When Do We Start Slurping SIP?
For the past few years VoIP has been quietly changing the delivery of telecommunications services. Most of the major telecoms have been upgrading their internal backbone networks to rely on IP (define) as a replacement for the older switching technologies. The administrative simplification and cost savings of merging data and communications networks into a seamless whole is compelling for any company.
Given all the great advantages, why hasn't everyone switched to the new technology? The biggest reason why the convergence has not happened faster has been a lack of tools and standard protocols for establishing network connections. The result is that many existing market products use proprietary protocols to create the network sessions. This means that users must purchase all their equipment from one vendor for assured end-to-end connectivity; plus the systems tend to be single function, thus limited in their use.
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