Why Enterprises Should Leverage Mobile UC Softphones in 2016?

The global smartphone market is expected to reach 653 million users by 2016. Enterprises can make the most of this fact and encourage BYOD for reducing communication costs and enhancing employee productivity. To help their cause, many solution vendors are offering mobile UC softphones which can be easily deployed without affecting the business continuity in less amount of time. Enterprises going by mobile UC clients have the following advantages:

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Advantages of VoIP Tunneling & Encryption for VoIP Providers

As VoIP services are being used by worldwide users for making cheap international and long distance calls, it is VoIP providers’ responsibility to offer seamless calling experience for end users. So, issues such as VoIP blockages, network congestion and low bandwidths should be efficiently handled by VoIP providers to fulfill their responsibility. However, it is easier said than done as telecoms in many countries use high-end firewalls that restrict the free flow of VoIP traffic. As a result, the calls never get terminated at the intended destinations. So, how to overcome the VoIP blockages and other issues?

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VoIP Network Security - How To Safeguard Your Softswitch From Cyber Threats?

VoIP softswitch is the critical component of any VoIP business, and needs adequate protection for smooth business run. However, due to unwarranted cyber threats the performance of softswitch has been largely affected leading to serious business loss for service providers. So, security has to be made as one of the major criteria in the selection of softswitch by service providers.

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Mobile VoIP - Still Unexplored by Many Providers

As per Junipers Research, there will 1 billion mobile VoIP users by 2017. This staggering figure speaks volumes about mobile VoIP potential in the IP communications industry. The evolution of mobile VoIP is largely aided by smartphone technology as it allows users to download and install various mobile VoIP applications on to different platforms. Thus, it expanded the market reach of mobile VoIP business

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Growth Hacks for Today's VoIP Providers

VoIP has been offering multitudinous business opportunities to VoIP service providers and newcomers in the industry. However, only few are able to sustain in this business because they are unable to comprehend the underlying tactics for successful business run.

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Here is How You Combine VoIP Prepaid and Calling Card Business

VoIP prepaid business mainly deals with top-ups, recharge vouchers, balance transfer and calling cards. While top-ups, recharge vouchers and balance transfer are essential components of mobile VoIP business, calling cards is an auxiliary component that makes for a complete mobile VoIP calling experience. So, the real question is how can they be combined into one for offering great business opportunity to service providers? An all-in-one softswitch platform does it for you.

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What is BYOD? Role of IP PBX System in it.

BYOD refers to Bring Your Own Device which means employees have the freedom to bring their own computing devices such as smartphones, laptops and PDAs at work for use and connectivity on a secure corporate network.

In the case of VoIP, BYOD typically refers to the specific type of VoIP encryption or plan. That means employees with their own VoIP devices when signing up for VoIP services can make the best use of cheaper subscription plan through BYOD supported by most VoIP service providers. However, if service providers don’t support BYOD VoIP subscription plan then employees have to use the provider’s equipment instead of their own to make use of cheaper subscription.

BYOD concept particularly fits the IP PBX system for enterprises as it can encourages all the employees to bring their own device and get connected to the business phone network. This will result in huge savings for the enterprises as they no longer need to invest high on equipment. However, they need to frame clear cut BYOD security policy so that the network security is not compromised.

Enterprise’s IT department can come up with detailed security requirements for each type of personal device that employees may use to connect to the corporate network. Further, devices may be configured with passwords, prohibit specific types of applications from being installed on the devices and having all the data on the devices to be encrypted. In addition, they can figure out all other security guidelines that help in the better device compliance with the company’s secure network.
So, enterprises can encourage BYOD in their IP PBX system to drastically cut down the monthly phone bills and enhance the user productivity.

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