N3SP and Heart of Birmingham Teaching Primary Care Trust Deploy Hosted IP Telephony Services Across The N3 Network.
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N3SP and Heart of Birmingham Teaching Primary Care Trust have signed a landmark contract to deploy hosted Internet Protocol (IP) telephony services across the N3 network. Heart of Birmingham Teaching Primary Care Trust is one of the first NHS organisations to sign up to the new N3 Hosted Voice Service, following a major upgrade of the N3 Network enabling it to carry phone calls using voice over internet protocol (VoIP) technology.
The deal initially includes 280 centrally managed IP telephony handsets from network solutions company, Cisco, removing the need for on-site voice switches and equipment. By connecting to the N3 voice gateway, the Trust has access to free on-net calls and reduced tariff fixed mobile calls. Kam Ryatt, Associate Director of ICT from the Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT explains: “By converging our voice and data over the same single network we have delivered a simple, cost-effective and highly efficient way to manage our communications needs. The N3 Hosted Voice Service acts as the icing on the cake – we will no longer need to worry about the day-to-day management of our telephony infrastructure – freeing up valuable resources that can be reinvested back into front line services.”
