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Countries in Latin America are seeing an increased demand for employers who have received training in communication and information technologies, such as IP telephony. So much so, in fact, that a study has predicted that demand will surpass supply by as much as 35 per cent in 2015.The study, which was given the name ‘Networking Skills in Latin America’, was conducted by independent consultant IDC for Cisco.

A survey in the US has revealed that 84 per cent of businesses have taken to IP telephony. The study was carried out by research company Ovum, which organised the research for Dimension Data, a provider of unified communications. This is high in contrast to the worldwide average, which stands at 75 per cent. The survey questioned employees and IT managers from businesses throughout the world.

Citel Technologies Inc. has announced that its upgrade of hardware to the award-winning product Portico TVA, which allows it to receive power from 48vDC when utilised in central offices, has now been granted regulatory approval. The development went ahead in order to give support to each level of carrier which helps customers make a smooth transition from DMS100 Centrex to an IP-based Centrex solution.

Ingate Systems, a supplier of Enterprise Session Border Controllers which allow SIP communications including Unified Communications and SIP trunking beyond the protected network, has teamed up with eZuce. The firms have joined forces to allow the development of secure cloud-based virtualised communications solutions.

Leader in IP network fax server solutions, Sagecom, has made the announcement that one of its products, XMediumFAX 7.0, has become compliant with important collaboration and communications solutions from Avaya SMBs. Avaya is a worldwide provider of commercial communication and collaboration solutions.

Worldwide telephone operators are battling to come out on top after new regulatory decisions on VoIP usage. The Business Record claims that key telephone companies are working as hard as possible to find suitable conditions. One example is AT&T, a firm that has been actively campaigning for the continuation of VoIP deregulation, knowing that it will enable more consumers to do away with conventional copper lines and switch to the technology.

FonAngle has made the announcement that its internet bonding technology, MeshLINQ™, has been awarded the honour of being named 2012 Product of the Year for Internet telephony. The firm’s solution provides its users with optimised bandwidth capacity as well as solid reliability. It further offers complete two-way QoS, which was only seen previously with MPLS connections.

A distributor that was founded to form a channel in the UK for IP PBX firm LG-Ericsson, says that its targets have been smashed in their first half a year of trading. The firm, Pragma Distribution, established by three ex-Crane executives in the summer of 2012, is currently doing business with 70 resellers as it brings even more UC, data and voice kit from LG-Ericsson to the UK.

An increasing number of markets across the globe are demonstrating their love for business VoIP through active investment in the telecommunications medium and it appears that South Africa may be joining them in experiencing widespread use of the technology. VoIP has been described as a “rising star” in the South African business community by IT Web and a number of bosses are beginning to open their eyes to the benefits.

No matter what age or gender of people in the UK, every single one could make use of VoIP due to the sheer number of benefits that it provides. A guide has been published by VoIP Review and it appears that the market of the technology consists of just about everybody. For example, parents continually on the move can use VoIP in order for their children to stay in constant touch, even when stuck in the office.