Voice over IP (VoIP) Rollout Update- currently SMCC has about ten IP Phones that are connected to the District’s CallManager (VoIP’s PBX). The District has chosen to go with a Cisco VoIP Phone solution and the implementation process has been started. As of now, Mesa Community College Main and the Red Mountain Campus are fully VoIP implemented. Three other colleges have been selected to start the VoIP rollout. These are SMCC, Phoenix College, and Estrella Mountain College. It looks like SMCC will be the first of the three colleges.
Sometime in the next two to three months, SMCC will be receiving the initial
starter kit from District which includes a CallManager server, an Application
server, one video for conference calls, and thirty IP phones. If all goes
as planned, these will be installed during the Summer months.
Our VoIP phones system will be self contained within SMCC, that is, we will
not be using the District’s CallManager. The current NEC phone system will
still be operational for most of the SMCC campus, just thirty NEC phones
will be replaced by VoIP phones. A full SMCC implementation of VoIP phone
system for replacing the current NEC system is coming soon.
