Hosted Softswitch Figures to Loom Large for VoIP Providers

"Strong subscriber and revenue growth rates" are carving out a strong position for VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) in the US telecommunications map, according to officials of Nationwide Telecom, who add that since the entry of Comcast and other cable companies, "VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) services are given good preference over other modes of telecom."

Large part in the surge of hosted VoIP as so then

Hosted softswitch appears set to play a large part in the surge of hosted VoIP as so then; a market Nationwide appears then-poised to serve. Company officials say they’re ready to build up on future prospects on hosted VoIP and increasing demand, according to TMC’s Rajani Baburajan.

Nationwide customers can configure their own array of VoIP Research-based services. The vendor provides servers, VoIP switch, VoIP billing software and round-the-clock service from their technical staff.

Healthy market

It’s undoubtedly a healthy market. Statistics cited by Nationwide officials show that in 2010, the US cable companies had a subscriber base of more than 20 million subscribers. "Non-facilities based VoIP providers," just as Skype, are thriving in a VoIP market on the spur of the moment given a new sense of "here to stayness," for lack of a better term, by the entry of such heavyweights as Microsoft, Apple, Google and Yahoo!.

Canny VoIP network players are offering such products as SMS along with IP phone service in their packaged business products. Enterprise VoIP is new, yes, and certainly there are a few tech kinks that need to be ironed out, nevertheless the future of hosted softswitch, among other offerings, should belong to those VoIP providers who can figure them out.

Nationwide officials regard, as do most industry observers mobile VoIP, as a candidate for exponential growth "due to the increase in usage of WiFi-enabled handsets. 3G networks and the WiMAX network on which the major carriers are planning to upgrade to an open access LTE (Long Term Evolution, latest standard in the mobile network technology) platform especially for investing in 4G."