VoIP and VC Funding
I spotted this on BetaDot today -
Over the past few months, companies such as Homdel, Vonage, and Skype have garnered a lot of attention from the investment community. Still, investors point to companies that are building the infrastructure and the services to support the VoIP market as the next hotbed for investments.
The ability to make calls over the Internet has been around for years but is just now really catching on. Its popularity is growing as more consumers trade dialup Internet service for broadband, almost the only essential for VoIP service. Investors are bullish over the VoIP market because they see the Internet as the gateway to all voice and data communications. It’s created quite some chaos in terms of investments.
For the growing VoIP services companies, this is important because it does point to a quiet trend. Analog voice is becoming more digital all the time. Increasing tools and customer adoption of VoIP technologies have led to increased business for VoIP equipment, solutions and services providers. While cost is still a large driver behind VoIP migration, service convergence is gaining momentum.
Investors are seriously watching voice. They're making investments where solid business opportunities are presented. And they seem almost universal in their agreement that video will follow voice. Video may follow very quickly and is already taking root in many areas.
This interest in the technologies, coupled with sound business plans, signals investors' willingness to support VoIP and VideoIP solutions.
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