Fixed Wireless Convergence and Mobility Options for VoIP
We have been steadily moving through a range of mobility options on our way to achieving true fixed mobile convergence. We want to take our Office Extension away on our Cell phones and have the same functionality away from the office as we do in the office! Originally, people forwarded their office extensions to their Cell phones. Not the best solution, but clearly the easiest to set up. The problem however, is that the caller to your office extension might end up anywhere including your cell phone voice mail. So much for a maintaining a business presence!
ShoreTel addressed that issue, but adding a couple of useful features. For example, you can use External Assignment. Someone calls your desk phone and you can have it re-assigned to your home phone or cell phone. The benefit over call forwarding alone, is that the call profiles you set up for each of your call handling modes are followed as if the caller were going to your desk phone.
Find Me Follow Me with the auto option was also very useful for that reason. When your desk phone was called, it could be routed to your cell phone. You had to explicitly accept the call or the system would take the call back and put it in your personal Voice Mail box. This is clearly superior to just forwarding the call off to your cell phone, risking the possibility of having the caller end up in a personal cell phone voice mailbox.
Twining (see other blog video) is also a favorite strategy for extending your office phone to your cell. Why not ring both devices when your desk phone is called? In this way you could answer on either device and you could also seamlessly move the call between the devices. For example if I am on my desk phone and need to jump into my car and race off to the next appointment, but do not want to terminate my current call, I can simply hit the move button and the call now appears on my cell. Likewise, if I took the call on my cell phone, I can now *23 and send it to my desk phone enabling me to move seamlessly from my car to my desk.
The Mobile Call Manager is another exciting option for extending your desk phone to your cell. Using the ShoreTel Mobile Call Manager, we get a GUI on our phone that allows us to setup our call handling, review voice messages and otherwise experience most of what we see in the desktop Communicator. I can externally assign my desk phone to my Mobile Call Manager and setup phone calls that originate at the office.
All of these are useful tools, but none come close to true fixed mobile convergence. I want my cell phone to be smart enough to enable me to take and make office phone calls regardless of where I am on the planet. I also want the phone to work on any available WiFi connection and to seamlessly move between G3 and WiFi without dumping the call in progress. You walk into Starbucks and your cell phone is smart enough to jump on the WiFi and establish a secure connection back to the office and register with the office mobility server. Any call coming into your office desk phone will now ring your cell phone as a SIP extension!
With a true mobility router, a call to my desk phone will ring both my office extension and my mobile extension. I can answer the call on either extension and have full feature access. While out on the WiFi I can still access my office directory, history, voice mail and manipulate active calls to allow conference and transfer functionality. If my WiFi drops my G3 connection can pick up and continue as my office SIP extension.
DrVoIP is a full service VoIP and ShoreTel IP PBX installation, support and training telephony company. In addition, we offer many free services to support VoIP community to enable business people to make vital decisions when it comes to the installation and support of VoIP telephone systems. DrVoIP represents a team of Cisco, ShoreTel and Microsoft certified engineers led by a recognized industry leader with 40 years of telecommunications experience.
Calls to my Cell phone are personal business and calls to my office desk are for business. I want each of these callers to receive appropriate call handling. If I make a call to a personal contact, I want my CID to be different then my CID to a business contact. The phone should be smart enough to route business calls to the company VM and personal calls to my personal VM. All of this is possible with a true Mobility router. All that is required is a PBX that supports both SIP trunks and SIP extensions. Most if not all of the IP based PBX solutions in the market support this capability and the ShoreTel Mobility Router and ShoreTel Roam Anywhere Client make true fixed mobile convergence a reality!
Categories: VOIP Articles Tags: CID, PBX, SIP, VM
Why Voip for Business?
In a world where technology is constantly changing, we come to a point as business owners where we ask ourselves, why Voice over IP? What are the benefits of unified communications? How is it different from my regular phone system, and will it really make a difference in the way I communicate? The answer is yes.
Watch this video to gain basic knowledge on the benefits and features VoIP and unified communications can bring to your business.
