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Business Telephone Systems & Hosted VoIP

Business Telephone Systems & Hosted VoIP in West Sussex

Hosted business telephone systems supplied, configured and managed by Omni3 across West Sussex and the South East. No on-site PBX. Number migration managed. One supplier for your telephone service, connectivity and network.

Omni3 supplies, provisions, configures and supports hosted business telephone systems for businesses across West Sussex and the South East. We manage the service from initial setup and number migration through to ongoing support and billing. Customers deal directly with Omni3 for their business telephone service.

What is hosted telephony?

Modern business telephony explained

A hosted telephone system replaces a traditional on-site PBX with a cloud-based service. Rather than hardware installed in a comms cabinet, the telephone system runs on remote servers managed by the service provider. Calls are carried over your internet connection using VoIP (Voice over IP) technology.

For businesses, this means no upfront hardware cost, no maintenance contracts for on-site equipment, and a system that can be updated, expanded and managed remotely. Adding a new user, changing call routing or setting up a new hunt group takes minutes through a management portal — not a visit from an engineer.

For staff, it means their business telephone number is not tied to a desk or a building. They can use a desk phone in the office, a laptop application when working from home or a mobile app when travelling — all presenting the same business number, receiving the same calls and accessing the same voicemail.

No on-site hardware to maintain

The telephone system infrastructure is managed in the cloud. There is no on-site PBX to maintain, upgrade or replace — reducing maintenance overheads and removing a capital expenditure cycle.

Scales with your business

Add or remove users without hardware changes or engineer visits. User provisioning is managed through the admin portal. Whether you are adding one user or twenty, the system scales immediately.

Your number, any device

Business numbers are assigned to users, not to physical lines or extensions. Staff take calls on a desk phone, laptop or mobile. The business number travels with the person.

One supplier for telephony and connectivity

Where Omni3 supplies both the telephone system and the underlying broadband and network, there is one point of contact for the complete communications setup.

Products

Hosted telephone systems we supply

Omni3 supplies three hosted telephone products. We advise on the most appropriate product based on your requirements, user count and call-handling needs.

Hosted telephone system

Elevate

Hosted business telephone system suitable for general business communications. Omni3 supplies, configures and manages Elevate for businesses across West Sussex and the South East.

Suitable for

General business telephony — offices, professional services, multi-site businesses

Call centre solution

Elevate Call Centre

Call-centre and contact-centre solution for businesses requiring more advanced inbound and outbound call handling and management. Suitable where structured queue management, reporting and supervisor tools are needed alongside the core telephone system.

Suitable for

Contact centres, businesses with structured inbound call handling, customer service teams

Hosted telephone system

CallSwitch One

Alternative hosted business telephone system supplied, configured and managed by Omni3. An additional option for businesses whose requirements suit a different platform.

Suitable for

Where an alternative hosted telephony platform is preferred

We discuss your requirements and recommend the most appropriate product. Contact us to arrange a free consultation.

Capabilities

What a hosted telephone system can do

Auto attendant and call routing

Automated call answering and routing directs incoming calls based on time of day, department, user or menu selection. Callers reach the right person without needing a receptionist to route every call manually.

Hunt groups and call groups

Incoming calls can ring multiple extensions simultaneously or in sequence until answered. Hunt groups ensure calls are not missed when a direct number is busy or unanswered.

Voicemail and voicemail-to-email

Individual and group voicemail with voicemail-to-email delivery — messages are emailed as audio attachments so they can be reviewed anywhere, on any device.

Desk phones, softphones and mobile apps

Staff can use a physical desk phone, a softphone application on their laptop, a mobile app on their personal or company mobile, or any combination. The business number travels with the user.

Remote and hybrid working

A hosted telephone system has no on-site hardware dependency. Remote and hybrid workers use the same system as office-based staff — same number, same hunt groups, same voicemail — regardless of location.

Multi-site working

Businesses with more than one office use a single hosted telephone system across all sites. Internal calls between sites are free. External calls from any site present the business number.

Time-based call routing

Calls are routed differently inside and outside business hours. Out-of-hours calls can go to voicemail, a message service or an on-call number — configured once and applied automatically.

Number presentation

Outbound calls present the business number, not the individual user's direct line or mobile number. Consistent number presentation across all staff, on all devices.

Elevate Call Centre

Contact-centre telephone requirements

For businesses with structured inbound or outbound call handling needs — customer service teams, contact centres or sales teams with defined call-queue requirements — Elevate Call Centre provides the advanced call management and supervisor tools needed alongside the core telephone system.

Omni3 configures and manages Elevate Call Centre deployments. If your requirements go beyond general business telephony, we discuss the specific call-handling requirements during the consultation to confirm whether Elevate Call Centre or an alternative product is the right fit.

Discuss Call Centre Requirements
Number migration

Keeping your existing business telephone numbers

Keeping your existing business numbers is an important part of changing telephone systems. Omni3 manages the number migration process as part of the transition to your new hosted telephone service.

Geographic numbers

Local area code numbers (01, 02) can be ported to the hosted system. Your customers continue to call the same number they always have.

Non-geographic numbers

Non-geographic numbers (03, 08) can also be migrated in most cases. We confirm the portability of specific numbers at the start of the migration process.

New numbers where needed

Where additional numbers are needed — for new departments, new sites or additional direct lines — we provision these as part of the setup.

Migration managed by Omni3

We manage the migration process from start to finish. We advise on timescales for your specific numbers at the point of sale — we do not publish generic timescales as these vary by number type and current provider.

Deployment

Installation, configuration and onboarding

01

Consultation and design

We discuss your call volumes, user count, device requirements, call routing preferences, number migration and any specific requirements. We recommend the most appropriate product and produce a proposed configuration.

02

Number migration initiation

Where existing numbers are being ported, we initiate the migration process. We advise on expected timescales for your specific numbers and coordinate the cutover.

03

System configuration

We configure the telephone system: user accounts, hunt groups, auto attendant, voicemail, time-based routing and any other features required. Configuration is completed and tested before go-live.

04

Device provisioning

Desk phones, softphone applications and mobile apps are provisioned and tested. We ensure every user can make and receive calls before handover.

05

Handover and training

We train administrators on managing the system — adding users, changing routing, managing voicemail and generating reports. User documentation is provided.

06

Ongoing support and management

Omni3 remains your point of contact for all support, changes and additions. We manage the account and bill the service directly.

Connectivity requirements

A hosted telephone system depends on your internet connection for call quality and reliability. A reliable business broadband connection is the foundation. Where VoIP traffic needs to be prioritised, a properly configured router with Quality of Service (QoS) rules ensures calls are not affected by other internet activity.

For maximum resilience — particularly where telephone availability is business-critical — we recommend pairing the telephone system with a DrayTek router configured for 4G/5G failover. If the primary broadband connection fails, calls continue over the backup connection.

Omni3 manages the service

From initial setup through to ongoing changes, support and fault resolution — Omni3 manages the complete service.

Direct billing from Omni3

The telephone service is billed directly by Omni3. One invoice, one supplier.

One point of contact

Telephony, broadband, network and mobile on a single account with one team.

Business telephone systems — common questions

Discuss your business telephone system

We discuss your requirements, recommend the right product and handle the complete deployment — number migration, configuration and handover. West Sussex and the South East.