP enabler product were recently recognized by Singapore-based Comstor, a Westcon Group company, to help remove barriers keeping the business from realizing the advantages of Unified communications at their operations.
9/10/2009
Phybridge VoIP Enabler Certified Interoperable with snom IP Business Phones Phybridge's UniPhyer, dubbed the "#1 VoIP Enabler for risk-free, quick and easy deployment," offers businesses the chance to leverage VoIP at lower costs and with minimal business disruption as the IP-PBX and IP end-point enabler "leverages existing telephony cabling as a dedicated voice path, working in parallel with the existing LAN." This reduces both the risk and cost factors that have kept some businesses from making to move to VoIP.
9/8/2009
Don't Let Those Old Walls Keep You Away from VoIP If you're a small business owner operating out of an older building with multiple floors, you may have been told on more than one occasion that upgrading to VoIP would be a costly endeavor simply because of the cabling involved.
8/21/2009
Phybridge UniPhyer Poised to Revolutionize How VoIP is Deployed Phybridge has brought to market a VoIP appliance that breaks the "VoIP deployment paradigm" by enabling businesses to create a "parallel network," dedicated for voice, using existing telephone cabling -- yet which is completely integrated in with a company's existing IP network.
8/13/2009
Phybridge UniPhyer Brings VoIP to Small Businesses the Fast, Easy and Affordable Way Made by Ontario, Canada-based Phybridge Inc., the UniPhyer lets companies deploy VoIP using their existing telephone cabling. In this regard the appliance creates a "parallel network" which is dedicated for supporting voice – yet which is completely integrated in with the company's existing IP network.
7/20/2009
Phybridge and Zultys Team Up to Simplify VoIP Migration Zultys, which makes IP PBXs for small to medium sized businesses, has teamed up with Phybridge, which offers a VoIP deployment alternative in its UniPhyer appliance, to make it even easier for SMBs to deploy VoIP.
7/8/2009
Financial Institution Deploys VoIP the 'Quick and Easy' Way with Phybridge's UniPhyer Appliance Despite the downturn in the economy – in fact, because of the downturn in the economy – small to medium sized businesses everywhere are adopting VoIP telephone service.
6/3/2009
Westcon Group Now Selling Phybridge's UniPhyer VoIP Appliance Westcon Group, a leading specialty distributor of advanced network technology solutions, is now selling Phybridge's UniPhyer VoIP appliance, an affordable and easy-to-deploy VoIP solution that creates a parallel network using a company's existing phone wiring.
5/22/2009
Phybridge Launches '#1 VoIP Enabler' Channel on TMCnet Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) today announced that the #1 VoIP Enabler channel, sponsored by Phybridge, has been launched as the newest addition to the TMCnet channel program.
5/6/2009
Phybridge's UniPhyer Rated Avaya Compliant Phybridge Inc. recently announced that it is now a member of the Avaya DevConnect program, an initiative to develop, market and sell innovative third-party products that interoperate with Avaya technology.
5/4/2009
VoIP Deployment Made Simple with Phybridge UniPhyer The Phybridge UniPhyer lets companies quickly and easily deploy VoIP across their existing CAT3 (traditional) telephone lines, thus enabling them to use existing infrastructure and avoid the hassles associated with converging data and voice on the same network. The appliance, which comes in both 24- and 48-port models, also delivers Power over Ethernet over existing telephone lines, which solves the problem of how to power up the IP phones without running additional cabling.
4/30/2009
Phybridge's UniPhyer Appliance Changes the VoIP Deployment 'Paradigm' One of the biggest obstacles businesses face in deploying VoIP across their networks is the fact that, very often, the LAN isn't capable of supporting it.
3/25/2008
VoIP Made Easy with the UniPhyer Last week, Phybridge introduced the prototype of its UniPhyer IP Telephony gateway, which, according to CEO John Croce, will offer "a new way of launching converged networks," eliminating QOS and other issues that often plague the convergence of voice services onto an enterprise LAN.
3/25/2008
Phybridge Has a new Angle on IP Communications Sometimes the simplest concepts make for the most incredible opportunities. In a recent meeting with Oliver Emmanual President and John Croce CEO of Phybridge I came away wondering why I didn't think of the idea these guys have just introduced to the market.
3/19/2008
Phybridge Intros UniPhyer Solution for IP PBX and Open Source Telephony Systems Phybridge, a provider of IP telephony deployment infrastructure, introduced UniPhyer, an IP deployment appliance that turns any IP PBX into a plug-and-play installation. SPECIAL SERIES
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