PBX or Private Branch Exchange
PBX, or Private Branch Exchange, is the basis for the familiar business telephone system. IP-PBX allows callers to use Voice-over-Internet-Protocol systems (VoIP, or IP) on local telephone lines as well as equipping users on the network with phone lines not in the IP system.
A normal IP PBX permits the user to trade calls from a conventional telephone system and a VoIP system, or between two conventional phone systems, in the same fashion as the traditional PBX scheme. IP PBX uses IP telephony (IPT), which takes advantage of packet-switch protocols to conduct voices through a data network.
VoIP merges new technologies in remarkable fashion, consolidating the power of web, email, and video functions. You enjoy clear sound plus numerous other important functions, at significantly reduced cost compared to conventional system costs. Applied in the business world, this is a strong arm extending a large hand: businesses will notice staff - even in different offices around the world -- working in concert, more harmoniously, and more efficiently than ever before.
IP-PBX networks give businesses considerable advantages over conventional telephone networks. Not only does your business maintain older, reliable, and desirable features such as call holding and conference calling, but the new technology allows even greater flexibility.
An IP PBX system can support both VoIP and analog and digital calls. A business's communication options widen enormously with IP-PBX. Furthermore, an IP-PBX network, because it is developed from open source technology, significantly lowers the costs of system and network management. Calls made from one VoIP system to another are free of charge. Obviously, any multi-national corporation, or any business that maintains a wide-spread clientele or partnership, will find an IP-PBX system a boon to its bottom line.
Different types of IP-PBX systems can be installed to meet different needs. Smaller, single-site office environments might have different requirements than a large company with many work sites; IP-PBX can be configured to meet any outfit's requirements. Author: :: Hits: 0 :: Added: Thu Jan 03 2008 ::
