from the Puerto Rico/Ntop url:
There are many businesses, like Mueblerias Berrios and Bella International, using VoIP. Government offices such as Hacienda [the Department of the Treasury] are also moving to VoIP," said Alvaro Pilar, general manager of Centennial Broadband in Puerto Rico. "Many of the main applications, besides long-distance calling, are for communication within internal networks. Bella International, for instance, has integrated voice, data, and video."
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We have conducted several tests [to offer VoIP through cable modem]," said Centennial’s Pilar. "We are evaluating the possibility of working with Net2Phone, which is working with Liberty, and our own soft switch."
Net2Phone’s platform permits cable operators such as Liberty to deploy telephony services easily via a fully outsourced solution, enabling them to offer quality services to their customers, reduce churn (a measure of the number of subscribers who leave or switch to another carrier’s service), generate incremental revenue, and keep operating expenses at a minimum.
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TLD, TData, PRT, and other telecommunication companies are preparing their networks for VoIP. Others, such as Sprint Puerto Rico and Centennial de Puerto Rico, have been offering VoIP services to businesses for several months. Yet, these companies may face their greatest competition from cable companies such as Adelphia and Centennial, which will follow on the heels of Liberty to launch their own IP telephony services and venture into telecommunications. |
