GPS Telecoms Ltd Blog

Communication is the essence of modern telecoms and critical for how business is conducted in every industry. Nowadays it refers to the interconnected network of electronic communication channels that enables voice phone calls, mobile connectivity, connecting to corporate networks and applications, transmitting data, video conferencing and streaming. While every organisation is dependent on telecoms for essential communications and IT, many sectors have unique requirements. Here we explore just some.

A business telecom system includes phone lines and switchboard software, as well as the actual telephone system itself, broadband, and business mobile. Choosing the wrong system or supplier can throttle your business because of our total dependency on electronic communications for the majority of business activities.

A lot of people use their own mobile phone for business even if they'd prefer to keep their personal and professional lives separate from one another. The problem with your organisation not having its own dedicated business mobile phones is that you are relying on the goodwill of employees to have their own equipment at your disposal.

Even though the term ‘telecoms’ covers the entire electronic communications network, a telecoms system can be interpreted as simply a telephone system. Choosing a new business phone system is a project all in itself. Like all successful projects, it should start with a list of prioritised requirements. Only2 then can the various telephone options, such as VoIP or PBX, be explored and offerings from vendors compared and considered.

Telecoms (Telecommunications) is made up of 'tele', which is Greek for distant, and 'communicate', which is Latin for 'to share'. So, sharing information with a distant recipient. Information comes in many forms and is transmitted by various means. The phone call is still the core communication method for commerce. The internet is a close 2nd, providing data transmission, VoIP telephony, websites and social media, to name just a few of our key forms of efficient business communication.

Getting the phone system installation right for your start-up business is a more critical step than some people imagine. Very often it is left to the end, until the business space has been acquired and plans are afoot to bring in the required personnel.

Such a seemingly simple and obvious thing as a company’s phone service is often taken for granted because they are everywhere. Every company has one. It’s only when you go searching for a system for your new start up that you realise the multitude of options and variations that are out there.

A typical start-up will have budgetary constraints that may lead to purchasing the cheapest available phone system “because there are other priorities”. This may push the owners into a less than optimal purchase or into a contract that may come back to bite them sooner than they may have anticipated.

Effective communication is a prerequisite for doing business – any business. The prevalence of telephones all around us means we can easily take telephony for granted. And that is where a new business can miss an important trick that could give them a vital edge.

Ordering telephone lines for your new business carries some significant implications for the type of telephone system you can install and the kind of Internet connectivity you will enjoy. These are such fundamental basics of carrying on a business that they deserve careful thought and planning, which many people surprisingly skimp on to their detriment.