OTHER KEY APPLICATIONS
Other key applications for IP include:
- Contacting an individual via the most appropriate means (Presence Management), by voice calls, emails, instant messaging etc. In the IP world this is known as 'presence' enabling employees to improve their productivity and to react more quickly to crucial, time critical decisions
- Connect to any broadband connection in the world and interact with the office - receiving all voice calls, voicemails, emails, faxes - as though you were at your office desk.
- Use a single mobile phone to work seamlessly inside and outside the office, switching between mobile and wireless WiFi connections.
- Integrate with office applications via voice commands to access voicemail and even listen to emails and faxes that have been transcribed to voice. This simply requires a mobile phone, so there is no need to carry a separate notebook computer.
- Cut costs by connecting first to the office system and then out to the public network from any location.
- People working at home can be integrated easily into the office telephony environment. With increasing numbers of people needing to work flexibly, the boundary between office and home and even temporary satellite locations shows a clear need for IP telephony. IP telephony can also be used to talk to family and friends without incurring huge hotel bills.
