MCI Canada Advanced Business Communications employs advanced Internet Protocol (IP) telephony technology, using flexible IP-based networks instead of the traditional public telecommunications infrastructure. IP telephony joins the delivery of voice and data over a single network communications link, greatly simplifying and consolidating your enterprise communications for significant cost savings, enhanced reliability, and the flexibility needed for tomorrow’s demanding applications.

The Internet Protocol (IP) supports Voice, Data, and Video applications on a common global data network, enabling users to communicate and collaborate using a wide variety of communication devices. Voice over IP (VoIP) digitizes a caller’s voice and divides it into discrete data packets transmitted over a network using the standard Internet Protocol. Large organizations benefit by easily keeping pace with their rapidly evolving communication needs with a single network, rather than maintaining separate networks and technologies to handle each type of communications.

Features and Capabilities

MCI Canada’s Advanced Business Communications offers IP-based voice Long Distance services to enterprise customers, supported by Verizon’s proven IP backbone facilities, and backed by the expertise needed to provide a high quality, reliable service. MCI Canada’s Advanced Business Communications service uses your existing dedicated IP connection into the Verizon IP network, directing your voice traffic to the MCI Canada "gatekeeper". To accomplish this, an H.323 gateway/router will be connected to your PBX. The PBX will then route Long Distance voice traffic, via IP, to MCI Canada for eventual termination. This connection will support your direct-dialed outbound Long Distance and inbound Toll-Free services.

Communications Service

• High quality, reliable service
  
  
• Outbound Long Distance calls to anywhere in the world
  
  
• Inbound Toll-Free feature set including:
  
  
• International Toll-Free Service (ITFS)
  
  
• Universal International Freephone Number (UIFN)
  
  
• Call blocking / Call redirection / Call routing
  
  
• Competitive domestic and international rates
  
  
• Supports any location with a dedicated MCI Canada IP connection
  
  
• No change in how calls are made by users
  
  
• Provides cost-effective office-to-office calling capabilities over IP
  
  
• MCI Canada-managed gateway and IP connections
  
  
• Minor configuration change to the customer's phone system
  
  
• Support for G.729 voice algorithm
  
  
• Monthly printed invoices showing summary of calls
  
  
• Electronic call detail record available to the client
  
  

Benefits For Your Business

MCI Canada's MCI Advanced Business Communications services deliver many options to meet your current and future business requirements. When you rely on MCI Canada Voice Services, you benefit from:

• Cost Saving — MCI Canada Advanced Business Communications service is cost competitive with traditional Long Distance voice service, directly reducing the Long Distance and Toll-Free costs to your business. With MCI Canada Advanced Business Communications service, you will reduce traffic over your traditional business phone lines, thus potentially eliminating a percentage of PSTN lines and their associated cost
  
  
• Future-Ready — Using MCI Canada Advanced Business Communications service will bring your business one step closer for future implementation of an IP system to the desktop.
  
  
• Unsurpassed Reliability — MCI Canada uses Verizon’s first-class, global IP network to ensure your company's data is transferred quickly and safely. This single, integrated network ensures a robust infrastructure, with unlimited scalability, reliability, and security
  
  
• Customer Service — MCI Canada customers rely on our unmatched technical resources, people, and experience. MCI Canada Service Level Agreements (SLAs) ensure highly reliable connectivity and superior performance. MCI Canada continually monitors the status of the network and offers expert customer support 7x24.