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This is an abridged version of 3Com's Network Telephony Evaluation Pack.  The movies from the original CD are not included for performance reasons.

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Why didn’t anyone think of it before?
Running voice over your LAN and WAN: sounds like a good idea, doesn’t it? For a long time, that’s all it was. Just a good idea. To many people, the potential problems seemed just too huge to overcome; how could a data network offer the kind of call quality and clarity that users demand?
Now, though, with the advent of new technologies, 3Com have developed network telephony solutions that meet the needs of even the most demanding users. The benefits in terms of cost, flexibility and time should not be underestimated. Network telephony solutions from 3Com offer an opportunity that no business can afford to ignore.

3Com LAN Telephony
Until now, running data and voice meant running two separate networks. Voice networks in particular were complex, requiring specialist — and costly — management for even the smallest move, addition or change. Every extra feature would add to the cost.

With the emergence of faster, more reliable data networks, however, voice over IP (VoIP) technology has become a viable, lower cost alternative to the traditional PBX. The award-winning 3Com NBX Communications Systems mean that you can have all the features of a traditional corporate PBX, at a cost that is suitable even for smaller installations. The NBX Communications Systems gives a simplicity of management that could cut down significantly on the maintenance costs you’re currently paying. Just as important, its performance and call quality mean that your users — and your customers — will never notice the difference.

3Com SIP Telephony
If reducing long-distance phone charges and an increasing need for employee mobility are issues that concern your organisation, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) solutions from 3Com will be a welcome relief. By using IP telephony to stream digitised voice signals over the Internet instead of using a traditional PSTN service, you can make impressive cost savings while giving users a level of flexibility that would, until now, have been impossible.

Telephone users can stay in touch wherever they travel. Their phone’s functionality and identity can be stored in a handheld device, such as a Palm computer, and then simply beamed to any 3Com SIP phone. The user’s calls will then be routed to them at their new location.

Avoiding long-distance telephone charges is not the only cost benefit of a 3Com SIP solution. Maintenance costs are kept to a minimum by simplified system management, whilst the inclusion of value-added features such as unified messaging, mobility and call centre applications plus virtual account provisioning give you capabilities far beyond those of a traditional PSTN service.