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Private corporate networks (PCN) are a comprehensive communications system which can provide any sized company a completely integrated Voip and text communications system for staff, customers, suppliers and other associates. The setup of a PCN is simple. There is a PCN button on the appropriate Navatec Voyager and this provides access to a configuration system to build an open or a closed PCN. Open system The Open PCN provides users with access to the General Directory used by all users of Navatec's Real Net. To set up a private network the user simply transfers relevant user names from the General Directory to their PCN directory. Closed system The Closed PCN is a more exclusive set-up where the user has not registered the users of the PCN in the Global Directory but users already receive their PCN Directories filled with the user names selected by the principal contractor such as a private corporation or government service. A typical situation would be a staff directory. Closed systems are particularly useful for work groups who simply do not want to be bothered with external contacts. At any time external contacts can be made in the regular voip section from a so-called Personal Directory. Status discrimination As in the case of the regular Navatec Voip services, PCN users have a lookup screen where they can see who is on line and in receive mode. Other users are cued that another user is online only when a user wishes to receive contacts. As soon as a user calls someone else their name disappears from the online list but if someone calls them while making a call the system informs the caller that they are on a call. Conferences Online conferences are a easy to setup and use feature of PCNs. A PCN conference is started by two people and then any number of participants can be added. Essentially the person setting up a conference can just keep adding names. The process calls the person and informs them that they have been invited to a conference. To date the largest conference has involved in excess of 100 participants but in reality this has little practical meaning in terms of active participation. The Navatec Voip bandwidth consumption is extremely low. Progressive PCN conferences are particularly good for what are known as progressive conferences. These are where the participation might change during the course of the conference. A department director can initiate a conference by sending out a agenda using Navatec's universal channel (UC) or Navatec's spam free mail (SFM). The agenda might contain the points to be discussed and the people who should contribute. Once people join, text communications can also be by the chat system within the Voip applications. During the conference the UC can be used to contact people to see if they are ready to join, documents can be sent to people to read before they join. So as the meeting progresses through the agenda so decisions can be sent out to, for example, the CEO who after reading the brief can request that he be called to join the conference and a point of his or her chosing. In this way a PCN progressive conference is particularly productive in its support of ongoing productive dicussion and exchange of paperwork. NV has a particularly easy-to-use document management system which enable several people in different location in the world to discuss the contents of a single document. This facility is used by commodity traders to review requests and confirmations before committing to sales. The bandwidth consumption on the Navatec Voip is amongst the lowest of all services but offers very clear and stable transmission. |
