Voice over IP (single/multi site)
Voice over IP (the internet) is the future of telecoms, and it frees your business from the restrictions that are inherent in the geographic location of numbers.
Your business can have any number in the UK delivered to your desk, and it is half the cost of installation of ordinary telecoms.
- You can move you business location and the number can move too
- You just plug it into any broadband line and
- You can keep the same number
Pinkconnect IP Network partners continue growth
Pinkconnect IP Network partners are moving its Next Generation Network into its second iteration this summer as they await delivery of new soft-switch equipment.
Their network is currently the largest soft-switch deployment across Europe, carrying around 15% of UK PSTN traffic. Over 250 million minutes a month of this traffic is pure IP traffic; a clear indication that the move from TDM to IP is happening. It also reflects IP Telephony's increasing popularity and confirms the market's realisation of the fundamental benefits it offers users.
Continued investment in its network has meant Pink Connect has been able to pass on extremely aggressive SLAs to their channel partners, with assurances on core network availability, network and hardware level resilience, including resilience with their BT interconnects, and other key measures such as CDR delivery.
Because Pink Connects partners were first to market with its IP network, they have also been ahead of the game in terms of finding and resolving issues with IP Telephony and the carrier has been moving IP Telephony into a new era by offering a service level on availability and call quality to its channel partners - no other provider is in this unique position.
Moving to a second generation of soft-switches will further increase their capacity and help deliver more innovative new services and applications like Pink Connect "My Inbound" existing inbound services on geographic numbers and SIP trunk provisioning in under a minute. At the same time, they will continue to support TDM nodes in London and Manchester to maintain any legacy calls that still rely on TDM.
James Pink Managing Director of Pink Connect comments, "The great thing about working with our partners is that their continued development in their IP network lets us bring new and innovative IP Telephony solutions to our customers who will really benefit from them. At the same time they continue to support their legacy network so that we don't have to rip out and replace the old, trusted systems all at once, leaving a 'safety net' for the customer."
"The investment Pink Connect and their partners have made into network infrastructure, services and applications have meant we have already jumped hurdles other telecom companies are still facing and this provides opportunities for us and our customers. We've had some big wins in early 2009 which continue to drive growth for us, and we are confident of the future which will benefit from the sustained investment in our network."