Phone systems provide businesses of all sizes with the communications they need to succeed in today's business world and play an integral role in day to day communications with clients, customers, colleagues. For this reason, selecting the right phone system is critical.

 

For the 'micro business', a business with fewer than 20 employees, this is especially important.

 

To help these businesses understand how they can be more competitive and cost efficient, a VendorGuru.com white paper from Vocalocity (News - Alert), "The Case for Hosted VoIP - What Micro Businesses Need to Know," looks to VoIP and the advantages of turning to hosted VoIP.

 

The white paper points out that while VoIP can offer lower costs for long distance, network operations and maintenance and upgrades, as well as provide smaller businesses with the feature richness of a PBX at the fraction of the cost, there are some forms of VoIP that are not free and can hinder a micro business from bringing their telephony costs down to zero.

 

Once a business decides to move to a VoIP phone system, they must choose between a hosted or premise-based solution.

In Vocalocity's opinion, hosted VoIP is the better choice for the micro business as it provides "the best of both worlds by being a cost effective way to get PBX (News - Alert)-caliber features without the risk or challenges of managing their network."

 

Other benefits of a hosted phone system for micro businesses outlined in the white paper include no capital expense and flexible support for branch office, remote workers and new sites.

 

To find out more about the benefits of a hosted VoIP Phone system for the micro business and to learn about VocalocityPBX click HERE.

Also, be sure to check out the Phone Systems channel on TMCnet.