Converged communications boils down to using different kinds of technologies from different vendors.

One of the largest resellers of caravans and motor homes in the United Kingdom recently wanted to make the jump to IP-based communications, the first step for them on the path to converged communications. This company had about 20 satellite offices they wanted to begin using SIP, and since many of its workers were “road warriors,” the cost savings in migrating employees who were already equipped with dual-mode cell phones to voice over IP (VoIP) was going to be significant. The value achieved by replacing internal phone calls with VoIP and eliminating cell phone charges was helping to drive the migration, once network access translation traversal was resolved.

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Which Cabling Components Should You Choose?

With so much changing in technology and standards, figuring out what components to use in an application can be tricky. Let’s look at some voice/data/video jobs and see what we should use today.

Cabling contractors, service providers, managers, tenants and building owners need to work cooperatively to ensure that all parties understand their responsibilities to comply with the National Electrical Code (NEC) provisions on removing or tagging abandoned or unused communications cabling in buildings.