Aug 04

A Beginner’s Guide to Business VOIP PBX

Now more than ever traveling around the world has become frequent and commonplace, and although it’s painful the best way to communicate with loved ones is on skype. Although it’s a very new technology, speaking to your loved ones online has become a growing and fast medium of communication.

But, there may be some value to the idea of speaking to people over the internet. VOIP, which stands for Voice over Internet Protocol, is a telephone service that has exhibited aggressive growth in the past couple of years. If you’re not careful, you may be missing out a huge opportunity to save money and engage in a dynamic consumer experience.

Price is the central motivator among businesses and individuals who opt for Hosted PBX. One cost-saver is the equipment–many people already have everything that they need to begin making VoIP calls. For businesses, the costs aren’t quite so nonexistent, but they are easily minimized, as many VoIP features can be controlled from the computers and through the Internet connection they already have. So, the only cost for the business or person is the cost of the internet connection. You’re practically paying a connecting fee which is your internet fee!

In addition to the cost-saving factor, hosted PBX has tons of extra functions. In opposition to just speaking over the phone, speaking using an internet-based phone service adds an element of dynamic interaction not possible with ‘old school’ phones.

Video is one fantastic example. A land-line telephone provider that is able to incorporate video in it’s technology is still the stuff of legend. Thankfully, hosted PBX allows for the use of video in conversation, merely by plugging in a camera into your computer or laptop. Another of the features which VoIP makes very simple is calls between a multitude of users, a challenge which requires a great deal of effort on a traditional phone service, but which is only a few clicks away on a digital VoIP service.

The Business VOIP Provider provides for a wide range of options to personalize your interactions. This may not appeal to the large majority of telephone users, however, for some businesses, who have felt restricted by traditional telephone service providers, a VoIP system will prove to be a breath of fresh air. VoIP systems can be tailored and scaled to the needs of the user, and, in fact, there are an increasing number of VoIP providers catering directly to small business needs. Due to it being hosted in the digital realm, it’s easy for the providers to integrate new applications which enhance the business and personal user experience.

It would be presumptuous of me to say that hosted PBX is without any flaws (although, I for one, am completely sold on the concept). As with most forms of communication , perfect security is still not possible. The mere presence of the ‘other element’ opens VOIP up to possible breakdowns . If your internet connection crashes, so will your VOIP system.

Despite these challenges, hosted PBX services are becoming an increasingly desirable asset for businesses and individuals alike. If trends continue, we may all find ourselves logging on for all of our conversations.

Jun 27

Call With Your Cellular Phone With Skype
Make cost-effective calls to any destination. Call Skype users to their PCs.
Call with your Cellular Phone from anywhere by using Skype IP-Telephony.

IM+ for Skype is a mobile IM client with an optimized Web site to access Skype via your browser with your Cellular Phone.

IM+ for Skype is a fully mobile application enabling text and voice communication with other Skype users and provide cost-effective calling to landlines and mobiles.
IM+ for Skype works without need of WiFi. It works in any network. It takes less than a moment to get up and running.. To send messages is as simple as typing SMS messages.
IM+ for Skype runs on these devices
Windows Mobile Pocket PC
Java devices
BlackBerry handheld devices
Palm OS
Symbian S60 v3 mobile phones
iPhone

IM+ for Skype is a service that permit users to call for a low fee. Look which of your friends are online and chat with Skype users.
Use IM+ for Skype atANY wireless network
ANY mobile device
ANY destination

IM+ for Skype is from SHAPE Services, a Germany-based company, well-known for making mobile IM clients. They charge a small fee for the application, and no recurring monthly subscription. By buying IM+ you are entitled to all your software updates and upgrades.
IM+ for Skype is a good enrichment for your Windows Mobile Pocket PC to call via VoIP Telephony to your friends.

Jim Francisto
VoIP
Voip Blog
Free Online TV

Jun 27

Skype literally changed the communication habits. Traditional telecommunications companies like AT+T pressed the panic button and launched their own voice over ip service. IP-Telephony is no longer the cautiously protected secret of computer freaks it was before. With Skype voice over ip it is easy to bring your business confidently to the global market.

First Skype was launched as an IM software tool with voice as an added benefit. Within a short time this little software application became popular for making calls over the net.

Skype does not trust on a centralized network to route the calls like other voip providers.

For this reason Skype, different to other Voip providers like Vonage and Lingo, can gain larger without paying out anything extra for technology based on a centralized network, since Skypes network truly is made of thousands of interconnected PCs owned by people like you and me.

The recent acquisition of Skype by the Internet auction leader Ebay for enormously amount of $2.6 billion gives you some idea of the potential of the power of this technology.

What is my advantage when using Skype?

The call quality is of high quality in most countries. You only need a microphone and speakers to call with Skype. Most people think they know all about Skype. They know how to make free calls with a PC or notebook over the net. But Skype is much more than a PC-based IP-Telephony service.

With SkypeIn you can get a virtual business presence anywhere

These addons transform Skype to really effective marketing tool:

Sell your ebooks e.g. in Japan and get a local landline number. Redirect your calls with SkypeIn to your Skype number no matter where you are. Than redirect the call with SkypeOut to your cell phone. When you answer the call with SkypeOut on your cell phone no one will know that your are sitting on the porch in your garden in Florida.

The true power of Skype lies in the addons SkypeIn and SkypeOut to make it an essential tool not only for business owners.

Jim Francisto
Voip Devices
Free Online TV
Voip Blog

Jan 06

When calling or using a webcam with build in microphone switch the audio of you USB phone to your PC speakers.

A double click on the mouse will change the audio from you USB phone or webcam to your PC or laptop.
The
Audio Device Changer for Skype is Free and easy to install.

Jim
Skype News

Nov 17

UK-based VoIP provider Truphone demonstrated last night how Voip works with an iPhone.
They placed a VoIP call from an Apple iPhone, as well as some Facebook integration.

Jim
iPhone Forum