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SIP trunking is already proving a powerful draw for many businesses and looks set for significant future expansion, according to the results of a newly published survey in the US.

SIP trunking – or ‘session initiation protocol’ trunking – enables a company to adapt its existing private business phone systems exchange (or PBX) to send and receive calls via the internet. One of the main incentives for introducing SIP trunking is that calls made using internet protocol (IP) telephony are generally cheaper than those made over conventional telephone network lines.

The increasing importance to companies across the globe of voice over internet protocol telephony (VoIP) has been thrown into sharp relief by the latest research from technology market analysts, IHS iSuppli.

According to the new study, demand for subscriptions among businesses for VDSL – an interim high capacity upgrade available on some older copper cable networks – has increased significantly over the past year, with continued substantial growth almost certain by 2014.

A new report by commercial sector internet provider, Talktalk Business, claims that many UK small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) could potentially lose out on VoIP opportunities because they have inferior broadband connections.

According to the report, only 30% of SMEs across the UK enjoy business grade broadband capability, whilst the remainder are merely using cheaper domestic quality broadband connections.

Voice over internet protocol (VoIP) hardware manufacturer snom has whetted the appetites of industry commentators, businesses and every VoIP reseller attending this week’s Enterprise Connect Conference by hinting at two significant announcements.

The firm will be holding court at its exhibit on the floor of the conference taking place at the Gaylord Palms Convention Centre, Orlando, between 28th February and 3rd March.

A research company has suggested than any small to medium business wishing to keep to high service level agreements (SLAs) whilst maintaining a high quality of service (QoS) should seriously consider making the move to a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) business telephone system.

Business VoIP (voice over internet protocol) telephone systems that allow users freedom to customise them as they wish are excellent news for any small to medium businesses wishing to grow their brand across their telecommunications network, according to IP telephony hardware manufacturer snom.

A new service is set to offer every IP telephony user and business VoIP provider an insight into how well their network is performing.

Monitoring company NetEvidence has unveiled its new network, called Highlight, which is an application designed to monitor the calibre of voice over internet protocol (VoIP) calls, and give end users and suppliers solid statistics on the quality of its performance.

A brand new survey has shown that the enterprise marketplace is poised to invest heavily in SIP trunking.

SIP trunking is a means to connect the private branch exchange (PBX) of a business to a public switched telephone network over the internet. It has gained popularity thanks to the increasing security it offers to firms wishing to switch from landline phones to IP telephony.

Researchers have published sales figures for voice over internet protocol (VoIP) hardware, which has shown a jump of almost 15 per cent.

Statisticians Infonetics Research revealed that the total value of all sales of VoIP equipment leapt by 14.5 per cent in the last three months of 2010 when compared to the previous three quarters. The value of the market, which includes voice application servers, session border controllers and trunk media gateways, now stands at £365 million ($592 million).

German IP telephony hardware manufacturer Gigaset has lifted the lid on its new desk-bound voice over internet protocol (VoIP) phones, which are aimed at the expanding small to medium business market.

The firm states that the two brand new desk phones and three PBX phones of the Gigaset Pro line make use of what VoIP has to offer, including reliability, interoperability and the option to scale a communications network as a business expands and employs more people.