Disruptive Innovation: The Corporate Telephony Market and VoIP Technology

  • João Armênio Neto UNICENP

Abstract


The corporate telephony market is being transformed by VoIP (Voice over IP), which is changing the business model of this market. It is a significant technological innovation that affects traditional telephone traditional companies in the telephony market, as well as enabling the entry of new entry of new competitors. This article analyzes the impact of VoIP on the corporate telephony market market, considering the turbulent moment experienced since the rise of this new technology the rise of this new technology. The nature of the research is exploratory and is based on the analysis of the history and the current situation of the market with the objective of proving the applicability of the disruptive innovation theory disruptive innovation theory and its impacts on telephony.
Keywords: Disruptive Innovation, Corporate Market, Telephony, VoIP Technology

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Published
2006-11-08
ARMÊNIO NETO, João. Disruptive Innovation: The Corporate Telephony Market and VoIP Technology. In: BRAZILIAN SYMPOSIUM ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS (SBSI), 3. , 2006, Curitiba. Anais [...]. Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, 2006 . p. 223-230. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbsi.2006.14747.