Verizon Business has unveiled new IP capabilities, which it claims to make the adoption of unified communications and collaboration simpler and more cost-effective.
The new capabilities include IP Audio Conferencing, VoIP IP Enterprise Routing (VIPER) and centralised multi-designes for Verizon Hosted IP Centrex customers in Europe.
The company said that the IP Audio Conferencing allows users to conduct instant meetings that will speed collaboration while eliminating additional per minute charges for calls originating from a Verizon IP-enabled location.
According to Verizon, VIPER is a new cloud-based VoIP feature that enables cost-effective business-to-business voice calls by eliminating domestic or international per minute calling charges when calls are made between Verizon VoIP customers in either the US and Europe.
Verizon has introduced centralised multi-site designs for Verizon Hosted IP Centrex customers in Europe to aggregate calls through a central hub location connected to Verizon’s IP network, including calls from sites in other countries, or using third-party wide area network access, or both.
In addition, the IP Audio Conferencing feature enables customers to take advantage of their IP networks for conference calls. The centralised multi-site, multi-country Hosted IP Centrex platform eliminates the need for in-country voice trunks and additional TDM/IP gateways and can support emergency calls from any of the remote locations.
Anthony Recine, vice president of network and communications solutions for Verizon Business, said: "Our customers are looking for unified communications strategies that quickly enable more efficient and cost-effective business operations.
"As organisations are charting their course to achieve this vision, Verizon Business continues to deliver well-mapped entry points that help customers navigate what can be unfamiliar and sometimes challenging terrain."
