In the past, installing a business PBX phone system required a huge expense, but it was the only way to get all the features a sophisticated company needs. Not only did you have to buy expensive and bulky PBX hardware, but you had to pay someone to install and maintain it. But you want the best small business phone system for your company, and phone systems have evolved. With Intermedia Unite, you get support for high-definition (HD) audio along with features such as call park, call forwarding, 3-way calling, and a conference bridge. All you need to do is buy the pre-configured phones, connect them to the Internet and download the Unite apps.

What is PBX?

Private Branch Exchange (PBX) is a private system within a company that allows a business to manage multiple phone line extensions and calls within and outside of the company. Traditional PBX hardware technology, that makes call management possible, is generally stored physically on-premises within the company. Each phone extension connects by wire to the PBX terminal through a plug in the wall.

Enterprise-grade phone systems

Intermedia Unite allows your company to plug into our PBX equipment through the cloud, saving you money and data space while providing your company with over 90 call features that present your SMB just like a Fortune 500 company. Features such as voicemail to email, hold & park, call transfer, and call recording will all be managed through your company's own private administrative portal.

Quality and Reliable Calls

You won't sacrifice quality for cost with Intermedia Unite. Intermedia has programs and processes in place to help assure high-quality calling, including customer site pre-qualification and constant real-time monitoring of our network for any quality of services (QoS) issues, and all of it is financially backed with a 99.999% uptime service level agreement.

Business Continuity

When unforeseen emergencies strike (power outage, severe weather, theft, etc.) your business, Intermedia Unite can help your business stay afloat by allowing you to forward calls to your mobile devices or to an off-site location. The key to surviving downtime is to maintain a working communications system. If your phones are up, you can still contact customers and preserve vital relationships while your business works towards getting back up and running.

Easy Installation

The best part, after the savings and added functionality, is the easy installation. Our expert onboarding team will easily guide you through the setup process. You don't need to be an expert. We will send you pre-configured phones that, once plugged into your internet connection, will be ready to go.

Phone Cost Savings

Lower your operating expenses by eliminating the need for expensive equipment and the technical experts needed to install, maintain and repair it. Get feature-rich phone service for a low monthly cost.

Spam Caller Protection

Spam Caller Protection is a free service for Intermedia Unite customers. It detects calls from aggressive telemarketers and fraudsters and allows administrators to decide how to route these calls. Depending on your organization’s preferences, you can tag these calls in the Caller ID screen, send them to voicemail, or block them. This protection extends to every Unite device, including the Unite desktop and mobile apps.

Envision Call Analytics provides your organization with the power to easily visualize the performance of your sales and support employees using your calling data. Through these visualizations, businesses can take specific actions to both optimize employee efficiency and improve customer engagement and experiences.

Track usage and performance of your remote sales and support teams.

Track performance

Saving and scheduling the reports

Save and schedule the reports which are most meaningful to your organization.

Upgrade to Intermedia Unite Pro or Enterprise packages to increase the quality of your customer engagements with enhanced Agent Reporting.

Agent Reporting

The free Intermedia Unite Desktop App empowers employees with the flexibility to communicate the way that works best for them, right from their Mac or PC.

Efficiency

The Unite Desktop App brings essential collaboration tools together, making teamwork easier than ever. See who is available, send chats and text messages, place and receive calls, share screens, start video calls and share files—all from one application.

Ease of Use

The Unite Desktop App uses the corporate Active Directory® to automatically create a contact list, which is used as a basis for most of the features of the App. Click the name on the contact tile to find more info from the Active Directory such as extension number, job title, department, office location, and email address. However, if you aren't exactly whom to call, just use the intuitive search feature. Whether you search by name, department, or location, you will find your contact - fast.

Flexibility

The Unite Desktop App empowers employees with the flexibility to communicate the way that works best for them: Softphone mode or Call Controller mode.

Softphone mode: Allows users to place and receive phone calls directly through a computer, helping them to collaborate more effectively by consolidating communications through a single device.

