However, Orange's telephone-based service does not work in the same way as software from the likes of Dragon, IBM and Lernout & Hauspie. However, Wildfire and other telephony services from companies such as Vocalis aren't the same.
The study was carried out by Vanson Bourne and commissioned by BT but the telco realises companies are uncomfortable being early adopters and are likely to move to voice over IP (VoIP) services first, especially if they have been using IP VPNs...
Because voice over IP allows you to direct calls to anywhere with an internet connection at no extra cost, it allows small businesses with disparate locations to operate an internal phone network at a fraction of the upfront cost of a traditional...
Furthermore, the fixed line allows them and the company to benefit from all that great functionality embedded in the corporate telephone system - switchboard monitoring and routing, consistent direct dialling from the outside world, short codes...
In Japan, NEC has already launched a phone which can roam from Wi-Fi to NTT DoCoMo's FOMA 3G service. For employees who don't sit at a desk but spend most of their working day moving about within a single large building, VoWLAN can be a cost...
Improving customer service and encouraging flexible working, cross company communication and teleworking were the next most popular reasons to use IP telephony. Overall 60 per cent of businesses achieved half to all of the benefits they hoped for...