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What is VoIP?

VoIP is a set of technologies that enable voice calls to be carried over the Internet rather than the traditional telephone landline system—the Public Switched Telephone Network, or PSTN.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF VOICE OVER IP?

  • FREE calls between sites
  • Lower Cost Calls
  • Lower cost than ISDN, plus DDI ranges and CLI presentation are included in the price
  • Scalable on a per channel basis
  • Easy to order and provision plays to your Customers Premises Equipment and integration strengths
  • Available over LLU or SDSL in selected areas or as a pure IP service
  • Opens up the whole new world of IP Telephony services to cross-sell
  • Offers emergency services support
  • Compliments a converged network with lower costs and simplified architecture
  • Enables IP PBX’s to talk to one another and enables customers to bring their numbering plans together in a similar way to a Voice VPN.

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How VoIP Works What you need to make a VoIP call VoIP Diagram

How VoIP Works

The basic process involved in a VoIP call is as follows:

  • Conversion of the caller’s analogue voice signal into a digital format
  • Compression and translation of the digital signal into discrete Internet Protocol Packets
  • Transmission of the packets over the Internet or other IP-based network
  • Reverse translation of packets into an analogue voice signal for the call recipient.

This network may be an organisation’s internal LAN, a leased network, the PSTN or the open Internet. The compression process is carried out by a codec, a voice-encoding algorithm, which allows the call to be transmitted over the IP network within the network's available bandwidth.

How VoIP Works

The basic process involved in a VoIP call is as follows:

  • Conversion of the caller’s analogue voice signal into a digital format
  • Compression and translation of the digital signal into discrete Internet Protocol Packets
  • Transmission of the packets over the Internet or other IP-based network
  • Reverse translation of packets into an analogue voice signal for the call recipient.

This network may be an organisation’s internal LAN, a leased network, the PSTN or the open Internet. The compression process is carried out by a codec, a voice-encoding algorithm, which allows the call to be transmitted over the IP network within the network's available bandwidth.

How VoIP Works

The basic process involved in a VoIP call is as follows:

  • Conversion of the caller’s analogue voice signal into a digital format
  • Compression and translation of the digital signal into discrete Internet Protocol Packets
  • Transmission of the packets over the Internet or other IP-based network
  • Reverse translation of packets into an analogue voice signal for the call recipient.

This network may be an organisation’s internal LAN, a leased network, the PSTN or the open Internet. The compression process is carried out by a codec, a voice-encoding algorithm, which allows the call to be transmitted over the IP network within the network's available bandwidth.

How VoIP Works

The basic process involved in a VoIP call is as follows:

  • Conversion of the caller’s analogue voice signal into a digital format
  • Compression and translation of the digital signal into discrete Internet Protocol Packets
  • Transmission of the packets over the Internet or other IP-based network
  • Reverse translation of packets into an analogue voice signal for the call recipient.

This network may be an organisation’s internal LAN, a leased network, the PSTN or the open Internet. The compression process is carried out by a codec, a voice-encoding algorithm, which allows the call to be transmitted over the IP network within the network's available bandwidth.

What you need to make a VoIP call

To make a VoIP call, the consumer user requires VoIP Enabled PaBX and a broadband connection to the Internet. The software will handle the call routing to make sure the call reaches the intended destination as well as providing the codec. This use of software-enhanced end-user devices is one of the key distinguishing features of VoIP .Whereas the traditional telephone system contains its 'intelligence' within the network, VoIP makes use of the Internet model of intelligence at the edge of the network. This is often known as the end-to-end principle.

How VoIP Works

The basic process involved in a VoIP call is as follows:

  • Conversion of the caller’s analogue voice signal into a digital format
  • Compression and translation of the digital signal into discrete Internet Protocol Packets
  • Transmission of the packets over the Internet or other IP-based network
  • Reverse translation of packets into an analogue voice signal for the call recipient.

This network may be an organisation’s internal LAN, a leased network, the PSTN or the open Internet. The compression process is carried out by a codec, a voice-encoding algorithm, which allows the call to be transmitted over the IP network within the network's available bandwidth.

VoIP Diagram