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Voice Over IP Service – Vital Insights to Know
VoIP (or, Voice over IP) is now extremely popular around the world due to the easy access of computers and the Internet in most countries. When VoIP was first introduced, it was during the days of 28.8 and 36.6K modems. Those days, connections were very slow, and it effected the connection and sound quality.
Today’s VoiP audio is crystal clear. When you connect via Skype, or many of the other VoIP services, the person you are talking to on the other end, would never suspect that you weren’t calling them on your home phone, or cell phone.
Voice over IP is great for businesses, too. International businesses that used to spend thousands of dollars a month are now spending pennies.
Compared to a normal phone service, VoIP is definitely cheaper. You normally don’t have long contracts, and you don’t need a fixed phone line.
So, who are some of the major VoIP providers out there?:
Skype
When people think of VoIP, many people first think of Skype. Starting back in 2003, Skype has developed into one of the favorite online VoIP services. Not only do they have a Skype to Skype service, where you can talk with other people who have Skype installed on their computers, but you can also use Skype to regular phones, and cell phones.
Skype also has developed Skype phones. They look like regular phones, but are connected to Skype’s VoIP network. All you need is a Wi-Fi connection. You log in, and then you can make calls.
Skype’s international calls start at a few cents per minute to many countries around the world. You can also purchase Skype Unlimited service, which allows you to call certain countries for around $5 a month. Or, you can use their Unlimited World subscription and make unlimited land line calls to about 40 countries for about $13 a month. This also includes unlimited cell phone calls to: Thailand, U.S.A., Canada, Hong Kong, Guam, China, Puerto Rico, and Singapore.
SkypeIn numbers are also available for many countries. You pay about $15 for three months, and receive a real phone number that you can use for people to call you. When they dial that number and you’re on the computer, or have your Skype phone, Skype will start ringing, and you can answer it on your computer with a pair of headphones. If you are not on the computer, or you are on another call, Skype will automatically forward their call to voice mail.
Internet Calls
Internet Calls offers VoIP calls to nearly any nation in the world. It’s even possible to call to land line phones in Most major European countries, and Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Argentina, Canada and the U.S. for free!
In addition, cell phone calls made to the U.S., Canada and Hong Kong are also free!
However, to get free access, you first have to pay 10 Euros, which is good for 120 days of free service. As long as you only call countries that are on their free list, you are allowed 300 minutes of free calls per week. Calls as low as 1 cent per minute are also possible to other world destination.
All you need is a computer connection (preferably a high speed one), and then you can download the software, and you’re ready to go. In addition, if you have a verified phone number, you can place a call through the software and it will ring back your cell phone, or land line, and connect your to your destination. There is a small charge for connection, and you will be charged a small per minute fee, depending on which country you are calling.
On the same site it’s possible to use MobileVOIP to download software to your 3G, Wifi and other networks, too. This allows you to make VoIP calls, and this won’t add any charges to your cell phone.
Internet Calls also has VoIP-In numbers that you can use to have your friends and family contact you. They work the same as SkypIn numbers.
Both Skype and Internet Calls allow you to send very cheap SMS messages to just about anywhere in the world.
Other VoIP Providers
There are many other Voice over IP companies out there. The majority of them use VoIP phones which have Wi-Fi capabilities. Some of these use adapters that connect with your DSL, or Cable modem, and others have Wi-Fi capabilities.
Before you go, be sure to read this ViaTalk review, ViaTalk is a highly rated VoIP provider.
Categories: VOIP Articles Tags: Canada, Hong Kong, IP, Wi Fi
Make Free International Calls?
Benito Asked: Make Free International Calls?
So I’m trying to call my father to wish him a happy birthday, he lives in mexico but i’m a little short on money. I found this service called talkster (rebtel) which lets you use Voip for free calls, unfortunately it says for the service to work both parties in said phone call have to have unlimited local calls, which my father does not, he has a prepaid cell phone. Is there any other service that offers what talkster doe, but to call prepaid phones. Oh and i have unlimited local by the way.
Please help!
