PortaOne enables VoIP service providers to offer a complete set of new generation telephony services to large enterprise customers as well as small and medium businesses:

• SIP trunking
• Hosted IP PBX services
• Class 5 IP Centrex solutions

PortaSwitch is a single software platform which delivers private branch exchange (PBX) functionality as a service (hosted IP PBX solution) and can be successfully used for SIP trunking business supporting:

• Inbound and outbound calling
• Toll-free and Direct Inward Dialing (DID) numbers
• All current regulations including E911 and CALEA
• SIP over TCP, particularly for customers using Microsoft OCS
• National directory listing
• Multilingual online real time billing and account management

PortaSwitch components offer a full set of class 5 features essential for any IP Centrex and hosted IP PBX deployment, for example:

• Call Transfer
• Hunt Groups
• Call Diverting
• Follow me
• Call Waiting
• Three Way Calling
• Call Forwarding
• Group Call Pickup
• Teleconferencing

For more technical and/or pricing information about enterprise level solutions please contact our sales team.

This functionality is completely integrated within the class 5 SIP softswitch and customer management platform providing a single interface for service administration and billing.

With services like IP Centrex and hosted IP PBX enabled by PortaSwitch, business customers can communicate more efficiently while retaining their existing technology and phone numbers. Using a high-speed Internet connection, users are able to customize features and control settings online and in real time, from anywhere in the world. Dramatically lower calling costs, simplified billing and a wide array of business-friendly features are the key to the success of VoIP enterprise telephony services.

Who is it for?

• Small businesses serving customers with long-distance communication needs
• Enterprises whose customer base and/or staff includes a substantial traveling sales force
• Large-sized corporations with geographically dispersed locations
• Any mid-or large-sized company without sufficient reception staff to take personal messages for employees
• Telecom companies interested in providing telephone connectivity to remote offices/communities
• Companies competing with local telecoms by offering enhanced 3rd generation services (Centrex, IP PBX, follow-me, mobility, etc.)

How does it work?

• The caller dials the desired local or long-distance number directly. The call is then sent over the company’s high-speed Internet connection via a VoIP gateway or the company’s existing PBX.
• When dialing a number within the same enterprise, abbreviated dialing is also available.
• Once the call is completed, it is charged to the company’s account balance.
• Users (administrators and/or individual employees) may log in to the account self-provisioning interface at any time to access service usage and call history (xDRs/CDRs), payment information, language options, and many other features.

Solution components

The core elements of VoIP-based enterprise services include:

• A VoIP Gateway that supports RADIUS/AAA (CISCO, Quintum, etc.); this plays the role of an interface for the originated call from the PSTN (caller’s phone) to the IP network (Internet), and includes an IVR (Interactive Voice Response) server that provides voice prompts describing the account balance and minutes available for the call
• PortaBilling100 Software, a real-time billing and customer care platform that keeps track of calls and corresponding charges; redundant system architecture (dual database) is already incorporated in the basic version
• PortaSIP software, a call control software package based on the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), providing a full array of call routing capabilities as well as a solution to the NAT traversal problem
• PortaUM (Unified Messaging System) for handling voice, fax, and regular e-mail messages as objects in a single mailbox, which users can access via a web interface or by telephone
• Compatible end-user hardware (IP telephones, integrated access devices, VoIP gateways with FX ports, etc.)

Key Features

• Both pre-paid and post-paid calling services can be offered; the latter model is preferable for most enterprises
• Allows transparent migration; users may retain their current telephone numbers and extensions, or else integrate their existing PBX system
• Centrex - enhanced business-class phone features for very large office phone systems and/or digital phones, with no equipment upgrade or installation required (standard features include call forwarding, caller ID, call waiting, call transfer, and other class features)
• Virtual Office/IP PBX (Internet Protocol Private Branch Exchange) - answers, screens and routes calls to virtually any location, provides company staff with unified virtual extension numbers, and processes large volumes of calls simultaneously
• PortaUM Auto Attendant - a voice response unit that answers phones and performs operator/receptionist duties (transferring calls to extensions within the company’s phone system, screening calls, offering callers directory assistance for the correct extension)
• Fully compliant with the Visa security standard
• Toll free, original line information, roaming