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          Why go IP?
        
        
          IP telephonymakes it easier than ever for businesse
        
        
          more efficient working practices, such as flexible/h
        
        
          integration and unified communications, whilst also
        
        
          call costs through SIP trunks and voice over IP that r
        
        
          internet or data network.
        
        
          For multi-site organisations, it has the added benefit
        
        
          offices with duplicated resources being able to be c
        
        
          resources, such as operators, providing a single poi
        
        
          customers, a single number for mobile workers, a u
        
        
          numbering plan and the ability tomake or transfer
        
        
          at no cost.
        
        
          Samsung can deliver all these benefits from the out
        
        
          converged IP telephony system– an option that is e
        
        
          for businesses that are currently restricted by legac
        
        
          With a wide range of Samsung IP handsets andmob
        
        
          available there is amodel to suit all business needs
        
        
          addition, deploying Samsung Wireless LAN brings fu
        
        
          including voice over wireless and simplified installati
        
        
          with Samsung Wireless IP handsets.
        
        
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            For multi-site organisations, it has the added benefit of unifying
          
        
        
          
            disparate offices with duplicated resources being able to be converted
          
        
        
          
            to shared resources, such as operators, providing a single point of
          
        
        
          
            contact for customers, a single number for mobile workers, a unified
          
        
        
          
            extension numbering plan and the ability to make or transfer calls
          
        
        
          
            between sites  at no cost.
          
        
        
          Samsung can deliver all these benefits from the outset as part of a fully
        
        
          converged IP telephony system – an option that is especially attractive  for
        
        
          businesses that are currently restricted by legacy non-IP systems.
        
        
          With a wide range of Samsung IP handsets and mobile applications
        
        
          available there is a model to suit all business needs and budgets.
        
        
          
            Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
          
        
        
          An open standard, SIP addresses
        
        
          the setting up, processing and
        
        
          ending of calls over IP networks and
        
        
          is applicable to all the elements
        
        
          involved in making a call including
        
        
          handsets/softphones, applications,
        
        
          telephone systems, gateways
        
        
          and the servers that make up IP
        
        
          network . But what does this mean,
        
        
          and what are the be efits for our
        
        
          business:
        
        
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          Cost savings
        
        
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          Enables flexible w rk practices
        
        
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          On demand deployment
        
        
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          Res lience
        
        
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          Flexibility with phon numbers
        
        
          
            Let’s look at each in detail
          
        
        
          
            Cost Savings
          
        
        
          By converging internal voice and
        
        
          data networks into a single, unified
        
        
          infrastructure, phone systems
        
        
          in different sites can be linked
        
        
          via the IP network to avoid
        
        
          charges for internal, site to site
        
        
          calls and a reduction of the cost
        
        
          of ISDN lines at each site.
        
        
          SIP also supports flexible working
        
        
          practices as there is the ability to
        
        
          integrate a home worker with an IP
        
        
          handset and broadband connectivity
        
        
          into an IP enabled PBX.
        
        
          
            Samsung explain why
          
        
        
          Why go IP
        
        
          
            IP telephony makes it easier than ever for businesses to
          
        
        
          
            implement more efficient working practices, such as flexible/home
          
        
        
          
            working, mobile integration and unified communications, whilst also
          
        
        
          
            delivering lower call costs through SIP trunks and voice over IP that route
          
        
        
          
            calls over the internet or data network.