Internet telephony providers are in for rough times. The government recently eliminated a Federal Excise Tax (FET) charged to long-distance telecom companies. At the same time, the FCC expanded the Universal Service Fund, a tax that subsidizes services, such as Internet access in schools, to interconnected VoIP carriers. Thus, conventional telecom providers will be able to cut costs, while many VoIP service providers will be forced to increase them.
IP telephony providers competing solely on price are doomed. Just look at Vonage, whose main marketing strategy is to tout low prices. Its most recent earnings report missed analyst expectations by $148 million. Long term, differentiation is the key. --David Greenfield, [email protected]
Making the jump from outdated legacy technology to a more modern digital infrastructure will allow businesses to innovate at the speed and scale needed in today’s marketplace.
The business world is speeding up. The longer IT leaders wait to get their needs met, the more at risk their businesses and their jobs will be.
By arming SD-WAN networks with end-to-end intelligence, analytics-driven predictions, and predictive automation solutions, IT teams can simplify infrastructure management and assure higher levels of quality experiences for users.
