<p>Alteva (NYSE MKT: ALTV), a cloud services provider that grew out of its rural telco roots as Warwick Valley Telephone (WVT), reported that unified communications (UC) services contributed nearly 50 percent to its Q4 2012 consolidated revenues.</p><p>As with other telcos, Alteva is seeing its next-gen IP-based services like UC take up a larger piece of their revenue pie. Fourth-quarter UC revenues were $3.4 million, up 10.7 percent from $3.1 million in the same period last year.</p><p>To improve the experience for its wholesale customers, Alteva began offering Tier 1 and Tier 2 customer support to companies that resell Alteva's industry leading communications service platform.</p><p>Alteva said that the "increase in UC revenues was primarily attributable to organically generated UC services revenue growth."</p><p><a href="http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/altevas-unified-communications-services-make-50-its-revenues/2013-03-20">Keep reading...</a></p>