Answers:
Juniordakidd510 Answered:
if you have an ipod you can use that and get the app vonage its free;)
Smart Mouth Mobile Answered:
Next week, version 1.3 of the Smart Mouth Mobile app will allow you to do this from iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch as well as Android and Blackberry… $19.95 per year to call anyone anywhere in the world unlimited…
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Categories: VOIP Questions Tags: Answers Juniordakidd510 Answered, mexico, Smart Mouth Mobile
Viewsonic Viewpad 7 with VOIP
Viewsonic Viewpad 7 Tablets
The ViewPad 7 is an amazing all-in-one device, powered by Android 2.2 OS*. This pocket-sized 7 inch tablet is sleek, light, and stylish. It supports instant messaging, VoIP, and all the web browsing and USB connectivity functions of a capacitive multi-touch device. It is a Smartphone, computer, game centre and an e-book. You can get instantly updated on your social networks, world events, chat with friends, and connect with the digital world, anywhere, anytime, thanks to its wireless 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth connectivity and 3G ready. *Flash 10.1 Not Supported
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Revolutionise Employee Productivity with Voice Over IP
VoIP (Voice over IP) is a modern system that has transformed company correspondence. VoIP has nearly entirely superseded the classic landline phone system because of its considerable abilities to enhance production on the job. VoIP telephone systems for small business make use of the broadband internet connection through a computer system furnished with a headset. This then offers merits such as enhanced functionality and cost effectiveness as well as improved employee output.
VoIP providers are able to offer a service which can be incorporated with other communication lines. The VoIP system is able to combine phone calls with file transfer, webinar, video messaging, instant messaging and email. The convenience of being able to gain access to all of these features by way of a sole user interface can considerably boost staff work productivity. VoIP telephone systems for small business can additionally conserve time because they are very quick to swap in between communication methods, and eliminate the need for an array of user interfaces to load. This time can consequently be utilised more constructively and to greater advantage for the small business.
The employee can choose a mode of communication in accordance to the necessary scenario. The service available from VoIP providers as part of a broader unified communications capability enables staff members to conveniently pick a channel of communication that’s most suited to the specific contact, the time of day, the desperation of the matter or the precise scenario taking place. By doing so staff output is tremendously increased and an appropriate method of communication can be chosen.
Additionally, the user interface delivered by VoIP providers facilitates employees to view the status of all of their contacts connected to the VoIP system. Employees can straight away see whether their associates are online or offline, pre-occupied or free to converse. This function reduces the time that is lost seeking to contact someone that is not available for communication. This means that VOIP telephone systems for business can enhance the productiveness of individual staff members and assist them to devote more time to more pressing issues.
VoIP providers have far reaching capabilities which are varied and numerous. Not only will VoIP telephone systems for small business boost staff output, it is very cost efficient and should at some point make the landline obsolete. The modernisation of voice call equipment within the small business is able to reduce overhead costs through enhanced employee output.
This article was written by R. Deans on behalf of Maintel, expert VoIP providers with huge experience in telephone systems for small business . For more info on telephone systems for small business and how VoIP providers can help you please visit maintel.co.uk
Categories: VOIP Articles Tags: IP, VOIP
Learn More About VOIPO
Here’s a quick video review of Voipo discussing the features and benefits of this voice over IP phone system. Get 2 years of phone service for $149 plus 60 free minutes of international calling credits.
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Get a free phone number – call and receive calls legally!
Always dreamt of a free phone number? Wanting to make calls for free? Well, no worries! In this Forfront Tutorial, I’ll show you steps in getting your free phone number, use Voxox for receiving inbound calls and Google Voice for outbound calls. After the steps are done, you can call anywhere in United States of America and Canada for free!
Voxox and Google Voice are completely free and legal services. Voxox though charges for outbound calling, and this is where we utilize Google Voice. These steps are completely legal according to my knowledge except for India, where VOIP services like Skype and Voxox is illegal.
Categories: VOIP Videos Tags: Canada, Forfront Tutorial, Google Voice, United States
Voice over internet protocol the growing technologies
Because of technology and also the distribute of the internet the costs associated with telecommunication possess dropped to amazing lows. Never has this been easier to contact anywhere in the world, with regard to this type of low cost, with excellent phone high quality. Because of the internet and technology that old ways of communicating by phone tend to be falling to the wayside with regard to superior technologies such as VoIP or even Voice over ip.