Call Controller mode: Acts like a remote control for the user’s associated desk phone, empowering the employee to be more effective and efficient with call management.

Both modes include the following features:

Team Chat and Business SMS

Send and receive chats and text messages to colleagues and customers. Unlimited text messages can be sent to colleagues and customers across the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Chats and text messages are securely encrypted in transit and at rest and will automatically sync across Unite Desktop and Mobile applications. Pin favorites to the top of your contact list and access full contact history at any time.

Contact Management

Manage company, customer, and personal contacts from your Unite Desktop Application.

File Collaboration

View the most current versions of files and share them easily and securely. Admins can maintain full control over files, users, devices, and sharing activities.

One-Click Meeting

Utilize One-Click Video Conferencing and Screen Share. Clicking on the Meeting tab within the desktop app displays your AnyMeeting® login credentials as well as a one-click launch button. Simply click the launch button to start an instance of AnyMeeting video conference or screen share.

Click-to-Call

The Intermedia Unite Desktop App is an extension of your desk phone. Calling is easy:

In the app, find your company contact in the list.

Hover over the name of the person you want to call.

Click on the app phone icon to immediately ring the extension of your contact.

If you’re in Softphone mode, the call is made right from your laptop. If you’re in Call Controller mode, your desk phone will ring—answer it, then the call is connected.

Manage Active Calls

Choose from several options while in an active call including placing additional calls, rejecting calls, sending calls to voicemail, Call Flip, call transferring and call park.

Manage Multiple Calls

The Intermedia Unite Desktop App makes managing calls easier. Just click on the related avatar tabs to manage any particular call.

Warm/Blind Transfers

Call transferring is a snap. Three types of transfers are available through the Unite Desktop App:

Blind transfer. Transfer the call immediately to another party without introducing the call.

Warm transfer. Call another party, and transfer the call after introducing the call to the new party.

Transfer to Voicemail. Transfer the call immediately to another party's voicemail.

Call Park

Park calls with a single click. You will hear and see the parked extension number so that the call can be picked up from a different location.

Status Indicator

Intermedia desk phones have the ability to see whether your company contact is available, or busy on the phone. Desktop phones include a busy lamp field (BLF) in the LCD display that includes status availability information. The Intermedia desktop displays status information alongside each contact in the Active Directory.

Call Flip

Move between your desk and mobile phone with ease. For example, need to get to an appointment… but your desk phone call is running over? Transfer your call from your desk phone to the Intermedia Unite Mobile App - without disconnecting your call. Simply hit the Flip icon. The other party will hear hold music until you pick up the new device.

Call History

Check to see whom you had past conversations with or whom you missed while away. Just click the tab, and your call history for the last 90 days will appear in a list, most recent call first. Call history displays contact name (or CNAM if not in Active Directory,) time and date they called. You may filter to display only missed calls if desired, and place calls directly from call history.

Take your business phone with you.

Mobile workers now have instant access to their corporate phone extension – anywhere, anytime, and on any device.

The Intermedia Unite Mobile App can be downloaded at the Google Play Store or the Apple Store.

Intermedia Unite Mobile App Benefits

Integrated, searchable corporate phone directory

Easily chat with colleagues — individuals and groups

Management of multiple calls at once

Voicemail with transcription

One-touch transfer to desk phone with the Call Flip feature

Advanced calling features such as call transferring, hold, Call Flip, FindMe/FollowMe, and more...

Team Chat and Business SMS

Send and receive chats and text messages to colleagues and customers. Unlimited text messages can be sent to colleagues and customers across the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Chats and text messages are securely encrypted in transit and at rest and will automatically sync across Unite Desktop and Mobile applications.

Contact Sync

Contact Sync: From your mobile device ( iOS®, Android®) sync your contacts from popular third-party platforms (Office 365®, G-Suite™, and more) to all your Unite Apps.

Contact synchronization must be initiated from your Unite mobile application.

Call Management, Holds, and Call Transferring

Use your mobile device just like your desk phone. Manage, hold, and transfer calls with just a tap or two. Easily switch between calls, transfer calls via warm or blind transfer, check call history, and put calls on speaker.

