The big moves continue. While Google Voice calls are still not available to that company's Apps business customers, Skype has taken the beta tag off of their Skype Connect business VoIP offering.
What does it mean? Well, according to the company, Skype Connect has over 2,400 global customers so far and it's certified for products from Avaya, Cisco, SIPfoundry, ShoreTel and other OEM. New business customers can use Skype Connect with their existing PBX and UC systems to make outbound calls from desktop phones to landlines and mobiles worldwide at Skype's discounted long distance rates and receive calls from landlines or mobile phones in the corporate PBX using Skype's online numbers purchased separately. They can also receive inbound calls from Skype connected users worldwide with Skype's Click & Call buttons placed on company website and manage Skype calls using their existing PBX or UC systems' features such as call routing, automatic call distribution, conferencing, auto-attendant, voicemail, call recording and logging.
With the latest acquisition rumors, the IPO imminent, and the competition heating up, it will be interesting to see how the SMB world takes to Skype's offering.
For more:
- read the company blog post
- read GigaOm's commentary
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