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Multi-Office Telephony
The Situation
In today’s global environment, there are few organizations that don’t need to make calls outside their local toll area. At a minimum, calls are required between two or more offices of one company, and it is equally as likely that calls are going between international offices. Only the largest entities have the significant bargaining power to get the most attractive telephony rates and they may still pay high charges to many international destinations. Small to medium sized enterprises are paying premium prices for their calls and therefore, should look to leverage their existing network to gain a competitive advantage on their phone call expenses.
Addressing The Situation
Long Distance (LD) trunking enables communications between two or more voice switching systems. Very often, the communications are between the PBX at the headquarter location and a PBX or key system at the branch office(s). Separate from, yet parallel to the voice network, is the IP infrastructure that is in place for data communications.
PBX Extension
Voice over IP (VoIP) technology affords companies a tremendous opportunity to extend the power of their PBXs to remote offices and teleworkers, without having to foot the bill for incessant use of the PSTN day in and day out. Instead of using the PSTN, companies can simply allow remote phones to connect to the PBX via local IP connections, which are typically available for an extremely low, flat monthly rate. Usually, this low-cost IP connectivity is already in place, since remote workers need access to both corporate IT services and the Internet. With Quintum’s Tenor solution, remote offices and teleworkers can easily and inexpensively be connected to corporate PBXs for full-function phone services.
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