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A new survey has questioned the financial wisdom of relying on mobile phone use for the purposes of making international work-related calls whilst travelling.

The survey, by telecommunications data and services supplier, CCMI, and entitled ‘Trends and Best Practices to Control International Roaming Costs’, identified a significant degree of disquiet regarding the costs of international mobile phone use among representatives from leading companies in the US.

Distribution software specialist, EDP, has implemented a new business VoIP (voice over internet protocol) system to improve communications between its offices across the UK.

EDP’s head of IT, Chris Spicer, said that the new system was needed because the quality of communications made via the organisation’s previous business phone systems was ‘awful’.

IP telephony is one of the top two most common technological enhancements adopted by utility companies across Western Europe, a new survey has revealed.

The survey, by specialist energy marketing research organisation, IDC Energy Insights, reveals that along with cloud computing, IP (internet protocol) telephony is currently being taken up by over 50% of Western European utilities.

A survey by Virgin Media has revealed that one of the top priorities identified by businesses in 2012 is to increase their access to superfast broadband.

According to Virgin Media, 31% of businesses canvassed in its annual survey revealed that achieving a connection to high speed broadband was their major investment priority.

A recently published report into the market in the US for unified communications (UC) has revealed the key part currently being played by session initiation protocol (SIP) trunking in facilitating internet protocol (IP) telephony.

The report, by media and IT analysis company, International data Corporation (IDC) reveals that the momentum for selecting SIP trunking among IP telephony transmission providers has grown considerably in recent months and should now be seen as playing a key role in UC adoption.

The significant benefits generally claimed for business VoIP adoption have been roundly affirmed by major US medical supplies company, QuickMedical.

Business VoIP (voice over internet protocol) systems are often favoured for their scalability; and QuickMedical says it decided to carry out the implementation of its new VoIP phone system following frustrations with its previous system’s inability to keep pace with the company’s current outstanding growth.

Bath and North East Somerset Council has pledged to help develop high speed broadband within its jurisdiction, by agreeing to invest £475,000 in a proposed cabling infrastructure scheme.

The new project is expected in turn to benefit from funds from the European Regional Development Fund, the national government-backed Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) scheme, and private investment.

Senior business leaders in the West Country have cited the expansion of high speed broadband as providing one of the main opportunities for the area’s potential economic growth in 2012.

The confident claim has come from Andrew Williams and Laura Leigh, who, respectively, head the Cornwall and Devon branches of the Country Land and Business Association (CLA).

A report in ‘Government Technology’ journal has identified an increasing use of VoIP among US emergency call reception centres – known in the US as public safety answering points (PSAPs) – because of VoIP’s superior reliability.

The reliability of VoIP (voice over internet protocol) is exemplified in the report by the example of authorities being able to respond to emergency calls in spite of sudden damage to major local fibre-optic communications cables connecting PSAPs in St. Louise Park, Minneapolis.

Leading telecommunications supplier, TalkTalk Business, has launched a major new survey to try and create a snapshot of how businesses in the UK are currently progressing in relation to the provision of IT, broadband, and telecommunications services.

In order to maximise the accuracy and comprehensiveness of the survey’s findings, TalkTalk Business is calling on as many firms as possible to participate in the survey, which is accessible via TalkTalk Business’s website.