SIP wasn’t designed from the top down to be everything for everyone. And, while SIP doesn’t support the full 500-feature set of capabilities in a traditional TDM system, who cares? Its potential to redefine communication means that it has far superior capabilities.

What began as a quirky technique for communications between PCs on the Internet has grown into a sustainable mainstream technology that fully supports consumers, enterprise business, and carrier-grade operations.

This article discusses some of the factors that have slowed SIP’s widespread adoption and how it is currently being used. It will also shed light on the evolution of SIP deployments and future prospects for peer-to-peer SIP usage on a broader scale as well as its role in IMS infrastructures.

What you need to know about SIP Trunking and how it can benefit your business.

With its promise to provide an enhanced, “always on” communication experience on practically any network connected device, the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) has gained wide industry support as the standard architecture to delivering IP-based services across wireless and wireline networks.

Hacker attacks against SIP-based VoIP networks have been rare. But as the use of the protocol grows and extends to other types of multimedia interaction, attacks will become more prevalent and potentially slow the growth of this technology.

Companies are especially concerned about malicious parties eavesdropping on SIP signaling information, performing man-in-the-middle attacks that disrupt service or gaining unauthorized access to VoIP networks.

Businesses are wasting enormous time and money with legacy PRI systems. SIP trunking is the next-generation communication platform that gives businesses the ability to SCALE their voice solution gradually to meet their individual business needs, SIMPLIFY the administration of their network by reducing providers, and SAVE money by right-sizing their bloated telecom budget.

SIP-trunking services have been around for a while, but their pervasiveness among enterprises has been hampered by interoperability concerns. ...

Service providers search for legacy and next-gen balance