SIP Connect

Harness the benefits of IP Telephony

It’s easy to connect your on-site equipment* to Telstra’s phone network and enjoy the convenience and cost-efficiency of a single IP network. Simply converge your voice and data traffic onto the Telstra Next IP® network with Telstra SIP Connect.

SIP Connect is compatible with our hosted Telstra IP Telephony solution, so you can use both premise-based and hosted equipment to create a hybrid solution tailored to suit each site.

This means your organisation can realise the benefits of IP Telephony with high security, increased efficiency and reduced maintenance expense. You can also have the latest IP voice functions, while reducing call costs with on-net calling.

* Telstra-accredited PBXs.

 

SIP Connect can help deliver the following benefits:

Improve productivity
Powerful new communication and collaboration features can help your employees work more efficiently.
 
Reduce costs
Introduce on-net calling and reduce the expense and inefficiency of separate infrastructure.

Flexibility
You can choose to use a mix of legacy and Telstra hosted equipment to suit each site. You can also reallocate capacity when needed with the optional Business Trunks Shared Capacity feature.

Scalability
Add or remove voice channels fast at low cost as business needs change.

Improve management
Simplify moves, adds and changes. Call reporting allows you to control forecasting and budgeting.

Enhance Business Continuity
Re-route calls to an alternate number or trunk automatically with the optional Business Continuity feature. Maintain full call capacity during failover scenario with the Business Trunks Shared Capacity.

Experience the Telstra difference
Only Telstra offers hybrid solutions combining hosted Telstra IP Telephony services with your existing equipment. All voice and data is carried over the Telstra Next IP® network which offers:

• Unprecedented scale and reach to connect you in more places
• Is designed for 99.999% reliability and has Quality of Service (QoS) to prioritise time-sensitive voice traffic
• ISO-27000 security certification to ensure the highest levels of security for your calls
• Unique, end-to-end network visibility to identify and resolve issues to minimise business disruption

 

Telstra SIP Connect provides a choice of either Business Lines or Business Trunks packages:
 
Business Lines
Suits smaller sites with equipment that has fewer features or less capacity.

Business Trunks
Suits medium to large sites with fully featured PBXs.

Both packages offer:

• PSTN connectivity to PBX/KTS systems via ISDN or IP interface
• Direct-in-Dial service
• On-net calling
• Extension level billing
• Variable call capacity from as little as two voice lines
• Hybrid hosted and on-site equipment capability

Optional Features:

Mobility Services

• Simultaneous Ring - route voice calls to up to 10 numbers
• Remote Office - work remotely while maintaining corporate identity
• Telstra Toolbar - use telephony features from your PC to save time

Real Time Billing 
Real time billing provides outgoing call record information after the completion of each call. It allows you to monitor call costs with the appropriate software so you can forecast and budget with more accuracy.

Business Continuity
Detects when the network loses connectivity to your registering device and automatically re-routes calls to an alternate number or trunk until connectivity is restored.

Business Trunks Shared Capacity
Purchasing a shared pool of call capacity instead of having dedicated capacity for individual sites, allows consolidation of call resources, reducing the total number of channels required. This also provides the possibility to maintain full call capacity for business continuity in the event of a network failover, when purchased in conjunction with the Business Continuity call redirection option.

SIP Connect requires you to have  Telstra IPMAN/WAN; QoS capable access i.e. IPMAN, BDSL or Frame Relay; QoS capable routers and switches; QoS configured on their WAN and LAN; Sufficient Bandwidth to support the required channels; an accredited IP PBX configured as to Telstra specifications (if no ISDN IAD is required).