The standard, or traditional, network to place calls has included telephone poles, wires, or even underground trunk lines along streets and even highways from one end of the country to the next. For obvious reasons, these types of phone lines are called, ‘landlines.’ They have been around for many decades and are operated by major phone companies.

Think of VoIP San Diego like this: it is specialized hardware and software what sends your digitally enhanced voice just like sending a chat message from one point to the other. Although sometimes, rarely, there are moments when a message can become lost, or garbled. VoIP San Diego uses specialized software. This software compresses and then decompresses the transmission. It sort of fills in the gaps if some part of the transmission goes missing. It generates a small bit of audio that is similar to the rest of the transmission and then fills in the gap with the small bit of audio. The VoIP software is so amazing you cannot detect it happening.

Of course you’ll need to have a quality Internet connection to transmit and receive VoIP phone service, and your decision to go with VoIP San Diego, should be based on your business’ circumstances. There are also people who combined VoIP phone service with their traditional landline. In most cases the rates are lower through VoIP as well.

Because of the low costs and the bandwidth efficiency that VoIP technology provides, many businesses are making the transition from traditional copper-wire telephone systems to VoIP systems to reduce their monthly phone bills. VoIP solutions for businesses have evolved into what is referred to as unified communications services that treat all communications (phone calls, faxes, voice mail, e-mail, Web conferences and more), in such a way that they can all be delivered via any means and to any handset, including cellphones.

VoIP runs both voice and data communications over a single network, which reduces infrastructure costs significantly. The prices of extensions on VoIP are much lower than for PBXs and key systems and VoIP devices run off an easy and efficient user interface, so users are able to make simple changes to their system’s configuration.

For small businesses that prefer a pay-as-you-go solution, VoIP phone systems are a good choice. There is a much smaller up-front equipment cost which is great for growing companies. Mills Communications can assist you in evaluating hosted PBX solutions from major carriers or offer you our own hosted solution. We partner with all of the major carriers serving Southern California and can provide you with an evaluation of your current carrier services to assist you in making sure you are getting the best value for your money. We are working to give you a better understanding of business VoIP phone service solutions and how we can help your company achieve its goals from our three Southern California locations. Give us a call today!

Mitel, the leading provider of communications solutions for a wide array of organizations, services a large range of businesses- from the very small, single site offices to the multi-site, huge enterprises. Mitel phones offer Mills customers the broadest choice of solutions, from basic business communications to sophisticated unified communications, including pre-packaged and tailored applications, and outright capital purchases or managed services. At Mills, we trust Mitel phones because they operate from over 100 locations in more than 90 countries and service our customers through a network of over 1,500 value-added resellers and partners. After Mitel merged with Inter-Tel, Inc. in August of 2007, they can now offer more impressive choices and flexibility to our valued customers. We chose to work with Mitel because they understand that every businesses’ communications solution is different and, together, Mills and Mitel offer a portfolio of solutions that is highly secure, scalable, optimized and easily managed to meet the evolving communications needs of our customers.

Mills offers a wide range of digital phones and peripherals providing users the fastest and most complete access to the rich functionality of Mitel PBX telephone systems. For over four years, Mitel has offered the industry’s most comprehensive portfolio of IP desktop devices. They were designed with ergonomics and modern office aesthetics in mind, to give users easy, intuitive access to the feature-rich telephony and advanced desktop applications which are enabled by Mitel IP Communications Platforms. Mitel continues to offer a huge selection of IP phones from the affordable entry level to the sophisticated IP phones and devices, including wireless handsets, conference units and PC-based attendant consoles.

Mitel’s “Freedom Architecture” provides our customers with a unique user experience and the flexibility and simplicity most organizations need in order to adapt to today’s fast-paced work environments. Through a single software stream, Mitel delivers a powerful suite of advanced business applications that give organizations the freedom to implement custom communications solutions on any network, infrastructure, or platform; along with a choice of flexible commercial options to fit even the most complicated business model. Stay connected to your work, (when you want to), from anywhere, on any device; it’s like you never left the office! “One identity. One software stream. One solution…Mitel.”

San Diego, CA, December 2, 2010 — Mills Communication, Inc., an enterprise voice solutions and data integration company based in San Diego, California, recently began offering Mitel Communications new Mitel “Freedom Architecture” software stream to its large base of customers.

Mitel’s “Freedom Architecture” is a single, cloud-ready software stream that allows the user a flexibility to adapt to today’s changing and active workplace. Mitel Communications has said this software stream can reduce operating costs by nearly forty-five percent in mobility while also lowering the number of required unified communications servers by almost eighty-five percent. Cloud-based computing is internet based where shared resources are provided to computers and other devices on demand. Along with Mitel’s “Freedom Architecture” is a cloud-based unified communications service called Mitel “AnyWhere,’ This product bundles everything from IP handsets to long distance service. It also integrates with VMware View, and expanded UC support for Android, BlackBerry PlayBook, and iPad devices.

“The overall experience with these products is richer because of the single stream,” says, John M. Mills, President of Mills Communications, Inc. “With “Freedom Architecture” businesses will be able to tailor their communications solutions to various networks and platforms. Mainly it will come down to what works best for our customer. Not all businesses need this type of flexibility, but it’s great to have more options.”

Mitel is a leading provider of unified communications solutions for a range of organizations – from the very small, single site businesses to the multi-site, large enterprise. From basic business communications to sophisticated unified communications, customers are continually offered an extensive choice of solutions.

