All About Cisco VOIP Phones
A global company, Cisco Systems, Inc has its headquarters in San Jose, California. Cisco Systems is involved in the manufacturing and designing of networking and communication technology. It offers its services in four brand names: Cisco, Linksys, webEx, Scientific Atlanta. Cisco's vision is "Changing the way we live, work and play". Its current tagline is "Welcome To The Human World". Cisco is a renowned brand the world over, and the preferred supplier of VOIP equipment to many companies worldwide. One of the more notable products that Cisco offers is its VoIP service. It is one of the most popular providers of voice over IP to various enterprises. By acquiring the stakes of Scientific Atlanta and Linksys it is rapidly moving into the home user market. It has a stronghold in this regard. Scientific Atlanta has a range of clientele which includes cable service providers such as Time Warner, Cablevision, Rogers Communications, UPC and many others. It provides them with VoIP phones. A VoIP phone is used to make phone calls round the globe, but, over the internet. The calls are sent through a network. In VoIP analog signals are converted into digital signals and are transmitted through the internet. This may be done through a computer application such as soft phone, ATA (analog telephony adapter) or IP phones. IP phones are fast becoming a fast selling item as more companies are beginning to use VOIP for telecommunications as this helps them reduce telecom expenditure to a large extent, especially over long distances. With more than 10,000 Cisco VoIP phones, Cisco has become one of the leading developers of IP telephony worldwide. It provides its services in Birmingham, and Alabama based South Trust Bank (which recently merged with Wachovia Bank) among many others. By using these Cisco VoIP phones, this bank has reported that they have saved about US $5 million. This was a direct result of low international call charges, a large drop in conference call charges, and lower costs. It is expected that these savings will continue to grow every year as normal telephone charges are looking to consolidate, or even go higher. The Greater Toronto Airport Authority also uses these Cisco VoIP phones. Hence, communication between airlines has transformed and automated boarding reminders, passenger information kiosks, emergency gate alerts and access to public and private wireless services has been made possible. The checkout counter at Sports Soccer, which is the leading sports retail chain in the United Kingdom, also uses Cisco VoIP phones. As a result of this, inventory items for customers can be located faster and cheaper. All in all, Cisco has found a winner by introducing IP phones and their VOIP products, and things only look brighter in the future. |
