Modern times

<span lang="en-GB">Telephone systems with IP connectivity are state-of-the-art and particularly popular with </span><span lang="en-GB">business</span><span lang="en-GB"> </span><span lang="en-GB">clients</span><span lang="en-GB"> because of the potential </span><span lang="en-GB">savings effects</span><span lang="en-GB">.</span>

<span lang="en-GB">Given this opportunity, many companies do entirely without their own telephone system and also </span><span lang="en-GB">book</span><span lang="en-GB"> the switching functions between their extensions as a </span><span lang="en-GB">virtual service from the cloud</span><span lang="en-GB">.</span>

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</span><span lang="en-GB">This is often not only cheaper, but also makes you more </span><span lang="en-GB">flexible</span><span lang="en-GB"> - for example if the number of extensions has to be adapted quickly to changes in the number of employees. In addition, such network-based telephone systems (known in the jargon as “Centrex”) offer luxury features such as the integration of mobile telephones as extensions.</span>

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</span><span lang="en-GB">Four-week stress test</span>

<span lang="en-GB">But how do these solutions perform when it comes to</span><span lang="en-GB"> voice quality</span><span lang="en-GB"> and the compatibility with</span><span lang="en-GB"> fax machines</span><span lang="en-GB"> and </span><span lang="en-GB">telephone services</span><span lang="en-GB">? </span>

<span lang="en-GB">To find out, together with its</span><span lang="en-GB"> network test partner zafaco</span><span lang="en-GB">, connect put the Centrex services through their paces in a four-week</span><span lang="en-GB"> stress test</span><span lang="en-GB">. </span>

Read the full report in connect 06/2014.