Only 2% in U.S. use VoIP to telecommute

Despite fast-emerging VoIP advances, giving companies opportunities for cheaper and more flexible communication systems, a report earlier this year found that only about two percent of the U.S. workforce use VoIP advances to telecommute.

The study, conducted by the Telework Research Center, found that only about 2.8 million Americans work from home or telecommute via VoIP solutions.

Other studies have found telecommuting can save millions of dollars for companies and an average of more that $6,000 per year for workers who telecommute.

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TMC launches new VoIP channel

Norwalk, Connecticut-based Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) announced that it has launched the VoIP Solutionschannel,  as the newest addition to the TMCnet Online Community.

According to TMC, the VoIP Solutions channel “is designed to address critical issues for communications decision-makers from service providers and enterprises, as well as provide relevant and timely information about Voice over IP (VoIP) Solutions.”

The channel will provide news and analysis on a variety of topics ranging from Unified Communications platforms and VoIP systems, to E911 solutions and secure TSG-6 applications, according to TMC.

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“Mass migration” to VoIP is said to be on

A “mass migration” to VoIP-based phone systems is well underway, according to TMC.com blogger Beecher Tuttle.

In an Aug. 4 post, Tuttle writes that more companies are “ditching their legacy communication technologies in favor of more flexible and cost-effective alternatives each day.”

Tuttle shares details of an interview TMC CEO Rich Tehrani had with Greg Brashier, chief operating officer at Virtual PBX, a provider of cloud-based business phone systems.

According to the post, Brashier believes that traditional business phone systems will be replaced by virtual, cloud-based technologies and next-generation mobile devices, “which SMB and enterprise employees will use more frequently as softphones for VoIP calls.”

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