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With employees clamoring for BYOD, more and more businesses are questioning whether they should go to the expense of providing employees with desk phones. Why spend an average of $150 a pop on a desk phone, when employees are happier to be on tablets and mobiles?<\/p>\n
Thanks to IP telephony, employees can have a single, portable number where he or she can be reached at any place, any time. Why do they need a fixed extension on their desk in that case? Just because they officially spend part of their time there?<\/p>\n
So why hasn\u2019t the desk phone disappeared (it has disappeared in Silicon Valley at companies like Facebook)?<\/p>\n
According to research by Frost & Sullivan in 2015, a majority of managers would like to see the desk phone disappear, viewing it as one old-fashioned headache they don\u2019t need.<\/p>\n
But a majority of employees don\u2019t agree, according to the research. They just don\u2019t want to change their working habits to that extent. Although they want to have smartphones and web connectivity at their disposal, they don\u2019t want to give up on the habit of checking their voicemail every morning when they get to work.<\/p>\n
Perhaps to satisfy this \u2018old habits die hard\u2019 mentality, desk phone makers are coming up with an increasing variety of UC-friendly phones. Manufacturers are adding functionality like desktop collaboration, video calling, device pairing and Bluetooth connectivity to link up desk phones with the UC universe.<\/p>\n
An Italian company has even come up with a desktop telephone boasting a WebRTC screen. The phone has an open-standards browser that allows full connectivity for Web conferencing and document sharing, just like your computer. Perhaps that\u2019s the best way to combine old habits with new trends.<\/p>\n
3CX connects its computer softphone to IP desk phones, so that calls can be made from the device screen. That links the IP desk phone to all of 3CX rich Unified Communications technology, including WebRTC videoconferencing from computers or mobiles, document sharing, collaboration, and access from smartphones.<\/p>\n
Clarity Technologies Group, LLC is a Platinum 3CX Partner with clients across the globe. Most of Clarity\u2019s clientele utilize a mix of soft phones on their computers and desk phones. Several of our clients utilize only soft phones.<\/p>\n
Call Clarity Technologies Group, LLC at 800-354-4160 today. We are partnered internationally around the globe and we are open seven days a week 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM EST\/EDT.<\/p>\n
Call Clarity Technologies Group, LLC At 800-354-4160 Today. We Are Partnered Internationally Around The Globe And We Are Open Seven Days A Week 8:30 AM To 5:00 PM EST\/EDT.<\/p>\n