VOIP solutions

Gator IT offers business grade VoIP services aimed at the SMB market. VoIP, or IP Telephony, is the technology that allows you to integrate your telephone network onto your existing data network. Whilst VoIP is considered a relatively new technology, it has actually been around for over a decade, and it wasn’t until high speed internet connectivity became more affordable that VoIP became widely known.
If you are looking at ways to lower operational costs and improve your profit margins, then VoIP technologies can help you achieve this by reducing communications chaos, enabling employees to work efficiently from anywhere and lowering the cost of managing your telephone systems.
In 2005, the number of IP based telephone solutions overtook traditional PBX systems, and VoIP is gaining momentum, while sales of traditional systems are quickly declining. If you are moving premises, or your current telephone service contract is up for renewal, it is a good time to consider switching to VoIP.

Who Is It For?

• Small and mid-sized businesses, and branch offices of larger enterprises (target market 2-120).
• Companies looking for a comprehensive, all-in-one solution for voice and data needs.
• Multi-location businesses that want 'transparent' communications across locations and shared applications such as messaging, internal directory, etc.
• Large companies with many small locations looking to extend standardized solutions to 2-28 user branches.
• Home and remote offices that want seamless access to the main office system, secure remote connection to the HQ intranet, and the ability to work flexibly with wireless devices and soft phones.
• Any business that wants to converge voice and data communications and uses new applications enabled by voice over IP.
• Any business that has an investment in an IP network and wants to leverage that network.
• Any business looking for sophisticated messaging, contact centre capability or its own conference bridge.
  
  

Benefits
The reason for all the excitement over VoIP can simply come down to the difference it can make to your bottom line. The two main areas where this can be seen are in the maintenance costs and also call charges.

• VoIP uses the same cabling and technologies as your Data Network which means you don’t have a whole other cabling infrastructure to maintain.
• Users also have access to manage their telephone preferences, freeing facilities staff’s time.
• Moving staff is simple, unplug the phone and plug it in on the network at the new locations – no patching or no new numbers required.
• Upgrading or expanding the system is quick and simple compared to traditional PBXs, reducing downtime and allowing rapid rollouts.

It is no wonder that savings on running costs of up to 75% have been reported compared to traditional PBX systems.


One of the great benefits of VoIP is that you can dramatically reduce your phone bills. With improved Internet connectivity and MPLS your calls can be routed over a VOIP platform and terminate on the PSTN at very competitive prices. Not only do you save on call charges, but there is also no need for expensive ISDN30 lines.

VoIP can not only benefit your bottom line but also enhance the way your business runs. Because the system operates on your existing data network the potential to integrate your voice or communications system with other existing IT applications is now very viable.

What next?

If you are looking at replacing your current PBX system, or planning to move offices, it may be an ideal time to consider implementing a VoIP telephone system for your organisation. Not only will you save money directly with the installation and running of a VoIP platform, but you can also improve business productivity.