At next week's Interop NY, enterprise fixed mobile convergence (eFMC) vendor Agito Networks is unveiling a functionality called Secure Remote Voice (SRV).
It is aimed at delivering enterprise-grade mobile voice to users on non-enterprise networks, such as home, hotel, and public Wi-Fi hot spots. Agito claims that the SRV will enable mobile and remote workers, as well as teleworkers, to securely use any Wi-Fi access point (including consumer-grade APs, such as those from Linksys) or broadband Internet access, through a secure, encrypted tunnel.
Agito says SRV helps address the lack of cellular coverage at home or in hotel rooms, and enables international travelers to avoid paying outrageous international roaming charges (many at greater than $2.00/min) by using free home, hotel, or public Wi-Fi.
Eliminating the need for softphones. Most mobile workers have mobile phones, and with SRV they can now have coverage at home or on the road. Softphones are yet another application that enterprise IT has to deploy and manage on the laptop. Softphones can also be inconvenient for mobile workers, requiring mobile workers to be parked in front of their laptops speaking through headsets. SRV provides all of the same functionality on a device mobile workers already have – their mobile phones. | |
Reducing cellular charges. Many enterprises are seeing cellular expense as the fastest growing section of their telecom budgets, often international dialing and roaming being the most expensive. SRV significantly reduces international roaming charges by using WiFi and VoWLAN from hotspots and hotels, eliminating expensive $2.00/min roaming calls. A typical conference call on the cellular network which lasts for 20 minutes would cost $40. With SRV, that same call is at no cost because it is done securely over WiFi and avoids cellular charges. |
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