| In every field of life, people need to interact and | | | | provision to the other end, over the internet. |
| communicate. The most easiest and attractive mean | | | | It provides many alluring features, including many |
| of communication is verbal communication. For | | | | business tools, call management services and other |
| interchanging opinions through voice, many devices, | | | | tools, as per the communication needs. It provides call |
| based on different technologies, are available. One of | | | | forwarding, call waiting, local number portability, call |
| the striking devices is an IP-phone. The synonyms for | | | | blocking, FAX, three way calling, Last number re-dial |
| IP phones are VoIP telephones, SIP telephones and | | | | and many other services. It keeps the complete record |
| soft phones. | | | | of caller ID, contact list and the voice mails. |
| An IP-phone is the communication device based on | | | | IP-phones have a lot of benefits over any other |
| VoIP (Voice over internet protocol) technology instead | | | | means of communication. Home and business voice |
| of public switched telephone network. This technology | | | | communication has become trouble-free by the use of |
| permits the telephone calls to be made over the | | | | IP-phones. By using it, one can have easy access to |
| internet, using a general purpose computer. It works by | | | | anybody across the globe. It is the cheapest mean of |
| converting the voice to digital signal and vice versa. It | | | | access. You can make local and international calls free |
| appears like an ordinary telephone or a cordless phone | | | | of cost. The only expense you have to pay is the |
| with buttons, display screen and a handset. The | | | | internet service provider charges. |
| handset is connected to the sound card of the | | | | On a simple telephonic conversation, only two persons |
| personal computer. | | | | can chat. With an IP phone, on the other hand, you can |
| The hardware components of the IP telephone include | | | | set a conference call. Thus, you can make extensions, |
| speaker, ear phone or microphone for receiving and | | | | and more than one call can be handled on one access |
| delivering voice messages. It possesses ADC and | | | | line. It utilizes the compressed bandwidth that makes |
| DAC converter for the exchange of voice and digital | | | | the transmission continuous and fool proof. |
| messages. The other essentials include general | | | | The portable nature of IP-phone greatly increases its |
| purpose processor, Ethernet network hardware and | | | | popularity. Staying at home, you can access your |
| voice engines. The most commonly used power | | | | office or organisation through your IP-phone. You can |
| sources are batteries and direct current sources. It | | | | also customise an auto-attendant. All local and |
| requires no separate wiring. | | | | international calls can easily be diverted using IP |
| IP-phone is directly connected with the router. After | | | | technology. Moreover, a simple telephone can also be |
| connecting to router, you get connected with the entire | | | | converted into an Cisco IP Phones, using an ATA |
| information sharing network. All that is needed is a | | | | adapter. |
| voice over internet protocol software. This software | | | | So, IP phone technology is a revolutionary technology |
| can be bought at cheap rate or can be downloaded | | | | that has all the qualities of a sophisticated phone |
| free of cost. This adapter takes the simple analogue | | | | system. It makes your small business impressive and |
| signal and converts it into the digital signal for its | | | | your life easier than ever before. |