Telephone System Glossary

This is the future of telephony. Calls are routed across networks and the internet instead of dedicated voice lines.

Unless you are being really pedantic this means the same as VOIP.

A group of phones that ring together when someone dials in.

The commonest way to connect your telephone system to the public telephone network.

An important standard for telephone calls across the internet.

Trunking - using SIP to connect your telephone system to the outside world instead of ISDN.

Another word for telephone system

A plain traditional handset.

A handset that connects to the phone system across dedicated wires rather than an IP network. More features than analogue, for example: self labelling function buttons.

A handset that connects to the telephone system across your IP network. All sorts of features are possible.

A voice menu system