VoSKY has announced that their PBX-to-Skype (
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Vector Engineering reportedly installed a VoSKY Exchange 9080 gateway to its ESI PBX at its office in Grass Valley (
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According to company officials, the gateways enable the company's remote and mobile workers to make low-cost inbound office calls from any location via Skype, with the Skype call routed over the VoSKY gateway to the company's PBX (
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VoSKY recently completed compatibility on the Mitel (
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Frank Magni, corporate IT manager for Vector Engineering has said that with offices spread across the globe their international phone bills were costly. They needed a solution which would help cut the cost significantly as well as deliver greater reporting functionality. VoSKY's (
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David Tang, Global vice president of Marketing for VoSKY also noted that VoSKY offers enterprises an easy and cost-effective way to integrate Skype into their communications network.
The gateways not only deliver considerable cost savings to companies in a managed way, but enable them to benefit from advanced functionalities, enhancing day-to-day business communications.
By using the gateways, businesses typically can realize savings of up to 90 percent over traditional telephony, freeing up funds which can be re-directed into other areas of the business.
Nathesh is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Nathesh's articles, please visit his columnist page.Edited by
Stefania Viscusi
