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Telecom Industry Insider Rupert Galliers-Pratt, Chairman/CEO of Vistula Communications, Identifies Key VoIP Trends to Watch in 2006
2 March 2006 Heading into 2006, Vistula Communications Services, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VSTL) will continue to enable telecom firms and ISPs to configure and deliver Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services to customers, quickly, easily and with no up-front- costs, driven by VoIP innovation which is revolutionizing the world's telephone infrastructure for both the consumer and enterprise markets.
"VoIP is beginning to break out into a more rapid period of growth, driven not only by the rollout of VoIP services by trusted telecommunications providers, but also by new players, such as cable providers," according to Mr. Galliers-Pratt, Chairman and Chief Executive Office, Vistula Communications. "However, it is important to remember that the market for VoIP services is still in the very early stages of development and acceptance and carriers and equipment vendors will need to plan for the long haul."
The more mainstream acceptance of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology was perhaps the biggest telecom story of 2005, fuelled, in part, by eBay's $2.6 billion acquisition of Skype Technologies, and according to Mr. Galliers-Pratt, the following trends and predictions are what could make headlines in 2006:
1. Competitive Practices: We could possibly see the beginnings of VoIP
"walled gardens" by the Internet Access Providers, who may start t lock VoIP calls from major VoIP providers and only open channels fo heir own services in an attempt to regain and build revenues fro oice services.
2. Consolidation/Partnerships: Major Internet players such as Yahoo! an oogle, will continue to develop key strategic partnerships, merge wit r acquire Internet Access Providers to secure access and enhanc ervices with their VoIP offering. Pure play VoIP providers may b queezed from the market or most likely become acquisition targets.
3. Broadband Penetration: Broadband will continue to grow aggressivel hroughout the world and continue to fuel the availability of VoI ervices to residential customers.
4. Wireless: Wireless will continue to grow in leaps and bounds and th ending 3G roll-out will be the catalyst for Mobile Operators t mbrace VoIP services, as the most effective technology to brin obility and increased connectivity between businesses mobile and fixe BX extensions. VoIP will also begin to erode the "Roaming" premiums,
due to the growth of WiFi and integrated networks.
5. Session Initiation Protocol (SIP): SIP will likely become the standar elivery mechanism for VoIP calls, threatening the position o raditional PBX manufacturers, as SIP enables Internet Access Provider standard upon which to offer even more cost effective, hosted, an eature-rich services.
6. IP Transit Exchanges: The possible emergence of IP Transit Exchange ill handle and balance traffic across the internet and enable thing ike the interconnection of different VoIP services. It will also mea etter management of the Internet so that quality of service wil mprove so much so that there will no longer be a need for companies t equire private dedicated bandwidth making call quality and speed pe ollar a better deal. Ultimately this means that the internet will b ore usable and will bang another nail in the coffin of traditiona elephony. This may not all happen during 2006 though and would be rend to watch for the next 5 years.
7. Regulatory Threats: VoIP service providers will likely do a ncreasingly better job of working with solutions providers an ational and local 911 authorities, as well as becoming compliant wit he 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA).
Other traditional voice service regulatory standards will b ncreasingly applied to VoIP providers and may level the playing fiel bit.
8. Video/Multimedia: VoIP, which is capable of being more than simpl elephone technology, may become effectively capable of providing a ven greater set of feature-rich multimedia services that provid udio, full-motion video and other multimedia communications service uch as video conferencing.
About Vistula
Vistula is a telecommunications company providing hosted, managed VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) services to carriers, service providers and transit network operators. Vistula features solutions that enable telecommunications providers to rapidly deploy VoIP services over converged infrastructure through an integrated applications suite. Vistula have already signed Telstra's Global business unit as their first customer and other international carriers and ISPs have installed and are currently testing the V-Cube(TM) platform. Vistula trades on the OTCBB under the symbol: VSTL. For more information visit: http://www.vistula.com.
"Forward-Looking Statements"
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which reflect management's expectations regarding future events and speak only as of the date hereof. Vistula's actual results, performance or achievements may differ significantly from the results, performance or achievements discussed in or implied by the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause such a difference include material changes in our business or prospects, difficulties obtaining financing to fund our operations, failure to establish brand recognition for our products, failure to retain existing customers or attract new customers, failure to compete effectively in our industry, general market and economic conditions, the introduction of, and changes in laws and regulations governing our industry and our products and services, and other factors that are detailed from time to time in Vistula's SEC reports, including those detailed in our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004. Vistula disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
Source: prnewswire
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