| Benefits |
Tenor MultiPath |
Traditional VoIP Gateway |
| Easy to Deploy |
MULTIPATH ARCHITECTURE provides easy integration with customer's existing network architecture.
Utilizes trunks with STANDARD TELEPHONY INTERFACES to integrate "legacy devices" when adding VoIP services.
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HIDDEN COSTS for additional tie trunk hardware on the PBX.
PBX MUST be REPROGRAMMED to route VoIP calls.
ADDS COMPLEXITY and COST to deployment.
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| Intelligent Call Routing and Switching |
Tenor provides DYNAMIC CALL ROUTING and SWITCHING intelligence, thus enabling Tenor to be deployed TRANSPARENTLY to the existing network.
Supports INTEGRATED CIRCUIT SWITCHING and VoIP CALLS in the same device.
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NO CALL ROUTING or switching. Calls are are simply converted from circuit to packet and back again.
NO CIRCUIT SWITCHING – all calls must be switched externally.
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| Survivable and Reliable |
FAILOVER TO PSTN if IP network experiences QoS or connectivity issues.
BTBUA (SIP) offers "LOCAL PROXY" for support of SIP endpoints/phones in branch/remote/small offices.
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NO CALL ROUTING or switching. Calls are are simply converted from circuit to packet and back again.
NO CIRCUIT SWITCHING – all calls must be switched externally.
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| Quality of Service (QoS) |
PacketSaver™ REDUCES CALL BANDWIDTH, minimizing network congestion.
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END-TO-END QoS IS NOT AVAILABLE unless a complete QoS is implemented throughout the network.
If a fallback option exists, the calls may ONLY ROUTED TO THE PSTN AT CALL SETUP.
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| Flexible |
HIGHLY PROGRAMMABLE DIAL PLAN allows simplified integration with customer's internal/external dial plan requirements.
INTEGRATED CALL ROUTING & PROCESSING allows the Tenor to support a complete VoIP network independently.
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TRADITIONAL GATEWAYS LACK INTELLIGENCE and simply provides circuit-to-packet conversion.
NO ABILITY TO SUPPORT CALL ROUTING, thus requiring external intelligence to support a VoIP application, which increases cost and complexity.
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| Secure |
NATAccess™ technology allows the Tenor to securely operate behind and with the customer's firewall. |
Gateways typically need to sit OUTSIDE THE FIREWALL in the DMZ where it's far LESS SECURE.
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