Why SIP Trunking is the Future of Business Communication

If your business owns its IP PBX system, you could take advantage of SIP trunking to increase the efficiency, reliability, and flexibility of your communication system. While adding physical phone lines to a traditional IP PBX is expensive and time-consuming, SIP trunking allows you to leverage internet technologies to expand your infrastructure affordably. It also lets you transmit text, video, and other media over your system to fully modernize your communications network. 

Are you interested in learning more about SIP trunking? Let the experts at WOW! Business help you explore your options and determine what’s best for your business. Please contact us now to learn more. 

What Does SIP Trunking Do? 

Session Internet Protocol (SIP) trunking utilizes voice-over-internet protocol (VoIP) to connect an organization’s IP PBX system to the broader community communication system. Much like how VoIP allowed landline users to switch to a more powerful, affordable phone technology using the internet, SIP trunking allows organizations to transition their whole phone system. 

Because it all happens over the internet, trunking makes it much easier to scale your communication system up or down as needed. You can have five channels or 500. From a central interface, you can program the system to ring one person, an automated attendant, or a specific station. All of this is more affordable than with a traditional system, too, especially over the long term. 

Why Do I Need A SIP Trunk? 

There are many SIP trunking benefits for business communication, including: 

Reliability 

Any business network can suffer from connectivity issues, but the goal is always to keep them to a minimum. Trunking delivers reliable performance that allows businesses to operate with confidence, particularly if the service provider is WOW! Business.

Our organization has invested in a state-of-the-art network and continues to invest in protection and monitoring to ensure optimal performance. 

Scalability 

Unless your business is seasonal, business growth can be unpredictable. One of the primary benefits of trunking is how simple and affordable it is to scale the communication network up or down as needed. Programming the IP PBX system is simple and convenient, allowing your team to add or remove call paths with a few clicks. 

Remote Work Accessibility 

This technology makes it possible for employees to make and receive calls from whatever device or location is necessary. You can choose whatever configuration makes the most sense for your team and your organizational needs. 

Expanded Media Options 

Communication trends have steadily moved from voice calls to text, images, and video. Old traditional phone systems had no way to transfer these various media, but SIP trunking can. That allows you and your staff to take full advantage of modern communication mediums and to meet customers and clients on their level. 

How Can Transitioning to SIP Trunking Impact My Current Communication Costs? 

Transitioning business communication to SIP trunking can yield substantial cost savings over time. Instead of having a separate high-speed internet network for data and another voice communication network, you can combine the two. Combining the two reduces costs and simplifies the management of your business communication network. 

Another notable savings comes from the reduction in international call rates. While the rates vary by carrier and location, generally the cost of international calls using VoIP and trunking systems is less than the cost of using traditional phone systems. 

While there are usually some immediate cost savings when you make the switch, often the most significant savings are found over time. That’s because one of the most expensive aspects of maintaining a traditional phone system in a larger organization is expanding the network. 

It’s expensive to have a tech come into the building and add physical phone lines when you add employees. However, with a modern SIP trunk system, the cost of adding lines is so much less. You might need to purchase new phones or add some outlets, but you don’t have to install physical cabling in the same way you did with older systems. 

How Can SIP Trunking Support a Remote Workforce? 

One of the biggest benefits of these systems is how flexible they are. Whether you are adding remote workers to your existing phone system or you want some of your in-person workers to go remote, you can do it all from your communications platform. 

If you hire remote workers, they can connect their devices to your phone system over the internet without needing to purchase extra equipment. If you want current in-house employees to work remotely, you can program the system to call whatever device you indicate automatically. 

For example, if a customer calls your helpline, you can program the system to dial your workers on their phones. From the customer’s perspective, nothing is different. 

The system can integrate other communication mediums as well, such as images and video. You could have employees working from home use video conferencing through your system. The same is true for chat and voice. It can all happen seamlessly for maximum productivity and minimal downtime. 

Interested in WOW! Business SIP Trunking? Contact Us! 

If you are searching for scalable solutions in business communication, we can help. Our trunking experts can help you identify whether this technology is right for you and answer all of your questions. Let us help you optimize your business network and take full advantage of everything modern communications tech has to offer. 

Contact our Internet specialists today for expert guidance and start your transition into elevated business communication with SIP Trunking.