Press
Release Summary: 3CX’s software-based phone system frees businesses
from proprietary hardware with an easy to install, manage and use
SIP-based IP PBX
Press
Release Body: London, UK - 06/12/07 – 3CX
has announced the release of version 5 of 3CX
Phone System for Windows; the newest version of their
award-winning software-based VOIP PBX for Windows
which helps businesses give employees mobility, rids them of costly
phone tag and reduces administration and training time by IT staff.
Nick
Galea, CEO at 3CX said, “We are excited to deliver
version 5 of 3CX
Phone System at a time when the market is realizing
that proprietary, hardware-based PBXs are becoming obsolete. 3CX
IP PBX is a modern software based PBX that evolves
the communication of businesses to the 21st century, by delivering
mobility, productivity and cost-saving advantages”.
Key
advantages of adopting 3CX Phone System:
Increases mobility – allows remote workers and tele-workers
to be seamlessly integrated to the company’s phone system
Eliminates expensive telephone tag using the inbuilt Presence
feature
Easier phone system administration via a web-based configuration
Vendor independent – significant cost savings by choosing
VOIP provider and SIP equipment of choice
“The
feedback we have received from clients following the successful
deployment of our previous versions in thousands of sites is very
positive, and I feel confident that with all the great new features
that we have incorporated in this new version, our product will
help SMBs get even more advantages out of the migration to a software
based PBX in a cost-effective and innovative way”, added
Nick Galea.
Key new features of 3CX Phone System v5:
Call recording – easily record calls for monitoring purposes
Phone provisioning – set-up new extensions automatically
Firewall friendly VOIP
client with included mini VPN – ideal for remote users
And
many other features that make 3CX
Phone System easy to install, configure, manage and
use; allowing employees to increase mobility and productivity.
Four
available editions: Small Business, Pro, Enterprise and Free 3CX Phone System
for Windows is available in four editions, all supporting
an unlimited number of extensions: The Small Business edition
supports up to 8, the Pro edition up to
16 and the Enterprise edition up to 32 simultaneous
calls. Pricing is very competitive: Small Business costs
€375, the Pro runs at €795 and Enterprise costs €1150.
3CX
Phone System Free edition
A Free edition, supporting an unlimited number
of extensions, is also available. The main differences with the
commercial editions are that it is not possible to buy a support
package for the Free edition, it does not offer
fax, call queuing, Exchange 2007 support, call pick up and call
parking, MWI, presence (to check extension status of other users),
remote configuration of extension options, G729 codec support, 3CX
Bridges (to connect remote branch offices) and call recording.
Not withstanding, the Free edition does more than most commercial
PBXs do; it includes an auto attendant and Unified Messaging. The
Free edition can be downloaded from http://www.3cx.com/phone-system/download-phone-system.html.
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