Note: This article was originally written by Garrett Smith in 2006 and edited by Ying-Hui (Evy) Chen on September 25th, 2020.
One of the biggest “buzz” words in the industry is SIP Trunking. For those of you who are not yet familiar with SIP Trunking, now is your chance to get some insights!
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What Does SIP Trunking Do?
SIP Trunking is based on SIP. SIP stands for Session Initiation Protocol. SIP is an application-layer control (signaling) protocol for creating, modifying, and terminating sessions with one or more participants. It is widely used as the signaling protocol for VoIP calling and is widely thought of as the standard for VoIP calling.
Typically, a company’s VoIP calls will involve a circuit switched handoff to the PSTN outside of the company’s local area network. With SIP Trunking, the company’s VoIP Service Provider handoff’s calls via the Service Providers SIP Network. Calls that are going to the PSTN will routed over the Service Providers IP backbone to the nearest PSTN gateway.
For the truly non-technical, a SIP Trunk is similar to a phone-line, except that a SIP Trunk utilizes the IP network, not the PSTN. SIP Trunking also allows for convergence of voice and data onto common all-IP connections.
The Top 9 Benefits of SIP Trunking
So why should you be using SIP Trunking? Here are 9 Benefits of SIP Trunking that help answer that question.
SIP Trunking is a unique product that delivers great benefits to small and medium businesses. As one of the hottest new products in the VoIP industry, there will soon be an increase in SIP Trunking offerings from a number of different providers.
In addition to the 9 benefits of SIP Trunking listed above, make sure that prior to making any business communication decisions on SIP Trunking, you fully consult with your service provider of choice about the implications of this decision on your business.
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