Uses “phone–box” system through which many phones are connected through phone lines. • Requires a person to operate the switchboard controlling the calls. • Companies providing service – Nortel, Toshiba, Panasonic.
Sound converted to digital signal and sent on a channel through circuit switching. • It is the way contemporary phone companies adopt to connect to callers. • Companies providing service - Uniphone Telecommunications.
Phones are equipped with a network interface card and integrated into a network of phones. • These are newer and less used than some of the older PBX systems. • They are easily maintained.
It is a digital PBX with IP PBX capabilities. • Popular, as it allows users to have the best of both worlds. • Older phones without a network chip can still be used, but they can also be upgraded to include network chips if the funds for an upgrade become available.