Benefits of VoIP

VoIP is one of the greatest inventions of all.  Everybody, from small businesses to major corporations, and including households are benefiting from VoIP.  As we speak, Major businesses and households are switching to VoIP.  Why are they switching?

Cost Saving

Whether you’re calling your friends in the same area, or doing business calls overseas, call rates using VoIP are very cheap.  They vary from one provider to the other; many offer different free bundles etc.  As long as you have an internet connection, it is always cheaper than the standard PSTN telephone line.

Simplified Infrastructure

Every business nowadays depends heavily on telephony.  Thanks to VoIP there is no longer the need to have extra and different wirings alongside your network, or purchasing of expensive proprietary technology.  Running a VoIP PBX will simplify your infrastructure, reduce administration overhead and costs, while benefiting from a number of extra functionalities and integration with your current networks and business systems.

Scalability

Unlike the typical proprietary PSTN PBX, software VoIP PBX’s are highly scalable and flexible.  To add a number of new lines in a PSTN PBX, typically you need to purchase new expensive hardware modules for the PBX to support it.  With software VoIP PBX, you can simply add as much phones as you want without any additional cost.  In an already networked environment, there is no need to install anything, even if you do not have any extra network cables.  You can simply connect a VoIP phone between the computer’s network point and the central network point, and you’re online.

VoIP offers a number of free features

Features that typically cost extra with typical phone lines are now bundled with VoIP. Voice mail, call forwarding, call waiting, caller ID, call block functionality, call return, do not disturb and many other features are given for free with a typical VoIP provider bundle.

Flexibility and reachability

Thanks to internet enabled mobile phones and gadgets, your number is available everywhere you are.  Thanks to VoIP, remote working was made easier and cheaper.  A huge number of people are remote workers nowadays, and thanks to VoIP with Tele conferencing features, they are able to work from home, as if they are present at the office.  Apart from tele working, it also gives the opportunity to people who travel frequently, to be always reachable from anywhere around the world at a very cheap rate.

Integration

Since most VoIP applications run on a normal PC, there is also the ability to integrate VoIP with other computer applications, such as email, fax, conferencing and video call phones and automate much more boring business processes.  Thanks to this huge benefit; the ability to use the phone while still accessing your other business related applications, you’ll save energy, time and above all more money.