VoIP phones facilitate organizations to communicate in a better way at lesser costs. VoIP is one of the latest inventions in the field of communication. For making a call to any part of the world, using this technology, an internet connection and appropriate equipment is all that is required. VoIP phones with several advanced features are manufactured by many leading manufactures. Although these equipments come with a number of next generation features they are efficient, comfortable and easy to use. With the increasing popularity of VoIP phone systems, organizations of all sizes are getting them installed in the offices because of the cheap communication options which they provide. The different equipments come with different features. An organization can choose an equipment for themselves as per their business requirements. Most of the VoIP conferencing phone systems come with a wide variety of features like call waiting, call forward, call transfer, call mute, speaker, caller ID etc, in order to facilitate a smooth conferencing. Some of the latest models of VoIP phones also support Wi-Fi technology and Microsoft Windows. These phones have a good sound quality and increased standby time, as well as, talk time. Polycom VoIP Phones are fully interoperable with leading IP PBX and Softswitch platforms, you can have a variety of end-to-end, fully integrated VoIP solutions to choose from. Check out Polycom’s VoIP Technology Partners. VoIP solutions that feature Polycom VoIP phones provide a high-quality, rich communications experience, deliver productivity-enhancing new applications, and offer significant cost savings through consolidation of network costs for voice and data, and elimination of costs of phone moves, additions, and changes. Avayaâs range of digital and IP telephones deliver advanced productivity-boosting features, including a large display and up to a 100-entry call log. These cost-effective phones are the choice for any business or contact center using IP Office and bring Avaya state-of-the-art technology directly to your desktop. These telephones deliver efficient service, superior voice quality, along with cutting-edge communications features such as screen labels for call appearance/feature keys to simplify user administration. A good quality VoIP conferencing phone definitely proves to be a cost effective communication medium for an organization.
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5 Ways VOIP Technology is Changing the Phone Business
November 23rd, 2009Few technologies have made as sudden an impact on the telecommunications industry as Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP). In a matter of only years, VOIP has changed the way people think about their phone service and, more specifically, the power of the Internet. But is it all just talk, or are there real benefits to be had for you and your business? The following information sheds some light on the most important ways VOIP can change the way you call. How is VOIP Technology Changing the Phone Business?
Here are 5 ways VOIP technology is reshaping the phone business around the world:
Unifying Internet and Phone Technology. One of the promises of modern consumer electronics is the synthesis of varying utilities in a single hub (or videogame machine would be our web browser, etc.). VOIP helps realize this promise by giving people the power to control their phone communications from their computer.
Ending the reliance on land-line phones. Already, millions of individuals have given up their traditional land-line phones in favor of their cell phones. Now, more and more people are cutting the cord because of access to VOIP.
Providing free calls to millions of customers. One of the strongest selling points of VOIP phone systems continues to be the FREE calling from one service customer to another. If you and your friends, family, business partners or clients have access to the same VOIP service, the calls are gratis with most providers.
Freeing customers from the bonds of big telecommunications companies. For far too long, big telecom providers have held their customers hostage with high prices and long-term commitments. VOIP providers, on the other hand, have taken things in another direction. By giving people more power to choose their own calling plans and remove the limits that long-term contracts have placed on them.
By helping businesses save money. Businesses that choose to work with VOIP technology can potentially save thousands of dollars on infrastructure costs. Without having to worry about heavy phone installations, equipment and draconian service arrangements, businesses of all sizes can use much needed funds to develop their business in other ways.
VOIP usage for businesses and individuals has seen double-digit growth in each of the past several years. This is happening because more people are learning about this innovative, ground-breaking technology and jumping on board. Low start up costs and easy-access are also helping to fuel this growth in what looks to be a dominant part of the communications landscape for years to come.
By: Mark Etinger
Hands On With the Underlying Power and Potential of the Voip Technology
November 12th, 2009Era of VoIP technology ushered in 1995 by Israeli computer scientists in 1995, which succeeded in establishing the first computer to computer voice connection. All you have to do is that you have to install a soft ware onto your computer. The software digitizes and compresses the audio signal before sending it over the Internet in data packets. VoIP allows data and voice streaming within a particular network stretched all around the world. VoIP converts your voice into digital data by dividing the analog sound signals into separate steps that is assigned with different number value. This digital data is compressed and split up into packets of about 1500 bytes that can be transferred over the Internet. As well as the voice data, these packets hold information about their construction within accurate order, about their origin and their destination. At their destination, these packets are decompressed and converted from digital back into analog.
However, VoIP was originally developed to provide voice communication between computer users in different locations. Now, it has started to substitute existing telephone networks and some people and businesses are opting to VoIP instead of traditional phone line. You may have used this service unknowingly since many companies use VOIP to route long distance calls through a circuit switch into an IP phone, and another IP phone at the other end receives calls for another local circuit switch.
H.323 is an approval from the Telecommunications Sector of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU-T) it characterizes the protocols to provide audio-visual communication process on any network. H.323 was initially commenced to provide a method for transporting multimedia communication over local area network but later it evolved to address the growing requirements of VoIP networks. H.323 is now used in IP-based videoconferencing, VoIP, and Internet Telephony. Most VoIP phone systems involve endpoints, which give an edge to the extra usefulness of the VoIP. These endpoints act as-
H.323 data streams and signaling originate and cease in VoIP terminal either it may be in a multimedia PC with a H.323 recommendation or an IP telephone. This terminal support audio communication, along with video and data communication. A VoIP analog telephone adaptor compresses and decompresses the voice and carries voice communication between VoIP networks and traditional circuit-switched networks. A gatekeeper is a very useful routing and central manager of all endpoints within a VoIP network. A multipoint control unit can be used in both ways, integrated with a terminal, gateway, and gatekeeper or detached; it enables conferencing between two or more endpoints.
By: Anupam Agnihotri
