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Virtual phone system supplier RingCentral on Oct. 9 will further extend its online calling service with the new DigitalLine voice over IP offering.

RingCentral targets small businesses looking to have the features of a PBX or key system without having to buy, install and maintain such a system themselves. The new DigitalLine VOIP capability extends […]

3CX, a promoter of a windows based VOIP PBX for Windows, has teamed with InPhonex, a provider of internet telephony services and infrastructure. The companies together will supply a integrated end-to-end business grade solution using VOIP/ SIP technologies.

“As IP Telephony gains momentum, it is essential for providers to be able to offer a VOIP […]

Less than a month after announcing its acquisition of fellow CLEC McLeodUSA, Paetec Holdings said its will acquire PBX company Allworx for $25 million in cash. Allworx, which is based in Rochester, NY, is nearby Fairport, NY-based Paetec. Allworx also operates a consulting unit, and targets the small and medium-sized business markets that so many […]

The period of doubt and uncertainty is over: According to Bill Gates, Microsoft’s OCS means the death of the PBX. In a speech at the launch of Office Communications Server, Gates laid out the logic by which Microsoft software marks the end of traditional telephony systems. He compared PBX systems to mainframe computers–useful […]

Gee, now that we’ve been through several waves of market consolidation and Microsoft has released OCS, we can say goodbye to the classic IP PBX, right? Tales of the markets demise may be exaggerated. IP PBX systems keep getting better, and companies like 3Com don’t seem to have gotten the news that the […]

Office Communication Server (OCS) is finally here. After the sort of anticipation last seen for the iPhone, OCS is ready to change the IP PBX market. Should you change your existing purchasing plans? Not yet, say many experts. While Microsoft entering any market can lead to significant change, substantial change in the VoIP world will […]

A carefully-deployed IP PBX or other VoIP system can help your small business grow. Unfortunately, as your business grows, the shift from one type of VoIP system to another can become traumatic. Switchvox aims to make it easier to grow your VoIP with the new Switchvox Hosted Edition, a system that allows a company to […]

Small businesses face a wide variety of challenges and pressures. According to a recent report by AMI-Partners, unified communications could help mitigate a number of those issues, but the SMB market is being slow to embrace all-in-one corporate communications.

According to the report, many companies in the SMB space are moving toward unified communication in small […]

It’s a no-brainer that VoIP is cheaper than traditional phone service for the majority of businesses. Price is a driving factor for organizations from the Pentagon to Pizza Hut to switch to VoIP. ThyssenKrupp Elevator Co. of Alpharetta, Ga., has joined them.

ThyssenKrupp is moth-balling the old PBXes and employing a Shoretel VoIP platform throughout its […]

Vendor Dialogic announced that it has acquired EAS Group, which owns several telecom-related firms, most notably Cantata Technology, Excel Switching Corp and Brooktrout Technology. This deal should boost Dialogic into a stronger competitive position in the areas of IP signaling, media servers and enterprise.

We will monitor this and will report any new news as it […]