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Finding Solution For Call Center By VoIP
Many of the Traditional Telephone service networks have improved bandwidth
and have been operating an ISDN-Integrated service Digital Network.
These circuit switched networks used Time Division multiplexing to
improve bandwidth efficiency on its networks. These Vendors have now
started offering VoIP on their networks with service level Agreements
and Class of Service agreements.
Among them are Avaya, Aspect, EADS Telecom, NEC, Nortel, Rockwell
and Siemens. These offer IP solutions and migration paths between
the traditional networks and IP networks as well. Call Center server
applications, work with both TDM or IP platform and even work on
hybrid platforms. Thus customer can choose their transport preference
and migrate without changing applications.
The compelling reasons for more call center solution VoIP deployment.
The move to IP application is that deploying other applications
on IP is cheaper than that over a TDM setting. For example an IVER
application can cost around 25% cheaper over VoIP networks since
the VoIP switch and the entire network are working in tandem. Properly
designed switch free contact servers carry forward the telephone
revolution. For CRM based applications, what is important is the
following critical functions.
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Using centralized business rules
Identifying customers and segmenting them according to their
value to the business
Differentiating service levels between customers
Integrating with front-office and back-office systems
Common customer interaction repository to provide a consistent
view of the customers
Synchronizing key information across channels and business
functions
Integrating contact center resources with enterprise databases
Collecting customer contact history and making it available
for reporting and business decision-making as well as using it to
intelligently route contacts
Controlling business processes and workflows easily from
a central location
By adding VoIP capabilities to contact centers companies can stay
ahead as technologies mature to give them the edge. Any business-critical
infrastructure needs to adapt to changing technologies to stay ahead.
Poor choice will cost them dear while choice can make the competitive.
Some characteristics to look in a VoIP call center solution Vendor
include
A solid track record in providing contact center and CRM
solutions
Extensive knowledge of the business requirements met by
contact-routing software
Experience in developing solutions for multi channel contact
centers
A full range of CRM applications that integrate seamlessly
with the vendor's VoIP offering
Call Center Application Suites
Genesys gives a broad integrated suite for contact centers
applications of traditional telephony as well as those for IP telephony.
Its software seamlessly connects with the existing hardware and
supports fully open IP, hybrid IP and proprietary IP implementations
on switches and IP hardware from other leading companies.
Interactive Intelligence work’ also works
with TDM, IP switching and a variety of other platforms. It is simpler
in applications pertaining to CTI and multimedia.
Cisco offers only IP centric applications with migration
paths from TDM based architecture.
Nuasis offers IP applications and feels that not anything not IP
centric realizes the full potential of VoIP call center applications.
CosmoCom and Telephoney@work offer hosted solutions
The convergence of voice and data networks is the very significant
in customer Relation management. The advantages are not limited
to costs reduction on calls but integration of various applications
into a single platform the computer. Companies deciding to migrate
early may soon be the market leaders of the next decade.