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June 25, 2015

Here Is Why Schools Should Say YES to Unified Communications

By Emilia Bratu, Content Manager, 4PSA

For most of their existence, PBX (News - Alert) phone systems have been reserved for large organizations due to the high cost of ownership and maintenance. Today, this blockade is a thing of the past, all thanks to the cloud. Through a Unified Communications (News - Alert) (UC) platforms hosted in the cloud, users employ their service provider’s infrastructure, which reduces costs significantly and at the same time lifts the barrier for more types of organizations to adopt the technology.



One institution that stands to benefit immensely from UC solutions like VoipNow is the education sector. For some time now, educational institutions have been pushing Internet access in the classroom, and nearly every U.S. student will soon be connected to high-speed Internet, if a goal set in place by President Obama is reached. So, how does VoipNow fit in this equation?

Cost-effective

For starters, IP telephony utilizes Internet accessibility to make phone calls less expensive. It reduces costs not only in monthly charges, but also in maintenance fees. Schools can save big thanks to VoipNow’s built-in charging engine that enables administrators to customize the settings based on various criteria (least cost routing, best route, time intervals, fixed prices etc.).

Schools have the liberty to build their own charging plans, prepaid or postpaid, which ultimately cuts costs considerably, and allows for easy management of the system. We’re not talking theoretically. Dutch high-school Spinoza Lyceum and Pan-Atlantic University in Nigeria are both reaping this benefit of VoipNow, plus our highly discounted licensing for academic institutions.

Moreover, the hosted way means an institution no longer needs to invest in infrastructure, or additional IT talent, or even maintenance. Furthermore, with a pay-as-you-grow license you no longer need to make a major upfront investment. What this means for the company / organization / institution is that it only has to keep tabs on its usage – because it will only pay for the resources used.

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