What are SIP Trunks?
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What is VoIP (IP Telephony / Internet Protocol Telephony)

What are SIP Trunks? Lets start with IP Telephony:

IP telephony (Internet Protocol telephony) is a general term used to describe voice and fax using the Internet Protocol. It's used interchangeably with the other mainstream telecoms acronyms VoIP and UC. This form of digital communication is much more efficient and resilient than SS7. The PSTN (The aggregate of telecommunications networks) is moving to digital IP based technologies and by 2025 the PSTN with the United Kingdom should be completely IP based.[1] 

What are the benefits of Hosted PBX - Infographic
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What are the benefits of Hosted PBX - Infographic

What is VoIP?

VoIP stands for Voice over Internet Protocol. This means using an internet data connection to make calls, rather than the PSTN (public switched telephone network).

Why do people use VoIP?

People are attracted to VoIP for many reasons, some of which are listed below:

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Gigabit Voucher Scheme - Ultrafast Broadband

Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme - Are You Ready?

PLEASE NOTE: In January 2019 the maximum amount claimed for a business voucher was reduced from £3,000 to £2,500 to make sure that the scheme reaches even more people with full fibre connectivity.

What are the benefits of Freephone 0800 telephone numbers?
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The benefits of Freephone 0800 telephone numbers?

Benefits of a Freephone 0800 telephone number

Freephone 0800 telephone numbers and their lesser-known counterpart 0808 Freephone numbers have recently gained new appeal. Introduced in November 1985 they give the caller no charge for calling the Freephone number(s). The cost of the call is instead, picked up by the company that owns the Freephone number; making it more attractive to callers as there is no charge to them regardless of the call duration.

Mix and Match VoIP Devices
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Mix and Match VoIP Devices

John Bennett of endpoint vendor Snom team up to look at what could happen when you mix and match devices in a telecoms-as-a-service deployment.

There has been a noticeable maturing of the hosted VoIP market, many of the reliability issues and delays in deployment in early installations are no longer haunting resellers. Service providers like VoiceHost and vendors like Snom have been learning to build and deploy reliable and high quality hosted VoIP solutions that maintain satisfied customers.