All Voice and Data Services News - April 2008

Unified comms projects should focus on business agility, not reducing costs, says Gartner

Company unified communications (UC) projects should focus on increasing business agility, rather than reducing costs, says analyst Gartner.

Worldwide mobile payment users will total 33 million this year

The number of worldwide mobile payment users will total 33 million this year and will rise to 104 million by 2011, says analyst Gartner.

Hosted IP Centrex services continue steady growth

Seats in service will reach 6.5 million in the US and 14.1 million worldwide by 2012

VOIP to bust downturn and end traditional telephony

VoIP to be reap £13.5 billion worth of global revenue by 2010 threatening fixed line services' future

South Yorkshire Police adopts unified comms platform

South Yorkshire Police is deploying a Siemens SIP-based unified communications softswitch system to converge its voice and data network applications.

EBay CEO admits firm may sell off Skype

EBay will consider selling off its Skype internet phone subsidiary if it fails to find real synergies with its core e-commerce business, reports the Financial Times.

Federation of Small Businesses launches free VoIP service for 210,000 members

The Federation of Small Businesses is offering its 210,000 members a voice over IP service enabling them to communicate with each other for free.

Scandinavian Airlines outsources voice services

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) is to save £1.8m by outsourcing voice services to SITA.

BBC makes deal with Nintendo to bring its iPlayer to TV screens via Wii

The BBC has announced a collaboration with Nintendo UK to offer the BBC iPlayer programme on-demand service via the Nintendo Wii games console.

Volvo Construction to roll out unified communication to 9,000 users

Miguel Ferrer, global infrastructure director at Volvo Construction, is rolling out PC-to-PC voice telephony for 9,000 users in several countries over the next five weeks. By 2009, he plans to issue mobile devices offering voice and e-mail to 3,000 employees.
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