ISDN’s days are numbered, with BT having announced that from 2020, ISDN networks will not be purchasable, following plans to pull the plug on ISDN and PSTN circuits all together in 2025. Whilst this date may seem a long way off, forward-thinking businesses need to prioritise their migration to SIP and VoIP Hosted technology to ensure they don’t get left behind.
Why is BT pulling the plug?
Technology has become faster, smarter and more agile since the initial days of ISDN and PSTN circuits. For this reason, a lot of businesses will have already swapped out their ISDN telephony for the latest and greatest technology on the market. From BT’s perspective, maintaining multiple legacy networks is burning a large hole in their pocket, so converging all of their services to one network opposed to several is much more cost effective.
What’s the replacement?
Enter SIP trunking and VoIP… SIP trunking provides businesses with the ability to streamline their communication costs and resources. The ultimate benefit of SIP trunking removing the need physical phone lines, reducing costs and restrictions around call capacity and location.
What’s more, with the phone lines being virtual, users are able to benefit from greater flexibility of where and when they work, as the ability to make and take calls wherever they have an internet connection, opposed to legacy phone systems which rely on the presence of a physical ISDN line.
Not to mention a vast array of operational benefits:
Users are able to keep the same number, no matter where they are
Ensures business continuity and maximised uptime and better to deal with emergencies
Saves on call costs, call forwarding and connectivity costs
No need for costly ISDN maintenance
Offers a single connection for high quality voice and data services
What should your business do?
Although 2025 may seem a long way from now, 2020 will be fast approaching. So if your current ISDN/PSTN telephony contract is due for renewal within the next few years, now is the time to start exploring the benefits of VoIP and SIP technologies.
With the right technology, you can future proof your company while also improving processes, performance and satisfaction. Go Gloucestershire Communications are experts in SIP trunking and VoIP, helping businesses across the UK to transform the way they communicate both internally and externally; enabling them to maximise their business efficiency, unlock cost savings, and improve the client experience.
Please contact us direct on 01452 238866 or email michael.stanley@gogloscomms.co,uk to see how a new hosted solution can help your business save and grow.
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