Aligned with these findings, recent GlobalData research commissioned by Telstra, found that two-thirds of respondents across Asia, Europe, and the United States said that COVID-19 had changed their organisations forever. In fact, 98 per cent of enterprises believe that there will be an increased reliance on video conferencing to replace face-to-face meetings post-COVID-19 recovery and 74 per cent of organisations are introducing or expanding investments in cloud-based collaboration applications such as Microsoft Teams.
98% say video conferencing will increasingly replace face-to-face meetings.
A new way of working
Born from an urgent need to connect, the widespread adoption of cloud collaboration tools demonstrated the capabilities of these solutions to increase communication and productivity between workers regardless of location.
In response, Telstra launched Telstra Calling for Microsoft Teams (TCMT) a cloud-based application providing telephony capabilities on Microsoft Teams midway through 2020. TCMT combines Telstra’s expertise in voice, networks, cloud and services with Microsoft’s expertise in cloud, collaboration and productivity to enable staff to use a business landline regardless if they are on the road, working from home or in the office.
Since launching, coverage for Telstra Calling for Microsoft Teams has expanded from four to 13 locations across Asia Pacific and Europe, with plans for further expansions. TCMT delivers a per user, per month pricing model and usage-based calling with low calling rates to ensure cost efficiency. Users can also bring existing businesses numbers or provision new phone numbers, with geo redundancy across multiple global instances and full call functions. Automatic provisioning of services will be enabled in a future release.
Enabling enterprise to achieve cloud-first strategy through TCMT
At Telstra, we are continuously collaborating with our strategic partners such as Microsoft to enhance our user calling experience and deliver collaboration solutions designed to meet our customer’s business needs.
For example, together we enabled a South East Asia-based transportation and logistics company to provide a smoother remote working experience and reduce the need for complex vendor management.
The customer came to us with legacy phone systems that provided poor voice quality, limited their remote working capabilities, were complicated to manage and were not aligned to their cloud first strategy.
As a result of working together, Telstra and Microsoft delivered a future proof unified communications solution based on TCMT that was scalable, enhanced productivity and simplified vendor management for 400 staff members across seven countries.
We also helped a leading international insurance group to streamline IT management and enhance employee experiences with a zero-infrastructure on-premise solution.
The customer required a solution that offered full voice functions while being able to support hot desking in new office. Telstra proposed a solution based on TCMT with end-to-end professional services for 250 staff in Singapore, delivering full voice capabilities to enable a mobile workforce and future proof unified communications.
Telstra Calling for Microsoft Teams delivers a cloud-based collaboration solution delivered over one of the leading networks in Asia Pacific to unify business communication and enable teams to connect – almost anywhere, anytime.
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