MIGRATE TO IP....IS NOW A GOOD TIME?
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As a technology, VoIP has great potential in the business world far beyond reducing call charges.
The use of IP within a company's private network rather than the public internet has an excellent case for return on investment. |
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IP allows businesses to support their PC applications with the way that their telephone system operates, as both systems are interconnected on the same network.
Put simply, IP acts as the glue that binds together front and back-office applications with a communications server.
To avoid confusion, the use of IP to enable business and telephone applications is referred to as IP technology whereas VoIP is the underlying technology.
The introduction of VoIP and IP telephony applications has major implication for businesses, individuals and providers of telephony services and systems.
- IP enables a single network to handle all communication needs, voice, data and all types of multimedia services across IP networks
- IP telephony is not just for public voice, but an application to be used for in house business systems at and between company sites
- IP telephony is an unstoppable trend. BT has announced it will be rolling out its 21st Century Network Project from early 2006. This is a global solution that will carry voice, data and internet services on a single network.
