Phone and network systems specialist Allworx, a subsidiary of Paetec
Holding, announced the addition of its 48x phone system and
System 7.2 software upgrade to its current suite of IP-based phone
systems for small and midsize businesses. With support for up
to 250 employees per site, the 48x is the largest system to date from
Allworx and is targeted toward companies in the midmarket enterprise
space as well as small businesses.
The 48x offers dual T1/PRI interfaces, each capable of supporting a mix
of voice and data connectivity, four conference bridges with up to 30
users per conference and up to 60 users in all conferences
simultaneously, three FXO ports and five FXS ports. The solution
includes full support for all Allworx VoIP phones, is rack-mountable
and features an energy efficient design.
The company said IP-based phone systems such as the 48x offer
advantages over traditional systems by converging voice and data over a
single network. This can help enable businesses to improve network
efficiency and simplify management for internal staff. Since Allworx
devices are connected through routing rather than physical connections,
users can move phones within a building, or also bring their phone and
capabilities to any Internet-based connection when traveling.
"The 48x is the latest addition to our already robust line of
communications products," said Chris Hasenauer, president of Allworx.
"As our customers grow, the 48x can expand with them while keeping the
same intuitive interface and simple management that Allworx users have
come to expect."
The System 7.2 software upgrade offers support for the 48x phone system
plus numerous other features, including 48x phone system support
enhanced phone plug-n-play, which assigns a phone's owner directly from
the phone, improved E911 support, so users can create multiple E911 CID
numbers, a phone reboot all feature that systematically reboots all
phones from the server, multisite statistics that display the amount
of traffic between sites, multisite diagnostics to test multisite
functionality between different sites and phone SNMP (simple network
management protocol) agent support and monitoring Web server
connection architecture update.
In September, Allworx and SIP Print announced that Allworx completed
testing and confirmed interoperability between the complete line of
Allworx IP-PBXs and SIP Print’s Call Recording. The combination allows
companies to record business calls with voice recording appliances and
IP-based phones and PBX.
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