VoIP Business Telephone Systems

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Choosing a business telephone system for your company shouldn’t be a complicated process. The first step is to come up with a list of requirements that your phone system should have. If you’re deciding on a new system entirely, you should strongly consider Voice Over Internet Protocol, or VoIP. 

VoIP is computer telephony integration that basically uses your business intranet to handle voice communication. The advantages to this system are many. VoIP allows for scalable design and lets you can incorporate voice communication into PC-based applications.

During the process of choosing a business telephone system, make sure that you inquire about all the different functions that are available. In addition to voice mail, it’s now possible to digitally encode voice mail into email, access any voice mail or email address remotely, and even convert faxes into viewable PDF documents which appear in your employees’ inboxes.

Most companies will eventually need to switch to a VoIP business telephone system. Until recently, only big corporations had the kind of capital and technical know-how to make VoIP work effectively and securely. Today, however, it’s easy for small businesses with as few as five employees to take advantage of the cost savings and increased capabilities of these IP based systems.