• Considerations to investigate before migrating to VoIP
• Alternatives to the “rip and replace” scenario
• How Citel’s Portico™ TVA™ can enable companies to reduce costs and the time involved in migrating to VoIP
  
  

• End Users Looking to Migrate to VoIP
• Resellers Providing VoIP Solutions to End Users
• IP PBX and Hosted IP Solution Providers
  
  

Ian Gomm has been involved in the telecom industry for more than 20 years. Having started out in a Centrex environment, he has been involved with telecoms in various ways as the industry has gone through numerous iterations over that time period. Ian was appointed VP, Operations of Citel. The VoIP Migration Company in late May 2008 following the acquisition of the business, helping guide the company through its transitional phase. Having dealt with the company’s Channel Partners and then spearheaded the updated marketing plan for the Portico™ TVA™, Citel’s VoIP migration device, Ian was appointed VP, Sales and Marketing early in 2010.

Andrew Davies has been in the communications industry since the 1980s, having worked in the development and introduction of new products with a number of telecoms startups, then joining Ericsson for ten years following an acquisition. Andrew joined Citel in 2002 and has seen the company’s flagship Portico™ TVA™ range through from concept, into early trials and now to maturity. TVA was introduced first into the North American markets, but Andrew is now working with partners in Europe to help them accelerate the migration to VoIP.

Stefania Viscusi is an assignment editor for TMCnet, covering voice and Voice over IP technologies. She also oversees production of TMCnet's e-Newsletters in the areas of Customer Interaction Solutions, Internet telephony and speech technology. To read more of Stefania's articles, please visit her columnist page.