Skype is a free peer-to-peer application that over a half a billion people around the world use every day. Recently, Skype launched Skype Connect, a commercial grade VOIP offering that reduces the communications costs while giving SMBs access to the Skype community around the globe. NET Tenor Series gateways offer gateway functionality as well as work as Enterprise Session Border Controller (SBC) for organizations connecting to Skype network.

In today's business environment saving money on communication cost is a top priority for IT department heads. Allowing existing communication equipment to seemlessly communicate in an IP world helps extend the value of your current communications system. NET's Tenor Series enables small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) using legacy TDM and IP-PBX equipment to communicate more efficiently by directing their outbound calls to any phone through Skype Connect. It will also allow them to receive inbound calls from more than half a billion Skype users around the world.

Through Skype’s “click-to-dial” functionality, any SMB can Skype-enable their website and, as inbound customers calls are received, NET’s gateway will provide a demarcation point and provide the internal routing to the TDM or IP-PBX endpoint.

Skype Connect provides connectivity between a business and the Skype community. By adding Skype Connect to an existing PBX, an SMB can save on communication costs with little or no additional upgrades required. Here's how it works.