N-GEN Communications Web-based Seminars ©NGCS

Seminar - An Overview of Communications Technologies

Module 12 - Enterprise/SOHO Communications Needs and Solutions                                            Slide 10 of 30                                                                                                    ________________

         User Applications Trend

                                               VOIP

                                               Wireless Telephony and Internet Browsing

                                               Web-Based Customer Support

                                               E-business

                                               High-Speed Internet Access

                                               Wireless Computing

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New applications are evolving on IP and wireless infrastructures. More and more enterprises and SOHO businesses are migrating to IP telephony. Wireless technology is enabling mobile telephony and computing. Heavy multi-media websites have pushed the Internet users to connect to their ISPs at T-1 or higher speeds.

Business-to-business e-commerce is a new application whereby most if not all business processes and transactions will be electronic, saving an enterprise thousands of dollars in operational costs.