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Get Switch Off Ready With Sangoma

Did you know Sangoma offer a full portfolio of solutions to enable you to be switch off ready?

It’s the biggest and most important modernisation of the public phone network ever, and you need to ACT NOW to ensure a smooth transition.

Get Switch Off Ready with Sangoma

In light of this, many users are faced with two options:

  • Upgrade your entire system
  • Adapt what you already have

It’s reported that 58%* of UK businesses are concerned that the cost-of-living crisis will negatively impact future communications investment. But with Sangoma VoIP gateways, you can simply adapt what you have.

Adapt What You Have – Gateways

Sangoma Gateways Extend the life of your current phone system by connecting it to the internet with a VoIP gateway. This is an easy, affordable option for those looking to adapt existing equipment such as telephones, alarm systems, lift/elevator equipment, EPOS machines, door entry and access control.

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Adapt What You Have – SBCs

Sangoma Session Border Controllers Cyber Security is crucial in protecting business communications. With Sangoma’s hybrid SBCs, you can offer an all-in-one solution. Incorporating security features such as VoIP protection, Call Routing and Quality of Service to protect your network with a gateway in one device, SBCs allow you to securely adapt your existing devices.

Explore Sangoma’s SBC Range

To learn more about how ProVu and Sangoma can help you prepare for the switch off, simply call 01484 840048 or email contact@provu.co.uk.

Are You Switch Off Ready?

As we approach the UK end of sale date for new ISDN lines it’s a good time to ensure you have the right products available to your customers. In light of the switch off, it’s reported that BT will need to transition more than 14 million lines across the UK to accommodate for this digital transformation. With approximately a third* of UK businesses still utilising traditional telephone systems, the business opportunity is huge! Here’s a reminder of how we can help you to maximise your leads.

Deskphones - Discover ProVu's Offering

Desk & Cordless Phones

We partner with the world’s leading manufacturers to offer an extensive range of deskphones and cordless handsets. Whatever budget or requirements you’re working with, we have a handset for you.
Door Entry Solutions

IP Door Entry & Alerting

It’s not just phones! Many people are still utilising analogue door entry systems and alerting devices. We offer a range of IP alternatives making it simple to upgrade these devices.

What’s more, we can even support you with the installation of these devices, helping you to maximise the opportunities available, speak with us to find out more.
Gateways - Prepare for the Switch Off with ProVu

Gateways, SBCs and ATAs

With the ongoing price increases not everyone will be in a position to, or want to completely update their entire systems. We offer a host of VoIP gateways, SBCs (Session Border Controllers) and ATAs (Analogue Telephony Adaptors) to enable the use of legacy hardware, helping to minimise costs and disruption.
UPS Devices - Supporting the Switch Off

UPS Devices

As per Ofcom’s guidelines, any VoIP Service must be supplied with a battery back-up or mobile device to enable vulnerable people to contact the emergency services in the event of a power outage. Discover our range of UPS devices; with options to suit business and residential use, we’ll help you meet the recommended requirements.
Cloud-Based Telephony

Telephone Systems, Cloud-Based Solutions & Headsets

Ideal for hybrid working and hot desk environments, softphone clients and cloud-based telephony systems offer a great option for those looking for a web or mobile-based solution.

Headsets and cloud-based solutions often go hand in hand, we can also help you source the right headset for your solution.
Routers - Preparing for the Switch Off

Routers

Without a reliable internet connection, VoIP is redundant. Discover our range of routers, designed to ensure a reliable connectivity. From robust business-grade devices to budget friendly, end user options, our router offering will help your customers to keep connected.

What the PSTN Switch Off means to the Telco World

We also offer a range of flexible payment options so your customers can spread the associated costs over an agreed fixed term. Speak with us to discuss the options available.

Whatever your requirements are, we’ve got your back. Call us on 01484 840048 or email *Data source taken from Computer Weekly.

Join the Sangoma University for your free training

Hybrid working is on the horizon, as more and more companies begin to adopt this working style, Sangoma SBCs can offer a powerful solution to help you securely support this new way of working. Not to mention, they can also provide a cost-effective solution in preparation of the ISDN switch off.

Why not ensure that you and your team are ready for what the future holds and increase your team’s knowledge with Sangoma’s online university! These courses enable you grow your understanding of Sangoma’s solutions as well as Sangoma SBCs.

Best of all, these courses are absolutely FREE! So why not build your Teams knowledge and get a head start future proofing your solutions.

Sangoma SBC Essentials course

Broken into 9 easily digestable chunks, the SBC essentials course offers everything you need to get started with SBCs covering many topics, including:

  • How & Where to use SBCs
  • Sangoma SBC Models
  • SBC Network Topologies
  • Initial Setup & Configuration
  • SIP Profiles
  • Remote Phone setup
  • SIP Trunking setup
  • SBC security settings
  • Troubleshooting options

Why not also try one of the many other FREE Training course Sangoma’s online university offer and expand your teams knowledge and portfolio.

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Annual support contracts

 Benefit from annual support contracts with ProVu, allowing you to access direct support for when you need us the most.

Extended hardware warranties

 Get covered with our extended hardware warranties. Rest easy knowing your hardware will be covered for the duration of your contact agreements.

Remote installation services

 Our Tech Team are on hand to remotely assist with your installations. Rest assured knowing products are up and running correctly.

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SBCs available from ProVu

Need to know more? Get in touch with one of our technical sales team member, simply call 01484 840048 or email contact@provu.co.uk

Prepare, Protect & Provide with Sangoma SBCs

There’s a lot to consider at the moment. With a hope of returning to the office on the horizon, hybrid working and the ISDN switch off looming, ensuring your solutions are future-proof should be a top priority.

