IP telephony (Internet Protocol telephony) is a general term for the technologies that use the Internet Protocol's packet-switched connections to exchange voice, fax and other forms of information that have traditionally been carried over the dedicated circuit-switched connections of the public switched telephone network (PSTN)
IP telephony is currently experiencing tremendous growth, accelerated by access to value-added features and applications that only IP telephony can provide to the end user. Additionally, the cost benefits of converging data, voice, and video on a single network are adding to the rapid acceptance of this technology.
Why use Cisco Voice Products?
The Cisco Unified Communications family of products is scalable and flexible and it builds on an IP platform from the beginning. As a result, the products can grow and change according to your organisations needs. You can easily add new applications and services as they become available or needed or easily and cost-effectively extend telephony services to new users wherever they are located.
With Cisco Unified Communications, your organization's telephony solution can be directly mapped to its business goals, and you can continuously take advantage of your organization's telephony investment years after it is first deployed. The end result: your business becomes more agile, flexible, competitive, and strategic.
Cisco Unified Communications 500 Series
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Overview
The Cisco UC500 Series for Small Business, is an affordable all in one unified communications appliance that provides voice, data, voicemail, Automated Attendant, video, security and wireless capabilities. This platform series can support between 8 - 64 phones (dependant on model & licensing) and has flexible deployment options when integrating new or existing PSTN, ISDN or VOIP services. The unit has a spare VIC slot to expand on your voice services to adapt to business growth and is equipped with 4 FXS ports allowing for direct connection of analogue devices such as Fax, Eftpos and phones. It also provides an 8 port POE switch, as a means of powering your phone without the use of power adapters and one Ethernet WAN port to uplink external devices such as a switch or broadband router.
With it's unlimited ability in providing true rich IP PBX features only commonly used within large enterprises, the Cisco UC500 should satisfy and adapt to all of your telephony business needs so that workers can streamline business processes, reach the right resource the first time and increase profitability.
Cisco Unified Communications 500 Series Features:
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