IP Centrex/Hosted PBX is one of the emerging services/technologies that allow businesses to collapse their voice and data traffic onto a single network. It is also one of the IP services that will ...

"Can Centrex survive or perhaps even thrive in the era of convergence?" Industry observer Jay Brandstadter thinks it can, but maybe not in the form you've known it: "For those considering IP telephony ...

The Network World Showdown pitting IP Centrex service suppliers against IP PBX vendors at the Voice on the Network show in Atlanta last week was close, but there was a winner. Showdown slides and ...

MANHASSET, N.Y. — A new report from high-tech market research firm In-Stat/MDR projects that IP Centrex/Hosted PBX will experience growth of around 100% annually through 2008, with much of this growth ...

Services called IP Centrex, for want of a better name, are still sorting themselves out, and the name itself is no small part of the problem. Even if providers of hosted VoIP services scrupulously ...

A telephone service in which an IP-based PBX is located in the telephone company's facilities. It connects to the customer via the LAN rather than by telephone wires. IP CENTREX offers voice over IP ...

Companies that want to adopt IP voice, but are shy about spending a lot on new IP PBX hardware and software may soon have a slew of outsourced options to choose from instead. A batch of new hardware/ ...

SINGAPORE: IP (Internet Protocol) Centrex has the capacity to evolve into a popular IP-hosted telephony service in Asia Pacific, as developed markets are leading the way with increasing adoption. Many ...

One trend I’m forecasting for this year is that VoIP services will go mainstream. I was thrilled to get this e-mail from a reader two weeks ago: “I thought I’d share a prediction of mine,” writes this ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Atlanta-based BellSouth, one of the United States four ...

A new voice over IP (VoIP) communications company is up and running in Canada’s two largest cities, Toronto and Montreal, providing services such as find me/follow me and video-calling. With ...

Despite availability of ISDN digital services and other latter-day enhancements, the Centrex market eroded steadily through the 1990s. According to one report, PBX's share of new installed lines grew ...