Report Finds Big Jump in Carrier Spending on Business VoIP

A research firm has uncovered more signs that business use of VoIP is on a roll. A new report by the Dell'Oro Group found that the sales of carrier IP telephony equipment was up 7 percent in the second quarter of 2009, compared to the previous quarter. The increase came despite a severe downturn in carriers' spending on network modernization in general. The report specifically found that sales of IP business trunking licenses, including SIP trunking, were up 33 percent, while business VoIP or IP Centrex licenses on voice application servers were up a full 85 percent.