Cloud PBX Office Telephone – Streamlining with a GSM Gateway

Businesses can further reduce telecommunication costs with the help of a GSM gateway. Although call rates from VoIP solutions are significantly cheaper that of traditional telephony you can further push your savings from IP to mobile calls via a least cost routing (LCR) protocol that a GSM gateway uses. On a

Basically a GSM gateway is a device that is quite similar to a network router in appearance and in size but with a slot for a SIM car. Depending on the model it may have 1 slot, tow all the way up to 8 slots. It can be integrated with a cloud PBX office telephone system via the internet. Its main purpose is to connect VoIP calls from your cloud PBX office telephone system to mobile phones using the LCR protocol the device then uses the cheapest and best possible routing for a PBX to mobile call further reducing your telecommunication cost. On average you can expect at least 30% to 40% reduction on your mobile calls.

The LCR protocol works by assessing and identifying a call cost a rate that is uploaded to it. So it is a must to have detailed call rates from the carriers of the SIM card otherwise the whole idea will be futile and you will just end up with a fancy device with absolutely no use for it.

Another clever use is integrating it with a mobile phone business plan. There are cellular carriers that have business plan with unlimited calling within a group of numbers. For example you have 20 employees all using their mobiles; you can have those numbers under one fixed plan so calls between the numbers within the group are free. What you can then do is to insert one of SIM cards to your GSM gateway so the same plan can be integrated with your PBX. This means that your staffs can call out to field associates the same way your field associates can call your PBX for free.

You can easily purchase a GSM gateway with your VoIP phone service providers. Just be sure that the brand and model will support all your needs and will be compatible with your PBX unit. Another consideration that you need to bear in mind is your internet connection. Since it is an additional unit that will use your bandwidth be sure that you have enough room for it. If not, then you might want to look into upgrading it or securing a second internet connection.