IP Telephony Enables Reliable Communications
IP telephony provides a way for you to extend consistent communication services to all your employees, whether they are in main campus locations, at branch offices, or working remotely, or are mobile. IP telephony transmits voice communications over a network using open-standards-based Internet Protocol.
Cisco IP telephony products are a key component of the Cisco Unified Communications system, which delivers the business benefits of a converged network to organizations of all sizes. Use Cisco IP telephony solutions to:
- Provide secure, reliable, scalable communications that take advantage of your LAN and WAN
- Improve employee productivity through integration with innovative applications
Cisco IP telephony products support a wide range of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) capabilities including:
- Support for presence-based applications
- Simplified administration and maintenance, including introduction of an appliance model implementation for Cisco Unified Communications Manager
- IP phones with enhanced SIP feature support, and Gigabit Ethernet support
This network provides a secure foundation optimised for wired and wireless IP communications, and includes the ability to support IP-to-IP gateways for easy and cost-effective connectivity between independent voice-over-IP (
VoIP) networks and analog phone gateways using your existing phone equipment.