Sphericall is an IP PBX, using open-architecture software running on a special network server. The IP PBX handles internal calls, connects you to the worldwide phone network and lets you set up and manage your users and resources. Before IP PBXs, organizations used proprietary PBX "boxes" to run their phone system.

With an IP PBX, your voice and data converge onto a single broadband network. Media gateways connect your unified voice-and-data network to the phones (the "station" side) and the public telephone network (the "trunk" side). Specialized telephone applications (like unified messaging or computer telephone integration) run on network servers and interact in real-time with the Sphericall system.

A good IP PBX can deliver high-quality voice and calling features (like caller ID, call forwarding and conferencing).It works the way you expect a phone system should - and it gets better from there. It's easier for you to manage an IP PBX phone environment. Setting up new users and tasks like moves/adds/changes get done with a point-and-click instead of physically moving wires and phones. You don't have to call the phone company or special consultants. Your infrastructure management becomes simpler.

With one network instead of two, your investment in broadband is used more effectively and your maintenance activities can be better focused.

Experience:  in the last three years, Sphere has shipped over 65,000 ports of IP PBX telephony, and this number is growing faster than ever.

Scalability:  a Sphericall system grows from less than a hundred phones to 15,000 phones. Our architecture and incremental deployment lets you grow quickly-or in small steps-using the same proven Sphericall IP PBX technology.

Reliability:  99.999% system availability is assured through engineering that backs up critical internal components. Unique Sphericall Softswitch architecture lets many "copies" of the IP PBX software run at the same time on multiple Manager servers throughout your network.

Cost-effectiveness:  in general, Sphericall IP PBX systems cost 20-30% less per seat than traditional phone systems. Our design lets you use standard, off-the-shelf business phones instead of expensive proprietary ones. Your broadband network investment starts paying you back as you spend less on phone company toll charges and network maintenance.

A Sphericall solution is composed of:

·Sphericall Softswitch software for delivering phone functionality and managing the system.

·Media gateways (COHub, PhoneHub, PhonePort and BranchHub) for linking users, networks and outside services.

·Infrastructure devices (Manager) for hosting software and linking to other telephony applications.

·User software (Sphericall Desktop, optional) for providing an easy-to-use PC interface to telephone functions.

·Integrated communications applications such as unified messaging, call billing and enterprise fax service.