Mills Communications, Inc., offers Mitel products to businesses deploying integrated unified communications via voice, video, data and mobile communications. They offer three locations in Southern California. Their San Diego, Irvine, and Los Angeles offices can be reached by visiting www.millscom.com or calling 800-776-4557.

Unified Communications, or UC, is simply the combination of real-time communication services with non-real-time communication services. Some examples of real-time services are: instant messaging, online chatting, telephony, video conferencing, call control and speech recognition. Some non-real-time examples are: unified messaging, integrated voicemail, e-mail, SMS (short message service) and fax.

UC is not one, single product, but a set of products that help to provide a consistent, unified user interface and user experience using several devices and media types. Unified communications simplifies and integrates all forms of communications available to optimize business processes, manage flows, and eliminate device and media dependencies. A main focus of UC is to reduce communication response time, which is often integral in making important business decisions. UC technology’s main goal is to minimize that delay that holds up performance. Other UC focuses include: telecommunication voice systems and services, data communication networks, IT systems, mobile telecommunications services, and videoconferencing technology and telepresence services.

With a UC system, the user is able to send a message on one medium and receive the same communication on a different medium. For example, you can receive a voicemail message and then decide to access it through your e-mail instead. If the sender is online and is currently accepting calls, then the response can be sent right away via text chat or video call. If not, it may be sent as a non real-time message, like e-mail or voice mail, and can be accessed through a variety of media types.

Mitel will assist you in planning and implementing a phased approach to UC that is customized for your business’s needs by addressing your most important challenges and delivering an excellent return on investment. You are also able to change or update your communications solutions at any time depending on the growth and the needs of your company. Gone are the days of waiting for a response from your boss just because he or she is out of the office! Unified communications brings you instant results.

San Diego, CA – Along with the thirty-five other first-time exhibitors, Mills Communications, Inc. will be traveling to Palm Springs, California to participate in the California Association of Health Facilities (CAHF) 60th Annual Convention from November 15-17, 2010.

For the past sixty years, the CAHF has been holding this convention and expo as a type of professional rededication through knowledgeable speakers, friends and acquaintances who are committed to improving long-term care in California. This year there are thirty-six new exhibitors, well over three-hundred exhibitors in all. Not only will the convention be full of useful, timely sessions for attendees, but there will be plenty of social functions, entertainment, and dinners.

“We are looking forward to being a newcomer to the convention this year,” says John M. Mills, President of Mills Communications, Inc., an enterprise voice solutions and data integration company that provides expandable telecommunication and data systems for business operations. “One of the industries we serve is the health industry, and with our new solutions portfolio we’ll definitely reconnect with current clients as well as be introduced to potential new ones.”

Since 1950 the CAHF has been a non-profit trade association that serves long-term care staff, owners, managers, and residents. They also work to ensure patient placement at an appropriate and cost effective level. It is through educational programs and proactive support with legislative and administrative agencies, their dedication is reflected in the improvements of quality long-term health care in California.

Mills Communications, Inc. offers three locations in Southern California. Their San Diego, Irvine, and Los Angeles offices can be reached by visiting www.millscom.com or calling 800-776-4557.

Investing in a software-based IP PBX is a smart choice, not only for new companies purchasing their first phone system, but also for established companies who already have a PBX. An IP PBX delivers such significant savings in management, maintenance, and ongoing call costs, that upgrading to an IP PBX, is the obvious choice for any company.

What this solution has to offer for business communication is multi-platform, meaning voice, fax, web conferencing and messaging capabilities, that change analogue into digital communication transmitted over the Internet to anyone else with IP Telephony capabilities. Communication can even be used with mobile phone devices. Providers are beginning to open it to the 3G network. Businesses generally transfer off the land-line, initially as a cost cutting measure, but features like video conferencing are appealing not only as a way to save on travel, but also as an avenue to allow much more real-time interactive collaboration across fields and distance. IP Telephony is introducing new flexibility into everyday business operations.

Del Mar, CA — On Wednesday, November 3, 2010, San Diego based Mills Communications, Inc. will be an exhibitor with the AGC Southern California Construction Technology Exposition held at the Del Mar Fairgrounds.

Deemed a one of a kind event for the area, the Southern California Construction Technology Exposition boasts over fifty exhibitors that will feature the latest available technology for the construction industry. “Access to innovative technology solutions are now critical to succeed in the construction industry, and this exhibition is the one to be at,” says John M. Mills, President of Mills Communications, Inc., an enterprise voice solutions and data integration company that provides expandable telecommunication and data systems for business operations. “With ShoreTel’s recent acquisition of Agito Networks, they’ll once again be changing industry rules. This time though, the change will be in the construction industry. It’s one of the most mobile.”

ShoreTel, Inc. provides a brilliantly simple communication solutions based on award winning IP business phone systems. The industry’s adoption of smartphones is expanding quickly and with their acquisition of Agito Networks, it appears ShoreTel will set the pace for mobile markets like construction. “The ShoreTel Mobility solution places the office in your pocket,” says Mills.

The Southern California Construction Technology Exposition is free to all AGC members, guests, and those in the construction industry wishing to view and experience the latest in construction technology. The event will take place from 12:00 pm to 7:00 pm at Wyland Hall, Del Mar Fairgrounds, in Del Mar, California.

Mills Communications, Inc. offers three locations in Southern California. Their San Diego, Irvine, and Los Angeles offices can be reached by visiting www.millscom.com or calling 800-776-4557.