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You learn something new every day. Sometimes the lessons are hard ones, like chocolate-covered coffee beans actually contain caffeine. They’ll keep you up for days! Other things you learn could just be interesting facts, like former Apple CEO, the late Steve Jobs, worked in an apple orchard after dropping out of college.

Over the last few years, the popularity of OTT services among mobile consumers has skyrocketed. Just how big is the market you wonder? Well, the experts over at mobilesquared, a leading provider of insight and intelligence on the mobile sector, have the answer.

Mobilesquared put together this 3-year-forecast outlining how the OTT services market will grow throughout 2017. The full report is chock full of interesting info and stats! We pulled a few of our favorites to give you an overview of just how many people are saving money and staying connected with OTT services like Voxox.

Here are our favorite 10 OTT services stats....

Launching a startup company is a bit like planning a wedding: no matter how much you get done, it seems another task always looms. Starting a business takes meticulous planning and extraordinary determination—so we thought we’d help out a bit. Here are a few items to make absolutely certain that are checked off your list as you get ready to launch:

We’ve all heard success stories about startup businesses that began as “the little engine that could” and wound up as a thundering locomotive. The story behind one of these now giant companies, Facebook, was even immortalized in a major Hollywood film, “The Social Network.”

Unfortunately, for every new business that enjoys wild success there are exponentially more that fail. In fact, research indicates that eight out of 10 entrepreneurial ventures flame out within 18 months; but you don’t have to be part of the 80 percent who don’t make it. Here are the top reasons that startups fail and how you can avoid following in their footsteps:

Before your small business makes the switch to a VoIP service provider, you should know some basic info. The good news is that all of the answers you need can be found in one place- in your current phone bill.

Getting to know what you're paying for when you pay for your small business's phone service today, and getting to know how much that costs are the first steps in understanding how switching to VoIP service can save your small business money or provide new useful features that you don't currently have access to (because your current provider charges too much for them or simply doesn't offer them). 

Big news today! We've officially announced Cloud Phone, a new virtual PBX service designed for one-10 person businesses. Cloud Phone’s features go beyond the scope of Voxox's consumer applications, but are more basic than Voxox's hosted IP-PBX and SIP trunking business phone solution.

The all Web-based service provides a dedicated business telephone number, supports multiple users per account, and integrates sophisticated call routing and voicemail-to-email delivery within a sleek, simple design. It's accessible and cost-effective for even the smallest of businesses! We have three subscription options, ranging from $19.95 to $49.95 and a 30 day free trial.

We'll be demo'ing Cloud Phone this week at Mobile World Congress held in Barcelona, Spain, February 24-27, 2014 (Booth #1E43 – Hall 1) and at the Channel Partners Conference & Expo held in Las Vegas, Nevada, February 26-28, 2014 (Booth #4036). If you're at either show, come get a demo!  Full press release below...

For the last five years the Cloud has been a hot topic within the IT community. Even more recently, the Cloud topic has jumped from various industry segments and begun to trickle into the business mainstream. Whether you realize it or not, now even your child relies on the Cloud. Their favorite TV program episodes can be found in the Cloud via Netflix, and if they are anything like my nieces, cloud usage is probably a daily occurrence. According to the Silicon Angle, this year alone businesses in the United States will spend more that $13 billion on Cloud Computing services. Not surprisingly, eighty percent of Cloud adopters saw improvements within 6 months of moving to the Cloud. Below are the 4 areas where the Cloud will help to transform your Small to Medium sized business. (SMB)

Spring is in the air, and it's time to start planning your 2014 vacation. In our parent’s day, vacations consisted of travel bingo, dozens of books on your chosen destination, and those giant folded maps that always seemed to get ruined on day one. Today all of that same information can be accessed via your mobile device.  Now anyone can travel like a pro; all it takes is a little time to download, install, and go! These are the 7 travel apps that will turn you into a travel pro within minutes.

Running your own business comes with a lot of responsibility, but your phone doesn’t have to add to the stress. If you’re like most busy entrepreneurs, you have trouble keeping your professional and personal phone lines separate and are desperately seeking a solution -- read on to find out how a virtual PBX service can solve your headache and give you a professional edge.

Let’s say you own a mobile car wash business and are always on-the-go washing and detailing cars while their owners are stuck in their cubicles. You’re in the middle of hosing down a Bentley when your phone starts to buzz. Your hands are wet and you can’t reach it in time. There goes another potential client to your voicemail.  For a larger business this wouldn’t be a problem, but if you have one mobile device for both personal and business calls, you may end up with a confusing personal and business image -- i.e., “Hi, this is Bob’s Mobile Car Wash. Please leave a message,” may not help with your dating scene.