There are a lot of choices when it comes to business phone systems and buying the best one needs careful consideration. There are three important things that you need to clarify so that you can find what is most useful to you. First, you need to determine if you want a full phone system which includes physical telephone or something of a virtual system which uses cell phones. If you want a physical telephone, you can either choose the traditional landline system from a local telephone provider to you can also use a system that uses the internet, the VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol). Then if you have decided on using the VoIP, you next determine if you want one that is self-hosted, that is, the VoIP system is at your business location, or cloud-hosted.
To further help you with the decision making, here are some benefits of using each one and a little note on the downside of the systems as well.
If you have a business where your employees are in different locations, like online businesses, you can choose the virtual IP PBX System Dubai. This system is cheap and it gives employees in different places the opportunity to present a professional face at all times. With virtual systems, the employees from remote locations can access the different phone features which are not found in home phones and cell phones. The disadvantage of this type is that you still being charged for calls on this system using up your mobile or home phone minutes. These types are not full-fledged phone systems.
The traditional landline system is one that is tested by time. It is well established with infrastructure in place. And since it is very common, a lot of businesses still feel comfortable using them. Nowadays there are businesses that are already leaving the traditional system and looking for other ways because these are very costly and they require maintenance.
With VoIP systems you can easily set up and configure, and are cheaper than landline systems. They rely on your internet connection so that in the event that something happens to that connection, the phone system also suffers.
With self-hosted systems you are in control of your Telephony PBX system. You are responsible to ensure that your phone system is up and running and configured properly. However these systems are also very costly because you need to buy all of your equipment and you need a technical person when it comes to service and maintenance.
Cloud based is cheaper because there are no equipment to purchase. The service provider takes care of everything. Setting up and configuring is easy because it can all be done from your computer. However, you are not in control of the hardware and if anything happens, you need to rely on your provider to fix it as soon as possible.
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