Evolve your communications with 3CX Phone System for Windows - an IP Phone System that completely replaces your proprietary PBX, supports standard SIP soft/hard phones, VOIP services and traditional PSTN phone lines.
The free version of 3CX can be downloaded from here.
3CX Phone Systems provides reduced implemention and on going support costs when compared to a traditional PBX. Call costs can be substantially reduced by using a VOIP service provider. Its web-based administration simplifies phone system management and reduces the requirement for expensive specialist skills. 3CX Phone System eliminates the need to install a traditional phone wiring network and allows users to hot desk through the implementation of virtual phone extensions.
Designed for Microsoft Windows Platforms - The Free Edition supports up to a maximum of 8 simultaneous calls
Key Features:
- Complete phone system - Provides call switching, routing & queueing
- Purchase cost dramatically lower than a traditional hardware PBX
- Scaleable - Unlimited extensions and phone lines. No proprietary expansion modules needed!
- Web based configuration & status indication - Easy phone system management!
- Unified messaging - Receive voice mail via e-mail
- Auto attendant (e.g. 1 for sales, 2 for support, etc.)
- Reduce long distance and inter office call costs
- No more expensive proprietary system phones - Use standard SIP phones
- Eliminate the phone wiring and make moving offices easier
- Out of the box configuration for many VOIP providers
3CX is available in free and commercial versions. The majority of features are available in both versions (see description below for comparison) Only commercial versions offer technical phone support options.
If your telephony service is of critical importance to your business and you don't have technical expertise onsite then IPChitChat recommends that you purchase the relevant commercial version. Please contact us if you require further advice.
3CX Free Edition has the following features:
General Phone System Features
- Personal Call History
- Call Logging
- Call Reporting
- Blind Call Transfer
- Attended Call Transfer
- Call Forward on Busy
- Call Forward on No Answer
- Call Routing (DID)
- Caller ID
- Conference Calling
- Auto Attendant / Digital Receptionist
- Voice Mail
- Music on Hold
- Ring Groups
- Hunt Groups
The commercial versions offer the following additional features:
- Call Parking
- Call Pickup
- Call Queuing
- Call Recording
- Dial by Name
- MWI - Message Waiting Indicator
- BLF Status Updates
- Conference Rooms
- Intercom
- Paging
- Central Phonebook
Management and Scalability
- Real Time Web Based System Status
- Web based Management Console
- Integrated Web Server
- Automated Backup and Retore
- Firewall Friendly Configuration of Remote Sites via Tunnel
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Certified
- Integrated Enterprise Database (PostgreSQL)
- Ability to run as Windows 2008 Virtual Machine
- Ability to run as VMWare Virtual Machine
- Supports Windows Clustering
The commercial versions offer the following additional features:
- Phone Provisioning
- Allows Users to configure their own Extension Settings
- Receive Voice Mail via Email
- Integrate Branch Offices with 3CX Bridge
- Public SIP ID for Extensions
- 3CX Tunnel for Easy Remote Connections
The commercial versions offer the following additional features:
- Standards-based Presence Information
- Integrated Fax Server
- Receive Faxes from Anywhere on the Network
- Myphone Self-Service User Portal
- Compact Windows System Tray Applet
- Tunnel all VOIP Traffic over a Single Port
- Place Calls
- Transfer Calls
- Shows Incoming Calls
- Show Caller ID
- Shows Personal Call History
- Divert Calls to Voice Mail
- TAPI Driver for Integration with Microsoft Outlook
- Queue Monitoring
- Shows Status of Other Extensions
- Run as Presence Monitor in Combination with Deskphone
SIP Standards Support
- Fully Supports RFC 3261
- SIP Forking
The commercial versions offer the following additional features:
- Establish Standards based SIP Trunks with other SIP Servers
- Supports SIP Hardware Phones
- Supports SIP Software Phones
- Supports Leading SIP / VOIP Gateways
- Supports Popular SIP / VOIP Providers
- SIP Trunking Support
- Create Free Communication Links to other 3CX Systems
- Create Free Communication Links to other SIP Systems
- G711 ( a law and u law)
- GSM
- Speex
- Ilbc
- G729
- Wiki
- Community Forums (No 3CX Support)
- Email Support
- Live Chat Support
- 3CX Partner Forum (only for 3CX Resellers)
- 3CX Partner Support Portal (only for 3CX Resellers)
The 3CX commercial editions also offer the following integration capabilities:
- Microsoft Outlook
- Saleforce Integration
- HTTP API to Integrate with any Web CRM
- Microsoft Exchange 2007 UM
- Microsoft Fax Services
3CX Product Manual Download (2,85 MB)
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