Cost Reduction Benefits of Business VoIP
There are many reasons why more and more businesses, including top corporations, are considering VoIP for communications systems.
Currently, it is estimated that 20% of U.S. businesses are using VoIP, but that of these, 44% are still using TDM voice lines.
Who is a candidate for significant cost reduction results from switching to VoIP?
Businesses with a dispersed workforce stand to benefit the most from adopting VoIP for long distance calls.
Many smaller businesses are making the switch to reap the obvious savings that VoIP has to offer.
Recent In-Stat research found the following:
- Multiple VoIP solutions are used by 36% of businesses that have adopted VoIP, with broadband IP telephony solutions resonating most strongly with smaller businesses and IP PBX with larger ones.
- Hosted IP revenues will exceed Broadband IP Telephony (BBIPT) by 2010 in the business market, despite more BBIPT lines being in place.
- Roughly 14% of US businesses have at least some workers who use voice-enabled IM for business purposes.
