What is Hosted IP-PBX?
A Hosted IP PBX service is a hosted IP telephony solution using Voice over IP to transport calls over public or private IP networks. Hosted IP PBX services are used by businesses to provide local and long-distance voice service and a hosted PBX phone system for calling features. Hosted PBX service provides increased efficiency by utilizing IP network access for VOIP calls and a hosted PBX system regardless of location and without the need for traditional phone service or onsite PBX system. A business hosted PBX service offers the same benefits and features as a conventional PBX and phone service, including caller ID, Direct Inward Dialing (DID), voicemail, auto-attendant, and other calling features. Hosted IP PBX service is available in various configurations, including analogue & digital trunks, ISDN PRI, T1, and SIP handoff. Hosted IP PBX service is also known as Hosted VOIP PBX, Virtual PBX VOIP, Hosted IP Telephony, SIP VOIP, or Virtual PBX Systems.
IP-PBX
An IP PBX is a private branch exchange that acts as the central switching system for phone calls in the business that switches calls between VoIP users on local lines while allowing all users to share a certain number of external phone lines. Old PBX is made up of two key elements: lines and stations.
The lines, sometimes also called trunks, are connections to the global public switched telephony network through the telephone companies. Stations are simply devices like telephones or other endpoint devices, fax machines, modems. PBX systems handle internal traffic between stations and behave as the gatekeeper to the outsider. PRI provides telecommunication services to offices. It is based on T-carrier(T1) line in US and Canada; it consists of 24 channels, and E-carrier(E1) line in Europe consists of 32 tracks.
An IP PBX is a system that connects telephone extensions to the public switched telephone network and provides internal communication for a business. An IP PBX is a PBX system with IP connectivity and may provide additional audio, video, or instant messaging communication utilizing the TCP/IP protocol stack.