The new era has begun - Bridging the existing world of telephony and the new world of the Internet. Delivering an end-to-end communications solution across a unified, global network.

IP telephony is today's alternative to the traditional circuit switched telecommunications model. You can now choose to route your phone calls, fax and voice mail communications either through the Internet or Intranet (IP) for cost savings, or over the public switched telephone network for higher quality.

Here is how IP telephony works: An IP telephony gateway converts voice communications into packets of data that is then routed over an IP network, like the Internet or a private Intranet. A gateway at the other end collects the packets of data and converts them back to voice.

Inter-Tel makes it easy to take advantage of IP telephony, whether you are looking for ways to lower your communications costs or to expand your business opportunities. Inter-Tel offers a total solution for businesses and service providers by providing advanced server and router-based IP telephony hardware and software applications which include phone-to-phone, phone-to PC, PC-to-PC, and fax-to-fax communications.

Inter-Tel offers the following IP telephony solutions.

Inter-Tel InterPrise

The Inter-Tel InterPrise family of products can provide integrated voice and data communications throughout your enterprise. By relying on Internet Protocol (IP)-based networks to deliver both voice and data communications, you can now cost effectively bring your worldwide enterprise closer together. Available in 4 to 32 ports, the Inter-Tel InterPrise series of integrated voice and data routers makes this happen by accepting voice transmission from any standard PBX, key system or central office telephone switch and converting it into data packets, the Inter-Tel InterPrise then transmits real-time voice alongside your organization's e-mail or fax communications. One network for voice and data means lower costs and greater efficiency throughout your enterprise.

Inter-Tel IP PBX

Combining its expertise in traditional telephony and IP telephony, Inter-Tel is developing an IP PBX. Based on the full-featured capabilities of Inter-Tel’s award-winning AXXESS system, the Inter-Tel IP PBX combines a business’s voice and data networks, supplying both to the desktop of if its employees through one cable, anywhere that the IP network extends. The Inter-Tel IP PBX offers an IP telephony solution to businesses that want to use their local and wide area data networks to expand their voice network and its capabilities, as well as provides all the advanced functionality of the AXXESS. To offer businesses the benefits of combining their voice and data networks, Inter-Tel is developing an IP PBX which will include all the capabilities of the AXXESS.