Now more so than ever before, businesses have to be able to communicate efficiently with each other, with consumers, and with suppliers — lacking a unified communications system is practically synonymous with asking for sales to decline. This is where VoIP phone systems (Voice over Internet Protocol) come in handy, and these three points are some of the main reasons why so many businesses have begun using VoIP phone systems:

1. Security: With all the security system breaches that have occurred in recent years (mostly targeted at a few major corporations but putting the personal info of millions of consumers in jeopardy), secure data transmission is one of the biggest concerns for businesses today. It only makes sense that you’d want to make sure that your phone lines and camera systems are secure, too; every conversation you have with an associate, client, or even a competitor can be considered “data” and should be protected. With VoIP phone systems, you automatically have greater security because you have complete control over network management.
   

2. Quality: There’s nothing more unprofessional than having your phone line break up or even disconnect you from a customer or associate when you’re in the middle of an important conversation. Unfortunately, for many businesses that operate in remote locations or simply have bad connections to public phone lines, this problem has been nearly inevitable in the past. But with a VoIP telephony system, you have complete network management over your phone line, and you even have detailed controlled over the quality of your voice as it’s transmitted wirelessly. For the average consumer, this might not be a big deal. But for a business today, the small details are what really matter.
   

3. Cost: If you conduct a lot of business conversations over long distances, you probably already know that these conversations can get expensive really quickly when you use a regular phone or video conferencing provider. With a VoIP telephony system, you never have to worry about extra long-distance charges or roaming fees, and you don’t even have to worry about purchasing extra software or compatible devices in order to communicate with someone else through the system. Although business telephone systems that use VoIP technology may be a bit of an investment at first, they’ll definitely pay off in the long run.