Digital turn off ISDN2/ISDN30 is closing. Businesses are you prepared?

When the UK’s Digital network closes in 2025, you will need be looking for a hosted service that will not let your business down.

If you already have a hosted service but are suffering from a disjointed supply chain, a lack of existing provider support or want a one-stop shop for all your hosted needs, then look no further.

And if you haven’t added hosted to your business yet, don’t wait until 2025. Hubtel Communications can help you get started today to take advantage of the benefits that a hosted solution can bring. 

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What to do now

If your current traditional telephony contract is up for renewal in the next few years, now is the time to start exploring the benefits and opportunities of VoIP technology. These include:

Cost savings – Reduction on line rental as SIP or VOIP is more cost effective than a PSTN or ISDN Line, cheaper calls including International calls, and free calls between your organization’s offices

Mobility – remote workers can login to your VoIP from anywhere using an Internet connection, even on their mobiles.

Collaboration – Video conferencing and file sharing, savings business time and money on travel to get to weekly/monthly sales teams together for meetings, also saves on our carbon footprint!

Multi-functional – as well as voice calls, VoIP can also be used for videoconferencing using a VoIP phone

Integration – because VoIP technology uses the Internet it is possible to integrate it with your other business systems, such as email clients or customer records

Scalability – VoIP technology scales easily to your business. New phone lines can simply be added, reassigned or removed depending on your business’ needs.

You’ll also need to ensure that your office Internet can handle VoIP. You will need a baseline of 5Mbps down and 2Mbps up as the bare minimum for a small office of about five to seven users on VoIP Phone systems and handsets also need to support VoIP, having identified a provider you will be able to find out if they are compatible or not. If not, you can either upgrade to an IP-enabled on-premise PBX or replace your phone system with a hosted telephony offering.

When to migrate?

We would advise businesses to start thinking about migrating sooner rather than later. Now that ISDN is essentially viewed as a legacy platform, investment in it is likely to fall. This could mean that the standard of the existing network, and support infrastructure, could begin to suffer the effects of being retired well before the 2025 switch off date.

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