What are the Best Audio Conferencing Options for VoIP

Business Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) has made audio conferencing now easier than it was earlier. Audio conferencing had been available for a long time over standard PSTN (public switched telephone network). Certainly audio conferencing is completely available at extra price and sometimes requiring third party help.

Audio conferencing has become easy through business Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). Many Voice over Internet Protocol business offer audio conferencing with other complicated features, as standard option. Many businesses prefer the use of services of a hosted audio conference for large conferences.

These hosted audio conferencing services offer different suitable features which need low price for set up. For example, the most convenient option is the capability to offer a single call by one number for all members, an automatic announcement to tell the other participants about a client who joins or leaves the discussion, and the ability to make some participants as ‘listen only’.

On premises IP PBX or Hosted PBX – Does it matter?

A hosted service is practical and suitable but some large companies with an IP PBX on premises take advantage of the fixed features of their on premises tool. The smaller businesses that have little IT infrastructure can not run the on-premises IP PBX.

They require cheaper but high quality solution and that they can find in the hosted VoIP which has all the features of the latest equipment and the best quality of sound. The larger organizations may opt for the on-premises IP PBX as they have the IT experts to manage the on-premises equipment as well as the investment to cope with the situation.

If on-premises IP PBX is installed then a separate hardware is attached to the IP PBX to enable the system to hold an audio conference. An internal audio conference, within the organization, can easily be arranged by just calling at the numbers of the participants. The external participants may also be connected to the conference if the IP PBX is connected PSTN via SIP or PRI.

The audio conferences must be arranged in advance. However, if the unplanned and sudden meetings are expected in a hosted system then a reservation system must be installed so that to accommodate such impromptu meetings.

Call Recording  

The most important feature of the audio conference calling is the ability of the system to record the calls. The recorded calls may later be used for various purposes like presentation type meetings or the play back purposes to confirm the truth of the words of the participants. The business meeting minutes can later by recorded word by word through this method.