Sip Trunking- A Super Technology That Saves Money

SIP Trunking is here to stay and its going to be more and more in the VoIP spotlight, because it offers wide variety of business advantages that improves efficiency and saves huge monthly expenses in several ways. SIP Trunking, sometimes also referred to as VoIP Trunking or IP Trunking, uses the company’s internet pipe to carry voice rather that a connection over traditional Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) connections. As more and more businesses, both large and small look towards lower telephony costs, including lower long distance calling plans, low cost International call rates and lower inbound toll free solutions, they will come to discover that SIP Trunking has these benefits.

There are many advantages of using SIP Trunking over a conventional telephone communication services, few of them have been listed below:

A. Other than bandwidth, infinite number of voice sessions can be carried over a SIP trunk.

B. SIP has the ability to deliver many of the combined communications functions such as chat services, presence, conferencing capabilities and the ability to share applications.

C. Connectivity is done within the IP telephony service provider’s network, which means no need to invest in premise-based hardware and software.

D. Convergence of multiple lines.

E. More uptime than conventional telephone communication.

To roll-out SIP Trunking services, a business will only require three things, such as:

1. An IP PBX system with a SIP-ready Trunk.

2. A device that sits at the edge of the network that communicates with the SIP.

3. A service provider that offers a SIP Trunking service.

While SIP Trunking services are parallel to (PSTN) connectivity in terms of gateway requirements, in most cases SIP is relatively a lot cheaper. SIP is also a more feasible service in that it can be a gateway to many more services, other than just voice, providing a much faster return on investment that with a conventional telephone communication services.

To sum it up in nutshell, any business who utilizes VoIP or has a squash under way, needs to take a serious look at using SIP Trunking to maximize the benefits of their VoIP investment.