Wednesday, March 14, 2007

SMB Demand A Unique Opportunity For VoIP Firms

Internet telephony pioneer Texas Instruments has claimed that the market for delivering VoIP to small and medium businesses (SMB) is ready to expand.

As the number of businesses turning to VoIP increases, manufacturers and service providers have a "unique opportunity" to deliver advanced products, it said. Although SMBs are in a position to reach a wider audience thanks to broadband, prohibitive long-distance telephone costs have limited their ability to offer the best services.

"Now, however, with the cost-savings and rapid availability of VoIP, SMBs can reach out to customers multi-nationally and globally like never before," said Texas Instruments in a statement. The firm said that VoIP products for SMBs "must be easy-to-use and affordable, while offering the features and quality expected in traditional phone systems and an added layer of security to protect critical business resources". Earlier this month, AMI-Partners said that SMBS are likely to drive further growth in the broadband VoIP market.

"Small businesses are increasingly choosing VoIP hosted business phone packages instead of conventional telephone systems. VoIP can mean a lot more than just savings to a small business," states Mark Weibel EVP of Marketing for Broadband National, who operates the industries leading comparative shopping website. "The greater versatility of hosted VoIP allows each business to tailor a telecommunications package, regardless of geography, specifically to meet its needs without spending heavily on equipment, installation, maintenance or an IT staff."

For more information on how your small or medium sized business can take advantage of VoIP technology visit www.broadbandnational.com

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