Do the huge telephone bills at the end of the month upset your company’s budget?

Do you believe that your employees are making too many long distance calls and you need to restrict it?

Are you desperately searching for a way to whittle down your communication expenses?

Well, help is here in the form of VoIP! Yes, VoIP or Voice over internet protocol is the latest technology that uses the internet to transmit voice signals in the form of data packets. During a VoIP call, the voice signals are converted into data packets and transmitted over the internet. On reaching the destination, the packets are again converted back to voice signals by the receiving device. Thus, the caller does not even come to know about the complex process behind their simple calls. All the calls can be made for free if the same VoIP software is being used by the receiver and the caller at the same time. For making calls to landline or mobile numbers, minimum call charges are levied even on long distance calls.

Several small and medium enterprises are rapidly switching their allegiance to the latest VoIP communication systems because it not only offers them amazing telephony features but also lets them effectively control the communication expenses. Some business owners are apprehensive about the initial set up costs but they should look at the broader picture. The one time set up costs needs to be looked from a different perspective – VoIP uses the existing network that is used for internet connection and the only investment has to be made on the new telephone systems.

Majority of the digital telephones that are available in the market are VoIP compatible and in case you wish to retain your old telephone system then they need to be fitted with an ADSL. Now, the IP phones have already inbuilt ADSL, so you can just plug your phone and start using it. Since VoIP uses the same network so you will be saved from investing on creating a new network and at the same time retain all the old devices. VoIP is cheaper than your old telephone system and this can be realized when you take stock of the communication expenses at the end of the first month itself.

VoIP is an intelligent and smart system that can route calls through the cheapest lines and save your hundreds of dollars in the process. You can even exercise full control over the telephone usage by limiting the number of calls or limiting the call expenses for a month. This can be easily set up from the software interface provided by the VoIP service provider.

The advantages offered by VoIP are far more than the investments you make for installing the system. The best thing about VoIP is that there are maintenance worries for the users – all they need to do is keep paying for the system and the rest will be taken care of by the service providers. You can even opt of the cloud based VoIP systems where you will have to subscribe to the plan that suits your usage and budget. This is probably the most convenient way of making cheaper calls as the call costs can be controlled by the owner without having to worry about overshooting the budget.

Cloud telephony is based on the latest cloud computing technology and opting for the cloud based VoIP will facilitate smoother communication under a fixed budget. Users also do not have to worry about the upgrades as that would be taken care of by the service providing company. Until and unless you are changing the plan, you do not have to spend a penny more for availing the latest cloud telephony services.

Author Bio:

Michelle Patterson blogs on technology extensively. She understands and writes about IP/VoIP and Unified Communication. She works with a few leading companies to understand emerging technology, and transfer that knowledge to rest of the world.