Obviously SIP is considerably better than H.323 and complies with the understanding of IP-telephony as a global mass IP-service, and it should be implicitly considered right this way. And as SIP is able to serve not only telephony but also any communications at all in the real time over the IP-protocol; obviously it should become a base for other IP-services not yet existing but will appear in the future, as well.
iVox Communications is a privately funded company, formed in 2004 to build a national VoIP carrier grade network and provide wholesale services to internet and telephone service providers.