While enterprises have welcomed the cost savings that SIP Trunking enables immediately, there is an entire range of benefits waiting in the wings thanks to the technology, according to a new white paper from the analysts at Ovum.

This “second wave,” as Ovum calls it, offers the promise of integration, centralization, and deployment of UC in enterprise environments. We’ve talked many times here about SIP Trunking as the foundation for UC, and it’s always good to see this kind of validation of our position. More...

Recently released findings from Infonetics Research shows 2010 was a breakout year for SIP Trunking. Infonetics and NoJitter released some telling statistics:

•    SIP Trunking revenue grew 143 percent in 2010
•    The VoIP services market reached almost $50 billion in 2010  (compared with $34.8 billion in 2008, a 43 percent increase over two years)
•    Managed IP PBX business VoIP service revenue is expected to more than double from 2010 to 2015
•    The fastest growing segments of the VoIP services market are SIP Trunking and hosted UC telephony
•    Adoption of SIP Trunking services grew 220 percent worldwide in 2010
•    SIP Trunking is in 75 percent of Fortune 1000 companies, as enterprises continue to complete their migrations More...

For a quick read on the subject of how session border controllers (SBCs) fit into the SIP Trunking ecosystem, we’d recommend you jump over to a recent post at NoJitter.com. More...