Overview
In telecommunications, telephony encompasses the general use of equipment to provide voice communication over distances, specifically by connecting telephones to each other.
Digital telephony is the use of digital technology in the provision of telephone services and systems. Almost all telephone calls are provided this way, but sometimes the term is restricted to cases in which the last mile is digital, or where the conversion between digital and analog signals takes place inside the telephone. Telephony was digitized to cut the cost and improve the quality of voice services, but digital telephony was then found useful for new network services (ISDN) to transfer data speedily over telephone lines.
IP Telephony is the modern form of telephony which uses the TCP/IP protocol popularized by the internet to transmit digitized voice data. IP Telephony is rapidly becoming the standard versus POTS (an acronym for "Plain Old Telephone Service") for business communications.
Genara Group has partnered with CDM Advisors to handle our members' telephony needs. CDM acts as a master reseller for the elite phone system manufacturers of the world and has access to pricing reserved for only the largest of customers. CDM represents the follow telephony providers, among others:
- Vocalocity
- Cisco
- Avaya
- ShoreTel
- Nortel
- Toshiba
To learn more about the different types of telephony available on the market today please click on the links below.
Digital Phone Systems
Enterprise VoIP Phone Systems
Hosted VoIP Phone Systems
Discount Details
Genara Group members save up to 25% on telephony products and services provided by CDM Advisors.