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Many people are taking the self-employment route when it comes to escaping from financial difficulty, new figures show. The latest numbers from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) have revealed a sharp increase in start-ups. Since the recession began, the number of those deciding to take the plunge had increased 9%. During this time, there has also been a 1% decrease in employment, an indicator of the impact self-employment has had.

The national air traffic control system spanning the entire country of Uruguay has been successfully adapted to enable all voice communications between controllers and aircraft crew to be sent and received via internet protocol (IP) telephony. It is understood that this achievement marks the first occasion when a nation’s entire air traffic control communications network has been linked via IP telephony technology in this way.

A new study by widely respected international research organisation, Frost & Sullivan, has predicted that the increasing take-up of internet protocol (IP) telephony and business VoIP (voice over internet protocol) among enterprises in Mexico will lead to significant growth in the adoption of unified communications (UC) facilities in the country.

An important combined conference and showcase for those involved in the internet protocol (IP) telephony services and equipment market is scheduled to take place in Miami between 30th January and 1st February this year.
The event – called Telecom Reseller Week – is being organised by specialist media publisher, TMC.

An influential new study has predicted that the market for business VoIP (voice over internet protocol) in the US is likely to expand considerably between now and 2018. The study, carried out by independent analyst organisation, IBISWorld updates a previous US VoIP market report which was carried out by the company at an earlier date.

Essex County Council has announced the inclusion of internet protocol (IP) telephony and business VoIP (voice over internet protocol) systems as part of a proposed new state of the art communications infrastructure for its range of services. The planned £81m development is intended to eventually connect not only the council’s own administration buildings, but also libraries, educational establishments, and providers of essential emergency services in the county.

Global business VoIP (voice over internet protocol) and internet protocol (IP) telephony handset manufacturer and distributor, snom, has been handed a top industry award for its family of desktop models – the 7xx range. The award – for Internet Telephony Magazine Product of the Year – was given to snom by the magazine’s publishing company, TMC, in recognition of the 7xx range’s provision of quality progress in the field of enterprise communications.

A leading Chinese-based insurance company, Huaxia Life, has deployed a new internet protocol (IP) telephony and business VoIP (voice over internet protocol) system connecting 100 branches across China. The company says that it plans to link a further 200 offices within the next few years as its market expansion continues.

Huaxia Life says that its move towards IP telephony and business VoIP was influenced both by the scale of the company’s growth, and by its being hampered by an overall branch communications network breakdown every time the traditional exchange system based at its main Beijing headquarters failed.

IC Realtime, a producer of sophisticated surveillance equipment with offices in Dublin and the US, has opened up a new base in the UK, which it has decided to service communications-wise using a new hosted internet protocol (IP) telephony system.

The new system is understood to come complete with full business VoIP (voice over internet protocol) facilities, including the provision of IP telephony desktop phones – together with phone numbers which can be used at any location wherever there is a suitable internet connection.

BT’s wholesale high-speed broadband connection tariff is to be substantially reduced from summer next year, the company has announced.

The monthly tariff – which is based on allowing third parties to connect homes and businesses using fibre optic technology to provide internet speeds of up to 300Mbps – is to be reduced from £60 to £38 per connection.