How Switching to VoIP Can Save Your Business Money

You probably can't turn a corner in the office without hearing about Voice over IP--a popular, cheap, and effective way to provide telephony to businesses. The premise is simple: Instead of using the existing telephone lines in your building, or having new ones installed, you push all of your voice, teleconferencing, and video traffic through the Internet.  

The single most expensive component of a phone bill is the minutes. But VoIP differs from regular telephone service by treating your phone conversations as data passing through your IP network. In today's world, broadband is relatively cheap and easy to get, so VoIP has considerable appeal to businesses that want to cut costs and use their existing resources more efficiently.  

How VoIP Saves You Money VoIP can reduce your business costs in several ways. First, it frees your business from ever having to to install new phone lines. VoIP services such as that provided by Atlantic Telecom Systems (KZN) provide equipment that hooks directly into your existing broadband network. You can even arrange for Atlantic Telecom Systems (KZN) to install the necessary hardware in your telecommuting employees' homes.  

You can also install VoIP software on mobile devices, so that your employees are always connected and reachable from a "work" line, even when they're physically away from the office.  

The usual business-phone features are available on VoIP: voicemail, caller ID, conferencing (including videoconferencing), and call forwarding--and it also supports unlimited long-distance calling, since the traffic goes out over the Internet.  

Using Voice Over IP services can save businesses a significant amount of time, money, and human resources that might otherwise be tied up on a landline-based telephone. In addition to the reduced long-distance costs of calling branch offices from the main office, businesses that convert their total telephone system to VOIP can save on long distance and international calls from all business locations. VOIP systems can also be expanded and maintained much more easily than standard telephone systems, since there is no additional wiring that must be run to add new telephones to the system.  

Perhaps a less obvious advantage is the money you can save while on the road. In case you have mobile workers who telecommute, softphones can be used so your calls can be received on mobile devices. All it requires is a softphone app such as Bria, which can be downloaded to iPhones, Blackberry and Androids. If mobility is important, VoIP gives you the edge without a big price tag. That way you never have to miss important phone calls and you have access to all the features you need to effectively run your business. You in effect use you mobile device (smart phone) as though you were sitting at your desk, when in fact you may very well be in another country.  

How Atlantic Telecom Systems (KZN) Saves you The Pain of Managing A Phone System   Atlantic Telecom Systems (KZN) takes responsibility for the complete system from and including the Telkom lines. You have one national number to call and Atlantic Telecom Systems (KZN) takes care of the fault, which reduces costs and downtime (since you don't have to wait for a telco truck to show up if the service does happen to go down). That frees you up to concentrate on the business you are in business for.  

Contact us now to see how you can painlessly change to a VOIP business phone system,and start saving on every call NOW!.  

Media Contact: Rick CrouchRegional DirectorMobile Phone: +27 73 418-6996 Email: rickc@atlantic.co.zaWeb: www.atlantic.co.za