2. Rethink your switches and routers. Aim for 100-Mbps Ethernet switched ports and backbone connectivity. VoIP is also a good excuse for putting in a Gigabit Ethernet backbone.
3. Check your electricity distribution system. With your network providing telephone service, you'll need stable and reliable power to your switches and phones.
4. Consider how you'll merge voice and data support staff into a unified group. Separate staffs would complicate things in a VoIP environment.
5. Make sure your network management tools can analyze down to the packet level so you can keep voice-call quality high.
6. Build a list of business rules and support applications that touch your voice service. Consider whether those rules would still apply if you implement VoIP, and if not, rewrite them to work with it.
Subsea cable alternatives can provide a level of comfort for those concerned about disruptions. Realistically, they will continue to play a small, but critical role in the short term.
Maintaining existing network infrastructures often incurs huge technical debt before newer technologies are adopted over time.
Amid ongoing regional uncertainties, telecom infrastructure in the Middle East has expand to include terrestrial low-latency network infrastructure, which offers resilience and agility in navigating political complexities without relying solely on undersea networks.
