I met Steve Johnson, President of Ingate USA, the session border controller manufacturer from Sweden that more recently partnered with TMC to develop a one-day seminar on SIP trunking taught by Ingate staff and resellers. Aimed at users, potential resellers and service providers, the event has been going on for a couple of years now as an event co-located with IT Expo.
It was Steve’s observation that in tough economic times, enterprises are more willing to experiment with new services if it reduces their cost structure, and SIP trunking is no exception. Steve also suggested that cable companies are new participants to the SIP trunking market and sees a growing interest in using SBCs as clear demarkation points between the edge of the enterprise and the edge of the service provider, as they address business needs for IP access services and SIP trunking services.