Voice over internet protocol offers progressed to such a point that even the crisis healthcare support business (emergency services) are starting to switch more than some providers to make use of VoIP technologies and all sorts of the benefits that come with this, like being able to textual content, send pictures, paperwork and other kinds of media. VoIP offers a much less expensive answer which will help lower costs for a lot of large entities such as the EMS and small businesses. Actually some limbs of the federal government are making the switch to Voice over internet protocol by building in-house VoIP networks and phone reaction methods.
Voice over internet protocol is most popular along with smaller businesses. Its inexpensive expenses as well as variety associated with functions helps smaller businesses act like big companies, allowing them to possess functions like voice providers, call submission as well as new features like phone-to-phone which transmits calls in the work telephone to a mobile phone if you don’t attend the office. If you’re often on the go, this is a great feature that will greatly assist you to take advantage of your phone service.
Home owners would be the newest to join the trend. With incredibly affordable prices with regard to casual consumers it makes the choice simple for most. Whilst there are several drawbacks, like needing using the internet as well as issues with calling 911 (you have to call e911 which is a special function included with all Voice over internet protocol services but adds and extra action that lots of do not take care of) as well as issues with the web crashing as well as your phone system crashing. Though these issues are available, it is not often these occur.
Take a look at the local Voice over internet protocol companies and see what advantages they provide and when they have any kind of services that you simply believe can make life easier for you. You will be amazed at the huge variety of features for incredibly low expenses. With so many Voice over internet protocol competitors available, you have dozens of options to choose from and may pick the support that matches your needs best. This particular competition also retains the costs competitive. Once you start using a Voice over internet protocol service you’ll wonder why you didn’t begin earlier.
Justin is a professional researcher and product tester based in the Phoenix, Arizona area. Justin is the owner of a successful review site for the VoIP industry. To learn more about the Best VoIPproviders and Cheap VoIP providers. Please visit http://www.thetop10bestvoip.com
Categories: VOIP Articles Tags: EMS
The best things in communication are free calls
Anything for free is enough to catch anybody’s concentration. For people who need to prevent in contact with other people from all past the world, availability of unconstrained calls is definitely a be required to. Good thing technology has develop a way to provide people with VOIP or vent to over Internet Diplomacy. Through the help of heterogeneous Voip providers, people can by far make calls to and from all floor the world. One of the most popularized names in the world of VOIP is Skype. As covet as you and the other party you’re irritating to contact are both connected to the Internet of trustworthy speed using either a computer, a gaming colophon such as a PSP or a mobile thingamajig, free communication alike resemble to that of a telephone entreat is possible.
A faultless illustration would be rite providers teaching English living in one continent to an singular who wishes to learn English living in another continent through online communication made doable by the Internet. Another eg is the moving likelihood to carry on endure seminars thoroughly the Internet. Participants can also be from all approximately the rapturous. With the servants of the Internet and the proper gadgets, communication in diverse ways is obviously admissible. Just so the Internet has proven itself utilitarian in sundry ways. Although even so meagre at times, businesses and individuals are clever to realize ways to reach and promote without much energy.
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VoIP technology uses the Internet’s great deal-switching capabilities to specify phone service. VoIP has respective advantages over bound switching. Probably one of the most compelling advantages of piles switching is that information networks already show compassion for the technology. By migrating to this technology, call up networks immediately attainment the ability to communicate the way computers do.
VoIP-enabled phones are just entering the consumer vend.Dual-mode room phones contain both a monthly cellular radio and a Wi-Fi trannie. The Wi-Fi radio enables the cubicle phone to connect to a wireless Internet network totally a wireless router. If you enjoy a wireless Internet router in your competent in, or if you’re sitting at a Starbucks with wireless Internet access, you can use your apartment phone to make VoIP calls.
Chances are convincing you’re already making VoIP calls any temporarily you dwelling a protracted-aloofness discontinue. Phone companies use VoIP to streamline their networks. By routing thousands of phone calls through a confines swop and into an IP gateway, they can joking convert the bandwidth they’re using for the sustained heave. As soon as the rebuke a demand is received by a gateway on the other side of the supplicate b reprimand, it’s decompressed, reassembled and routed to a specific circle rod.
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