The cloud has proven to be a particularly popular way of saving money, especially with the rising cost of doing business. Traditional telephony is a thing of the past, with advanced communication methods, like hosted VoIP taking over the industry. With an expected growth likely to hit $102.5 Billion by 2026, VoIP is sure to add efficiency and capability to your company if you take advantage of all its features.
Let’s take a look at how VoIP services allow you to administer your investment into your communications without losing any functionality.
Reduced Hardware Expenditures
Not only can connecting traditional phone systems be challenging work, it can be very time-consuming and expensive to set up and maintain. A VoIP solution only requires a connection to a Wi-Fi network, making it far easier to add and remove users as needed.
Furthermore, the biggest expense of the traditional business telephone setup, the PBX system, is actually no longer needed with hosted VoIP. This could potentially save your company thousands of dollars for each user. By switching from the capital expense of your own PBX system to the operational expenses associated with VoIP, the impact of such spending has less of an impact.
CallHarbor offers hardware as cheap as $6 per month, and our innovative VoIP platform which includes all of the features that you need to get business done for just $20 per month.
Advanced Features
VoIP can match traditional calling features like holding, transferring, call forwarding, caller ID and more. Further, with VoIP, features like call recording are much easier. The call is already digitized, so adding a feature to record the digital file is extremely easy.
VoIP services can also offer business tool integration. This allows your calls to integrate with other communication services like chat and email. These features can even organize communication by party and time. This allows you to seamlessly review a conversation that took place across multiple media.
CallHarbor also offers features that will have you completely forgetting about landlines, like:
- Call center functionality
- Unlimited calling
- Full unified communications
- Detailed analytics
- Email reports
- Unlimited domestic and long distance calling
- Mobile app
- Web-softphone
- Video calling
- SMS & MMS
Mobility
VoIP increases the value that businesses get out of their phone service by adding mobile capabilities via applications. One of the biggest advantages is that it allows employees to bring their business phone line with them anywhere they go. This is especially helpful for businesses with employees who work remotely or in multiple locations.
Most VoIP systems have associated mobile apps available for download on Google Play or the App Store (click here to download the CallHarbor mobile app). This makes them much more flexible than the traditional desk phone without requiring investment in company-owned mobile devices. Furthermore, because these applications can work over Wi-Fi or a virtual private network, other investments can be avoided as a business puts a mobile strategy in place.
VoIP is effectively what you get if you take the traditional business phone system, keeping all of its best features, and add mobile capabilities while removing any major downsides such as high costs, installation fees, and maintenance needs. If you’re looking into ways to decrease your costs, implementing a VoIP solution is your best bet.
Here to Stay
It’s easy to see that the benefits of VoIP are invaluable, especially when compared to traditional phone systems. With reduced costs, advanced functionality, and advantageous mobility features, VoIP is clearly the way to go. Check out our blog post, “Why Your Business Should Use VoIP” to learn about some of the other benefits of using a VoIP service, and switch to CallHarbor today!