Companies of all sizes should seriously consider the purchase of conference phones for their enterprise’s teleconferencing needs. Reasons for this include the fact that conference call phones promote strategy and group communication, and also work best in a designated conference room. They can accommodate 3 to 30 people, which means that even the smallest company can teleconference with clients and partners.
Conference phones are usually flat and black, with a large area designated for the speaker, a digital display, and a keypad that features talk options. These talks include things like speed-dial.
A lot of the newer conference phones offer less static and clearer sound with full-duplex capabilities, which allows everyone one to hear everyone else at the same time. Further, many of the wireless phone options also offer mobility. Audio conferencing includes digital, analog and VoIP
, and it is a fast, easy way to bring small or large groups together without much preparation or equipment required.
Parallel Technologies offers phone options for both small and large groups. Its conference phones offer a host of microphone, sound, voice, digital, and wireless options. There are also expansion kits, so that as a business grows, so does the phone. Instead of just offering extra microphones, expansion kits allow more phone units to be linked together, allowing for better room coverage.
Brian Solomon is a Web Editor for TMCnet, covering news in the IP communications, call center and customer relationship management industries. To see more of his articles, please visit Brian Solomon’s columnist page.
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