There is no doubt that cloud telephony will make advances by leaps and bounds in the very near future, and it is just as certain that the vast majority of networks based on copper wire will fade away into memories, according to executives of the major telephone service providers such as VoxSun, which are already overseeing that shift toward the new technology.
Fiber-based cloud telephony is already supplanting those copper networks, and even newer light-based technology called Li-Fi (similar to Wi-Fi, but much faster) will accelerate the shift away from traditional telephone systems. Because Li-Fi is ideal for short-range data linking, it will be perfect for Internet connection from laptops, smartphones, and smartwatches, and is sure to provide high-quality, secure service for future telephony.
Internet usage promotes cloud telephony
As of the middle of 2016, almost 90% of the total population of North America had access to the Internet, which is an astounding figure that might lead you to believe that only those who steadfastly resisted the notion were still unconnected. This, of course, has now and will have even more profound repercussions on the telephone industry, since telephone signals can be carried over the Internet without the need for hard-wired networks.
The speed and security of such networks will encourage their greater adoption as an improvement over relatively slower copper lines with much less available bandwidth. Since greater access to the Internet globally is also proceeding at a breakneck pace, telephony in the cloud will continue to grow and grow, because of the sheer convenience and prevalence of access.
Role of the Internet of Things
One of the major advances of the past several years is the Internet of Things (IoT), which connects all kinds of devices to the Internet so as to provide the advantages of analysis of performance and recording of data supplied by individual smart objects, which have been Internet-enabled. When coupled with cloud telephony, the capabilities offered by the Internet of Things will provide vastly increased functionality to smartwatches and smartphones, which can, in turn, make them even more useful and effective to owners.
It is anticipated that in the near future, cloud telephony will be integrated with social media to the extent that a single click can provide a connection with any of the digital platforms currently in use, and the benefits offered by the social media would then be available to the user. This could be a huge boon to businesses, even if they already have existing methods for obtaining data about their social media presence because having that same information provided at the click of a button would dramatically reduce the time necessary for data-gathering, and by extension, the analysis which would be forthcoming.
A glimpse into the future of cloud telephony provides very exciting and tantalizing prospects, and the benefits which could accrue to both businesses and individuals make it something well worth watching for.
