Voice over IP is arguably one of the most significant advances in technology, which has been made over the past few years. Technology, which enables the transmission of voice traffic over traditional IP Networks.

Demand for Voice over IP is driving the requirement for improved QoS (Quality of Service). Voice is very traffic sensitive and it is the true test of the engineering and quality of a network. It will beat the path for other traffic such as fax, voice telephony and video telephony being used over the Internet.

Voice over IP does not have the flexibility of the traditional telephony presentation, however after the initial investment in the infrastructure it will not be long before you begin to see the cost benefits against that of your typical monthly/bi-monthly phone bill. . It is now even more cost effective than ever with the Broadband wireless access services which are imminent.

Whether you are an SME with one branch office with consistent communication requirements or a large corporate with nationwide and multinational offices, you should be evaluating the validity of this technology to your organizations business needs. Voice over IP will allow you to leverage your WAN to provide intra-company telephone and fax calls at a fixed monthly rate.

Evaluating this opportunity begins with your existing infrastructure, both from an active equipment and carrier perspective. When choosing your carrier and systems integrator insist on SLA (Services level agreements), as your voice connectivity with your sister offices or your established customer cannot afford delays or even worse downtime.

VoIP is tried and tested delivering significant cost savings to a large number of organizations in Ireland today, identifying the correct team to deploy it will be as important as identifying the infrastructure it resides on.