Offering Users Peer-to-Peer SIP Technology to Help Make VoIP Easy and Affordable for Small and Home Businesses
With the Siemens HiPath BizIP solution, switching intelligence is handled by IP telephones linked via a local area network (LAN) infrastructure, without the need for a separate PBX.
Siemens HiPath BizIP offering is a new peer-to-peer technology that supports innovative and affordable voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) communications for small offices and home offices without the need for a complex business telephone system. With the Siemens HiPath BizIP solution, switching intelligence is handled by IP telephones linked via a local area network (LAN) infrastructure, without the need for a separate PBX.
The HiPath BizIP solution:
- Helps enables low-cost calling via the Internet and ISDN.
- Supports typical enterprise telephone services such as three-way conferencing, speed dialing, caller lists, call diversion and call swapping.
- Includes integrated personal answering machine capabilities, with all phones working together to ensure voice mails are not lost when a phone is busy or out of order.
- Scales to allow from two to 16 phones to be connected as a single workgroup.
- Can be used in branch offices.
- Provides a flexible Web tool for simple administration.
- Includes back-up functionality between telephone terminals.
- Has quality of service equal to a conventional telephone system.
This solution stands out for its low investment costs, helping a small office or home office to set up a robust VoIP system without having to create a complex communication infrastructure. Installation and maintenance costs are also lower because the existing LAN infrastructure is reused and peer-to-peer software helps eliminate the need for complex telephone configurations.
Communication with public voice and broadband data networks is handled by the BizIP Access Device, which helps ensure that a service provider's VoIP phone numbers can be used for Internet telephony, ISDN lines or both. The HiPath BizIP solution is pre-packaged to interoperate with low-cost session initiation protocol (SIP) services offered by operators. In addition, analog phones, fax machines and door intercoms can still be connected.
