Old PBX Upgrade for Enterprise

Oct 20, 2023

1. Which is The Most Suitable Enterprise?

1. Enterprise existing PBX system has been used for seven or eight years, it’s time to update. It is a pity to throw it away, after all it's still fine. If choose won't replace it, staff maybe afraid for sudden breakdown, affecting the company's daily business. If choose to pay for maintenance, the cost is too high. If choose not to pay, staff concern about no one support to repair. Therefore, it's in a dilemma.

2. The enterprise existing PBX system wants to upgrade, but the budget is limited. The original PBX system of the enterprise can not fulfill the communication demands of enterprise development for long time. If customer choose to replace for IP communication system, the cost is too high. Hope to find a better alternative to retain the existing PBX.

2. Solutions Of Equiinet

We recommended that enterprises upgraded IP systems from analog, and pay for maintenance, or even less, to buy the new IP systems. No need to be worry about "what to do if the existing system breaks down?". Also for development of enterprise in future. For example: enterprises want to upgrade, just scale up by software, no need to add hardware. Want to combine with CRM/OA, just through the API interface to connect the IP communication system. Compared with the traditional analog system, the IP communication system is more flexible in compatibility and interfaces.

After upgrading, it has features such as : free meetme conference, call recording,mobile APP/PC softphone mobile office communication, to meet the continuous development of enterprise communication demands.

How to upgrade? Depending on the interface of the existing PBX system, Equiinet's IP communication system can be connected with the voice gateway. Ensure that the extensions in two systems can dial each other and the phone lines can be shared.

Three connection types

1、E1 VoIP Gateway

2、FXO Analog VoIP Gateway or Hybrid Analog VoIP Gateway

3、SIP Protocol

Devices: If the enterprise wants to use existing analog phones, it can be connected with the FXS gateway, also can buy IP phones, connect to the system.

Network Topology Diagram

3. Advantages for upgrade:

1. For customers to save money: spend a little money to upgrade the system. The payment of existing system maintenance money, you can buy a new system, further reduce the future maintenance costs.

2. No longer entangled: Not only retain the existing devices but also upgrade the system, No need to be worry about the old to be broken, affecting the company's business.

3. More new features: IP communication systems in Europe and United States enterprise penetration rate is 80%, cause the IP system has a richer function, and time to meet the various types of business application scenarios. Such as: free meetme conference, multinational wide area network communications, call recording, etc., but also the staff's personal cell phones and PCs can be integrated into the communication system.

4. Saving time: IP systems can be operated and maintained remotely. You can fix the problem any time online, which is solves the problem more efficiently.

5. Save wire costs: If the enterprise want to upgrade, there is no need to wiring again. Enterprise can purchase the Wi-Fi phones, connected to the AP through wireless, access to the IP system.

6. Save the cost of communication in different place: After the enterprise gets the wide area network, whether it is multinational, or multiprovincial communication between departments, it is all free!

7.Easy to upgrade: Upgrade through the software license, without adding any hardware.

8. Convenient to connecting with other systems: through the API interface, connecting with the enterprise’s existing OA / CRM system, to dial in the system, check recordings and other operations.