The entrance of SOGEA connectivity technology in the UK marketplace will provide a fresh opportunity to sell VoIP solutions.
That is according to Paul Beacham, BT Wholesale's Senior Manager of Data Networking Portfolio, who said the Single Order General Ethernet Access (SOGEA) product from Openreach will be a “key mechanism” in the adoption and application of UC technologies.
Speaking to UC Today, Beacham also said that the introduction of SOGEA would “future proof” businesses before the 2025 switch off of ISDN and PSTN services.
“SOGEA is going to accelerate VoIP adoption and be a key mechanism in terms of supporting UC applications. Clearly, with that 2025 date in mind, customers are thinking of the services that they've got on legacy copper-based solutions and they need to think about how they're going to move those services over.
A significant proportion of the services that are still supported on copper are voice-based services so SOGEA gives businesses the mechanisms to future proof their voice strategy and run UC applications far more efficiently.
What we're doing on the voice side of the business, with broadband in particular, is looking at how we bring together the broadband connectivity line and the IP voice applications that will run over the top, as well as the UC applications.”
Compensation for FTTP
Beacham went on to say that the SOGEA access solution will be an upgrade for many as the country waits for a full fibre to the premises roll out.
