February 19, 2010
FCC Increases Fees on Interstate and International Calls in Q1 2010

Technical Solutions Helps Businesses Avoids These Costs Through SIP Technology

AMARILLO, TX — February 19th, 2010 — Technical Solutions, an industry leader in unified communications, has begun to inform their customers on the Federal Communications Commission decision to raise the Universal Service Fund fee levied on interstate and international calls.  According to a public notice released by the FCC, the increase will be a record 14.1% for the first quarter of 2010.  Technical Solutions is placing special emphasis on helping businesses avoid these substantial costs through Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Trunking.

“The popularity of SIP Trunking has exploded and has rapidly become the transport of choice for voice communications,” commented Gene Wells, President of Technical Solutions.  “With the current economic environment the last thing most businesses need is an increase in their telecom costs.  SIP technology empowers companies to reduce cost and improve productivity through advanced business applications.  Through the implementation of SIP, new technology costs most companies absolutely nothing.”

SIP technology supports any form of real-time communication regardless of whether the content is voice, video, instant messaging, or a collaboration application.  SIP enhances employee productivity by enabling users to inform others of their status (also known as presence management), their availability, and how they can be contacted before a communication is even initiated. 

SIP Trunking improves the bottom line of companies combining their voice and data services onto a SIP-based Trunk rather than using a costly primary rate interface (PRI) or T-1.  SIP lets organizations converge their traffic onto a single line allowing them to see how they can best utilize or reduce bandwidth.

Another telltale sign driving the demand for SIP technology is a statement made recently by AT&T telling U.S. telecom regulators that it should set plans for phasing out older telephone networks if the government wants to make high-speed Internet access available across the country.  AT&T stated that the government's goal of 100% broadband Internet access is in reach only if resources are moved away from "plain-old telephone service", known in the industry as POTS and the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN).  AT&T described circuit switched telephone systems as relics of a bygone era.

“A few years ago SIP was considered bleeding edge technology.  Today it’s considered cutting edge and tomorrow it will be mainstream.  During SIP’s infancy we conducted our own testing so we could properly position and deploy it to our customers when the time was right.  Well, the time is right and those that have decided to adopt it are reaping its many benefits and are truly giving themselves an advantage against their competition,” added Wells.

ABOUT TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS

In July of 1989, Gene Wells, an industry veteran since 1980, formed Technical Solutions to assist Amarillo businesses in implementing technologies that would become revolutionary in the way they conducted business. Technical Solutions has become one of the leading providers of business communication solutions in the United States. Built upon a network of strategic relationships with customers and vendors, the company has quickly grown to be a trusted business partner for voice, data, video, medical communications and network infrastructure solutions. 

Technical Solutions knows how to empower complex business needs through the innovative use of technology to maximize the return to the customer's bottom line.  The company provides world class service backed by Factory Certified technicians. Technical Solutions local dispatch center delivers round-the clock service to ensure system reliability. The company also offers comprehensive service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

For more information on Technical Solutions, call (806) 352-1309 or visit www.logicaltechnologies.com.
 

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