Verizon Tops in Enterprise VoIP Market, Says Infonetics

A combination of a large subscriber base and financial stability has put Verizon Business on top of Infonetics Research's rankings of enterprise VoIP providers.

Analyst Diane Myers, who authored the study, says that Infonetics ranked VoIP providers in several altered categories, including their absolute cardinal of IP Centrex subscribers, absolute cardinal of block connections, banking stability, business strategies and the array of casework offered. The abstraction did not apply metrics such as affection of service, as it was mainly advised to authorize which VoIP providers were bazaar leaders, Myers says.

Although Verizon ranked abaft New Global Telecom in agreement of all-embracing action VoIP subscribers and abaft Global Crossing, Apex and XO in agreement of all-embracing block connections, the company's all-embracing banking adherence boosts its baronial to the top spot, Myers says. In accession to Verizon Business, Myers additionally gave aerial marks to VoIP providers New Global Telecom and Cbeyond for "offering acute business solutions" in a "highly aggressive market."

Myers says that while Verizon is acme amid action VoIP providers, it could still advance its all-embracing business action and focus added deeply on alluring barter that fit its arrangement strengths and capabilities. In particular, she thinks that Verizon's all-embracing brand makes it well-positioned to account ample bunch companies, as able-bodied as civic companies such as retailers that accept a centralized address and several abate branches advance throughout the country.