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Using your voice to ensure your enterprise is heard

The BT One Cloud Featurenet service connects your UK sites through one seamless voice network. Consolidating with BT both reduces the cost and improves the performance of your voice communications. It also enables your enterprise to gradually and seamlessly move to our voice over internet protocol (VoIP) technology by providing a stepping stone to full convergence.

So much more than just talk

One Cloud Featurenet offers a number of benefits specifically designed to help you achieve much more than just a consolidated voice network. Through One Cloud Featurenet you will be able to:

  • increase overall efficiency by connecting all of your UK sites into one seamless voice network
  • combine traditional voice and hosted technologies through One Cloud Featurenet - developed in parallel with BT's voice over internet protocol (VoIP) product portfolio
  • minimise risk by exploring the different technological possibilities through our range of manageable and gradual product variations
  • consolidate your existing voice infrastructure and take the first steps towards achieving a single hosted communications platform
  • avoid the cost of replacing equipment on a large scale by utilising your existing private branch exchange (PBX) technology
  • achieve immediate savings by using one single supplier of voice services for your organisations entire voice network

Key features and benefits

One Cloud Featurenet is a family of virtual private network (VPN) services that includes Featurenet 1000 and Featurenet 5000. Both services achieve similar benefits; however, there are some key differences and features.

  • Featurenet 1000 is compatible with private branch exchange (PBX) technology. It integrates your existing (separate) voice communication infrastructures with a digital private network signalling system (DPNSS) with the minimum amount of technological change.
  • Featurenet 5000 uses voiceover internet protocol (VoIP) technology to supply the benefits of a dedicated PBX without having to invest in, manage and administer your own. This can help your organisation move towards a converged communication network at a quicker pace.
  • Featurenet 1000 and Featurenet 5000 can be mixed and matched within the same VPN according to your organisation's specific requirements.
  • Direct dialling inward (DDI) functionality is available on both Featurenet 1000 and Featurenet 5000 for direct personal access from outside the VPN.

Additional features and benefits.

  • Featurenet 5000i provides you with access functionality such as video conferencing and file transfer across your VPN.
  • Featurenet Link enables automatic call distribution, saving you from heavy investment if you require call centre capability.
  • Featurenet Manager allows you to control and analyse the performance and functionality of your Featurenet 5000 network quickly and easily.
  • Home working gives you indirect access to your Featurenet VPN from a non-office location.
  • Featurenet Enhanced Voice Services provides an on demand service to help you achieve convergence. It enables the integration of voice messaging, email, fax, flexible working and virtual contact centre solutions.
  • BT Featurenet add-ons offer state of the art phone systems, consoles and other ancillary equipment – without incurring the cost of actual ownership.

Detailed description

One Cloud Featurenet

One Cloud Featurenet is able to create one single voice network throughout your enterprise. It has been specifically designed to comply with new and existing technologies to simplify and enhance your existing voice communication systems.

Many enterprises operate a public branch exchange (PBX) telephone network within their individual site locations. One Cloud Featurenet can link these different sites/PBX’s through BT managed digital or analogue access channels This creates a secure, cost effective connection within your virtual private network (VPN); however, One Cloud Featurenet is also able to incorporate IP technology to achieve even greater influence on your future voice and communications systems.

With One Cloud Featurenet you are able to augment an existing PBX network and/or create a single hosted framework - through voiceover internet protocol (VoIP) - as part of a converged communications platform.

Our solution can do more than offer your organisation a modern robust voice communication infrastructure. By incorporating One Cloud Featurenet as part of an overall corporate strategy, your enterprise can both increase its existing communications capability and begin its journey towards convergence within an appropriate timescale.

The additional features, products and services available through One Cloud Featurenet - and our One Cloud portfolio - can satisfy any additional business specific needs your organisation might require. This maximises competitive edge through responsible network evolution.

Who should buy

What does your voice network say about you?

Using voice and communications networks is integral to modern corporate/organisational practice. No matter what the size, scale or nature your enterprise, effective and efficient voice communication is always of paramount importance.

One Cloud Featurenet is ideal if you wish to enhance your competitive performance through moving gradually towards a VoIP communications infrastructure.

The different technologies and capacity for scalable consolidation found within One Cloud Featurenet renders it a highly appropriate proposition for those looking to invest in a smart business proposition.

Why BT

Why BT

One Cloud Featurenet represents an opportunity for your enterprise to not only enhance its operational performance, but to do so at an appropriate pace and cost.

The design of One Cloud Featurenet, and its additional elements, enables us to develop a voice communications network which will suit your specific needs.

Our expertise does not stop at supplying a connected and secure voice network. Our further knowledge of voiceover internet protocol (VoIP), along with our extensive One Cloud portfolio and IP convergence pioneering, places us in prime position to plan, construct, maintain and evolve your infrastructure to meet the demands of 21st century commerce and competition.