Connect IP Telephony

Securely connect multiple business sites for voice and data, with reliability and ease.

Connect IP Telephony is a fully integrated, converged voice and data networking solution, provided at a single, monthly price per-site, with minimal upfront costs.

The solution includes:

• Customer premise equipment (CPE), including on-site maintenance
• Network access (512kbps – 4Mbps)
• Private, voice enabled IP VPN
• PBX features and functionality
• Proactive CPE and Network management
• 64kbps - 2Mbps secure Internet Gateway
• Network design, configuration and implementation project management
• 24/7 Single point of contact help desk for Managed voice and data services

Connect IP Telephony converges your voice and data network into one, eliminating complexity from your business and delivering productivity features and options to enhance the way you do business.

All voice and data traffic traverses the private Telstra Next IP™ network which makes it an exceptionally secure and reliable way of sharing information between your business sites. Connect IP Telephony is an end-to-end solution, from start-up to operations, with easy ongoing management via a single point of contact, for all assurance or how to queries.

Empower you business communications with ease
Connect IP Telephony takes the headache out of building an enterprise-grade converged voice and data network, with a simple, integrated approach including access, IP connectivity, CPE, network hosted PBX features, Telstra’s network management solutions and data connectivity - all in a single per-site service.

Lower your total cost of ownership
Replace outdated legacy telephone systems and reduce investment in IT management resources by combining your voice and data networks and outsourcing the management to Telstra. Connect IP provides an OPEX price-per-site model, with no significant upfront hardware investment required. Ongoing costs are fixed so your business can plan for and budget network costs in advance.

Focus on your business & improve productivity
Connect IP Telephony manages all valuable voice and data traffic travelling between your business sites. Operating over Telstra’s Next IP™ core and complying with the international security certification ISO 27001, you can get the security and peace-of-mind to focus on your core business.

With collaborative features and options such as Remote office, Connect IP Telephony offers you the flexibility to tailor the solution to the individual user, enhancing your employee productivity. The solution is also fully compatible with other Telstra IP solutions such as Remote Working, which allows remote employees from all over the world to securely connect to the network as if they were at their desks.

Grow and enable your business
A Connect IP Network is highly scalable (1-5000 sites) and can be tailored to suit your budget, as well as networking, application and staff needs, without concerns over equipment obsolescence and ongoing maintenance. As your business grows simply upgrade your package and let Telstra take care of the rest.

Experience the Telstra difference
Telstra’s Next IP™ network uses the latest technology to support a huge range of convergent applications and services by combining the flexibility of the internet, assured security and robust network performance.
Connect IP enables your business to combine the flexibility of the internet with the reliability and security of a private network using the Telstra-owned IP backbone.

Take advantage of Telstra’s intelligent IP network
This simple solution integrates customer premise equipment, last mile access, WAN connectivity, IP Telephony, managed Voice services, secure internet connectivity and network management into a simple solution.

Features include:

• User and Bandwidth Flexibility – choose from packages ranging from 5 to 50 included users with the option to add additional users to each package.
• CPE Inclusive – Each package includes one router and an IP handset for every user, all of which include onsite maintenance.
• IP telephony Feature Pack flexibility – A standard feature pack is provided for each user with the option to upgrade for those employees who need a little extra.
• Network Management – Proactive network monitoring of the CPE router, online network reports, a wide range of configuration options plus onsite CPE maintenance.
• Next IP VPN – built over Telstra’s Next IP™ network core providing security and reliability.
• Class of Service (CoS) - customers can be assured that priority will be given to their voice traffic and other latency/time sensitive applications as required
• Redundancy options - ensure your critical sites are always on the air
• Response/restore service level agreement (SLA) – a single service restoration guarantee* covering all components of the Connect IP solution with optional enhancements available
• 24/7 Help Desk – lodge a call at any time
• Secure 2Mbs connectivity to the internet** – centralise and share a single secure connection to the internet will all sites on your network increasing management and dimensioning efficiency
• Simple integrated bill – single price per-site model.
  

* Restoration guarantee is for urban areas (towns with populations over 10,000). Services located outside of these areas have extended service guarantees.
**Internet Usage plans purchased separately.