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Reports of the death of faxing 'greatly exaggerated'
18/03/2009
It was a truth universally acknowledged that faxes are likely to become obsolete eventually as they are steadily replaced by emails - until now.
In a strange twist, the recent developments in voice over internet protocol-type (VoIP-type) technology may be providing faxes with a new lease of life as a means of communication.
Using the advances that have enabled VoIP to establish itself as a cheap alternative to conventional telephone calling, some companies are now hoping to promote fax over internet protocol (FoIP) as a next generation form of written communication.
Tosh Prabhakar, an analyst at Gartner, recently told VoIP Planet: "Fax remains as indispensable as paper, with fax the closest application to written communications."
He added: "Faxing over VoIP networks provides users with lower network management and maintenance costs by implementing fax, voice and data over a single joint network."
Recently, analysts from One Stop Click predicted that VoIP will soon be the "bread and butter" of business communications, which could mean FoIP will enjoy similar success.
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