What Is VoIP and Why Use It?
In the last few years there have been many rapid changes and developments to the telecommunications industry. These continuous developments have been driven by the need for business phone systems to be as efficient and as user friendly as possible. This has been progressively achieved by the increase in easy broadband access and the use of IP (internet protocol) networks.
VoIP or Voice over Internet Protocol originally evolved from the need to send data communication or “packets” of data from one location to another over an IP network. After some development and integration of the system, the opportunity to send voice communications using the same packet sending technology was implemented. Hence the term Voice over Internet Protocol.
VoIP is now an essential part of integrating voice and data communications between businesses and locations throughout the UK. For a business looking to upgrade or build a business phone system having a VoIP network setup can have a number of benefits