21 Jan 2016

Why Enterprises Should Leverage Mobile UC Softphones in 2016?

The global smartphone market is expected to reach 653 million users by 2016. Enterprises can make the most of this fact and encourage BYOD for reducing communication costs and enhancing employee productivity. To help their cause, many solution vendors are offering mobile UC softphones which can be easily deployed without affecting the business continuity in less amount of time. Enterprises going by mobile UC clients have the following advantages:

1. No Paying Hefty Cell Phone Bills
No longer do they need to pay the hefty cell phone bills of their mobile workers as they can leverage mobile UC softphones to configure the mobile devices with enterprise IP PBX/UC network.  As a result, mobile workers can stay connected with the corporate communication network on the go and make office calls.

2. No Significant Hardware Required
With IP PBX/UC network already in place, enterprises don’t need any extra hardware except for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, and mobile UC softphones. Thus, a lot of money could be saved.

3. Unlimited Number of Extensions
Mobile UC softphones act as perfect extensions just like the desktop IP phone but with enhanced capabilities. The fact that unlimited number of extensions can be created using mobile UC softphones will work favorably for enterprises.

4. Mobile UC Features
Mobile UC softphones bring mobile UC features such as SMS, IP telephony, Messaging & Presence, Conference, etc., to mobile devices. As a result, employees can enjoy a wide range of communication channels to accomplish their job tasks efficiently. Thus, enterprises can experience an increase in employee productivity.

5. More Productive Hours
As with mobile UC softphones, employees can work from anywhere and at any time. As a result, employees can considerably save their travel time which results in more productive hours thereby increasing employee productivity.

6. BYOD Mobility
To further reduce the communication costs, enterprises can encourage BYOD program so that employees’ personal mobile devices can be turned into IP PBX/UC network extension points. Thus, enterprises can save huge on hardware and communication costs.

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