PREPARE for the ISDN Switch off

Customers reluctant to switch over to SIP

 Inserting an SBC with TDM enables calls to flow in and out of the PSTN – the SBC will act as a pure gateway converting SIP to ISDN.

PROTECT – With Sangoma’s Hybrid SBC products you can offer an all-in-one solution. Incorporating the features and security benefits of an SBC combined with a gateway, these devices are a great way to future proof systems. To convert a Sangoma SBC into a hybrid solution, you will need to install a Sangoma TDM card (i.e. a101, a102, a104) into an enterprise-grade SBC appliance.

PROVIDE flexibility as a business throughout from remote working to changing your strategy on communications.

Customers who decide to use SIP Trunking

 Hybrid SBCs offer a cost advantage and provide more flexibility. In this instance, the SBC makes routing decisions based on cost, configuration or availability.

Customers looking to accommodate hybrid workers

 Support for remote workers and local IP phones can all be hosted from a Sangoma SBC.

Find out more

Discover our SBC Range

Contact us today to discover how we can help you to future-proof your customers’ solutions with Sangoma Hybrid SBCs. With a range of services designed to suit you, we can provide annual support contracts, extended hardware warranties and remote installation services to help give you and your customers peace of mind. Simply call 01484 840048 or email contact@provu.co.uk to speak with a member of our team.

How to Make Yours and Your Customers Network Secure for Remote Working

It’s predicted that home working will more than double compared to pre-pandemic levels when restrictions ease. With that in mind, there couldn’t be a better time to ensure yours and your partners’ networks are secure and prepared for remote workers.

How to Make Your Network Secure for Remote Working

Sangoma’s SBC range are the perfect solution to securing VoIP networks not just for yourself, but for your customers too. Remote worker soft phone applications and the rise of UC solutions mean a greater variety of media need to securely use the network which can sometimes expose unfamiliar or unknown vulnerabilities. SBCs provide a number of services to make VoIP/UC systems more secure and better able to integrate SIP-based equipment from a variety of vendors. What’s more with features such as SIP over TLS and SRTP you can enable end-to-end encryption for voice traffic and provide a solution for SIP ALG problems on most modern routers.

Find out more about the features & benefits of Sangoma SBCs

When it comes to remote workers, you’ll want to be sure that while allowing remote access to the PBX and UC applications, you are not effectively opening the door for toll-fraud and other attacks by simply opening ports in the data firewall. Sitting on the edge of a VoIP network, an SBC will only allow authorised endpoints used by remote workers to access the network.

Contact our expert team today to discuss how you can increase your profit opportunities by providing an improved service to your customers post-lockdown. Simply call 01484 840048 or email contact@provu.co.uk.

Take Control with Sangoma SBCs

You may already be familiar with Session Border Controllers, but have you considered the opportunities they could offer to you and your customers?

What exactly is an SBC?

In its simplest sense, SBCs act like a firewall specifically designed for VoIP and UC systems. Traditional firewalls are great for creating a barrier around corporate networks, but they’re not so ideal when it comes to determining what traffic to block, which could result in important phone calls being missed. With an SBC, you have much greater control over VoIP and SIP systems, enabling you to recognise and stop suspicious behaviour, this can also be useful in the current climate where there’s a lot of remote workers using their own devices.

Who are SBCs good for?

SBCs are ideal for smaller ITSPs, telephone system installers, VoIP engineers and IT managers looking to protect their voice networks against malicious attacks and/or looking to increase profit opportunities by providing an improved service to your customers. With features such as load balancing, transcoding and least cost routing you can offer an improved, reliable service which is optimised to provide a resilient solution for your customers. This can help to reduce technical support time and increase your customer attachment rate. Whether you’re operating via a cloud-based system, a SIP trunking system or connecting remote workers to a corporate phone system, SBCs offer a range of benefits.

Key Features of Sangoma SBCs

Sangoma Quality of Service

Quality of Service

 Generate the best quality of service the connection can provide, from HD voice quality to small bandwidth optimised codecs.
Sangoma Quality of Service

Business Continuity

 Ensure business continuity during catastrophic hardware failures by mirroring two SBCs together.
Sangoma Business Continuity

VoIP Protection

 Protects VoIP networks from malicious attacks.
Sangoma VoIP Protection

Future Proof

 All SBC licenses can be upgraded at any time enabling you to ensure all features are always included.
Sangoma Call Routing

Call Routing

 Provide low-cost routing and load balancing across trunks.

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SBCs Available from ProVu

To discuss how Sangoma’s SBC range can help to secure your partners’ networks contact our team today by emailing contact@provu.co.uk or calling 01484 840048.

3CX SBC on Raspberry Pi

We’re excited to now be able to offer 3CX’s powerful SBC on Raspberry Pi! Ideal for small to medium-sized businesses, schools and small hotels, this solution can be easily installed to a 3CX system to provide 20 extensions and simultaneous calls with a maximum of 200 BLF keys across all devices (10 per device) plus a whole host of additional benefits.

3CX SBC enables you to:

  • Remotely manage all supported end points from the hosted PBX
  • Protect your customers’ PBX against DOS attacks and toll fraud
  • Encrypt your voice traffic with the SBC secure tunnel
  • Eliminate firewall issues
  • Ensure remote site traffic remains in LAN
Partcode:
3CX-SBC-PI

Available with pre-configuration, we can even add all of your preferred settings to the Raspberry Pi meaning it is ready to automatically work out-of-the-box, saving you time and money on deploying devices. To discuss your configuration needs with a member of our team, please call 01484 840048 or email contact@provu.co.uk.