Why IP Telephony?
Two critical drivers are leading organizations such as IBM to implement IP Telephony – the fact that it can lower total cost of network ownership, and that it can significantly enhance business communications via the rapid deployment of new applications. Initial return on investment (ROI) analyses have determined that IP Telephony deployments deliver a positive financial result approximately 70 percent of the time with an average payback of 16-18 months. IP Telephony can lower an enterprise’s total cost of network ownership by eliminating multiple sets of infrastructure, simplifying system administration and maintenance, and consolidating voice and data circuits. The momentum to build IP Telephony networks is also gathering pace. A recent InfoTech study found that 44 percent of enterprises are already in the process of migrating to IP telephony and that 12 percent of all voice lines shipped last year were IP station lines.
