Skype opens Enterprise SIP beta to all
03-12-2009
Businesses with corporate VoIP can cut phone bills
Does your business have a corporate VoIP system? If so, it can now use Skype's SIP trunking service as a way to cut the cost of corporate phone bills.
The Skype for SIP program is now in general beta testing, after being in limited beta for some time.
With the service www.skypeforsip.com customers can:
* enable click-to-call buttons on Web sites;
*receive inbound calls from Skype endpoints for no extra cost;
*set up direct-inward-dialing Skype phone numbers that reach desktops through IP PBXs; and,
*make outbound calls through IP PBXs via supplemental Skype Out service.
Customers should have a broadband Internet connection and configure the SIP settings on their IP PBXs so they can talk to SIP gear in Skype's network.
Skype has certified Cisco, Shortel and SIPfoundry IP PBXs to work with Skype for SIP and has 20 other vendors including Avaya that are working towards interoperability certification.
Uncertified SIP-compliant gear can be made to work with Skype for SIP, but users would have to configure it without the aid of product-specific documentation
Skype says 10,000 businesses signed up for the restricted beta test, and expects more now that the test is opened to all comers.
The cost of the service is $7 per month per concurrent call channel, which enables one call. If customers sign up for Skype Out at 2.1 cents per minute, the call can be outbound.
Skype is exploring possibilities for the future, including site-to-site outbound Skype for SIP calls between two sites that have Skype for SIP service. That could include corporate-owned sites as well as sites of business partners, he says.
Based on story in networkworld.com
Does your business have a corporate VoIP system? If so, it can now use Skype's SIP trunking service as a way to cut the cost of corporate phone bills.
The Skype for SIP program is now in general beta testing, after being in limited beta for some time.
With the service www.skypeforsip.com customers can:
* enable click-to-call buttons on Web sites;
*receive inbound calls from Skype endpoints for no extra cost;
*set up direct-inward-dialing Skype phone numbers that reach desktops through IP PBXs; and,
*make outbound calls through IP PBXs via supplemental Skype Out service.
Customers should have a broadband Internet connection and configure the SIP settings on their IP PBXs so they can talk to SIP gear in Skype's network.
Skype has certified Cisco, Shortel and SIPfoundry IP PBXs to work with Skype for SIP and has 20 other vendors including Avaya that are working towards interoperability certification.
Uncertified SIP-compliant gear can be made to work with Skype for SIP, but users would have to configure it without the aid of product-specific documentation
Skype says 10,000 businesses signed up for the restricted beta test, and expects more now that the test is opened to all comers.
The cost of the service is $7 per month per concurrent call channel, which enables one call. If customers sign up for Skype Out at 2.1 cents per minute, the call can be outbound.
Skype is exploring possibilities for the future, including site-to-site outbound Skype for SIP calls between two sites that have Skype for SIP service. That could include corporate-owned sites as well as sites of business partners, he says.
Based on story in networkworld.com
