Rajani Baburajan at TMCnet discusses how VoIP or Unified Communications (UC) could overtake traditional PBX and PSTN by 2014.

This prediction is probably not far from accurate as VoIP systems and services have rocketed in popularity over the last few years. While not visible to the outside world from a B2B perspective, the burgeoning market for cheap international phone services, Skype and the wealth of IP based communication apps for modern smartphones cannot help but point to towards the popularity of the technology today.

Based on research from market analysts Wainhouse, Rajani’s article goes on to states that as one the fastest growing managed services area, VoIP services are being offered by most network service providers in one form or another.

The research report goes on to look at the growth of the hosted and managed UC and conferencing services markets in Europe, noting that combined revenue from both areas should reach $4 billion by the end of 2014, surpassing the revenue collected from traditional PBX and PSTN services.

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