Meeting Summary: Pritesh Ganatra Shares His Knowledge Of Telecoms - NNBN

30 Jun Meeting Summary: Pritesh Ganatra Shares His Knowledge Of Telecoms

Posted at 12:38h in Latest News, NNBN Meetings by NNBN Ltd

Last night’s NNBN meeting at the Northampton Town Centre Hotel by Accor Hotels saw a great presentation from Pritesh Ganatra from BTS UK Limited as attendees from businesses, charities and organisations from across Northamptonshire learned more about the services his business offers, but also the change over from ISDN which is fast approaching.

Pritesh has over 25 years of industry knowledge around the Telecoms sector and his company provides a complete consultancy, audit and report based around your current and future TECHNOLOGY requirements. The report encompasses ALL equipment that is likely to, now or in the future, be a ‘connected’ device on your network, including IP Telephony / IT Systems / Internet Connections, CCTV Systems, Wi-Fi Systems, IoT (Internet of Things), Company Mobile Devices (internal or external / BOYD), Fire Alarm Systems, Photocopiers and Door Access Systems.

So the date for the cut off……. DECEMBER 2025. ISDN will be no more and Pritesh shared this with the room explaining what the ‘Switch Off’ means and that the dial tone, as we know it, will cease to exist and will be replaced by Voice Over IP (VOIP).

What the network ‘Switch-Off’ means and what changes does your business have to do now?

• Get your BUSINESS number ported from PSTN/ISDN sooner rather than later!

• Get the best BUSINESS broadband product possible – BT, City Fibre, Sky Business, TalkTalk, Virgin Media Business…..BUT go through a reseller for local support and service.

• Don’t use a network supplied router for your business OR if in use, change the Admin and Wi-Fi login credentials.

• Make sure Firewalls are enabled and close / disable all ‘routing ports’ that are not in use.

• Limit times of BOYD use and force login in after one hour.

• As Telephony is entrenched within the IT environment it is more important than now that your IT services (internal or external) understand on how to programme phone systems correctly.

• Choose the right Telecoms platform that works for your business at the best pricing structure.

If you would like further advice around your business telecoms, Pritesh will be happy to answer any questions you may have and you can contact him by visiting his website here