Call Flip

Move between your desk and mobile phones with ease. Transfer your call from your mobile app to your desk phone, or vice versa – without disconnecting your call. Simply tap the Call Flip icon, then pick up the call on your other phone.

Voicemail

Easily manage your voicemail. Get all the most important options you regularly use at your desk right on your mobile device: playback, forwarding, deleting, and voicemail transcription.

Find Me / Follow Me

Make sure callers can reach you anywhere, anytime, on any device. Rings your desk phone, mobile phone, and desktop app phone at the same time, so you won’t miss important calls. Create rules around how you like to receive business calls.

Mobile Assistant - Coming soon!

Be more productive with your phone system. Get recommendations for custom calling rules based on your calling patterns, preferences, time of day, meeting status, location, and more.

Browser-Based

Our browser-based app means no downloading, so meetings start super quick and get productive fast! Using the latest HTML5 and WebRTC technology in modern browsers, we eliminate the need for plugins or installations. Older browsers are also supported as viewers and can easily dial-in for the audio.

HD Video Conferencing

720p HD Video Conferencing for up to 4 participants with 4 video feeds. If your meeting has more attendees than that, they can easily take turns on video as needed. Layouts adjust automatically for optimal size and viewing experience. It’s almost like being in the same room. The optional upgrade to AnyMeeting Pro enables meetings for up to 30 participants with 6 video feeds.

Built-in Phone Conferencing

Your AnyMeeting account includes a conference call number and PIN codes, so participants can join by phone or computer.

Screen Sharing

Simply share your screen and display the document you’d like to share – it’s that easy. Share anything that can be displayed on your computer, including PowerPoint®, Excel®, Word and web pages.

Screen Annotation

As a meeting presenter, you can give attendees the ability to draw on your shared screen and engage with your content.

Does your business need a standalone video conferencing solution?

Team Chat

Intermedia Unite Team Chat provides teams with the tools they need to communicate, collaborate, and get work done. The best part? Chat messages sync across desktop and mobile applications—so teams can stay connected, from wherever they work.

Intermedia Unite Team Chat

Direct message

Connect with a colleague 1:1 to work on a project.

Channels 

Teams can organize conversations on specific topics into public and private chats. Members of the channel can share files, meet, and collaborate in this dedicated space.

Public channels are open to anyone in your organization to search and join. Examples include a place to host company announcements, product feedback, off-topic conversations, and more.

Private Channels are by invitation only and are meant for groups to discuss specific topics only appropriate to the members of that group.

Business SMS 

Send and receive unlimited text messages to US, Canada and Puerto Rico to communicate more effectively with customers.*

Rich Text Editor 

Format messages to add clarity, call out important information, and better emphasize your message.

Replies

Chat messages can move quickly, and often by the time you want to reply, the chat has moved on. You can go back and send inline replies to specific messages to ask clarifying questions and carry-on multiple conversations in the same chat.

@mentions 

Ask a specific teammate a question or get their attention in a channel using @mentions. The individual will receive a notification, while the rest of the channel members can follow along -- providing more context and transparency in group conversations.

Chat Search 

Search chat history for the relevant messages, files or links you need to get work done.  

Gifs and Emojis 

Use GIFs and emojis for more engaging (and fun!) conversations. 

Files 

Quickly drag and drop files into any message to get feedback and collaborate on projects. Files shared in any chat will remain indefinitely, and members can reference them from the “files tab” whenever they need to access them again.

Meet in HD Video

Quickly hop from a chat conversation to a video conference where you can meet face-to-face, share your screen, and collaborate on projects in real-time. 

*Available for Unite with Teams, Unite Pro and Unite Enterprise licenses. This feature must be enabled by business administrators.

Screen Share

Now you can hold screen sharing meetings with team members or externally in real-time, improving collaboration and speed of decision making. Simply start the online screen share and display the content you’d like to share – it’s that easy. Desktop or screen sharing can be displayed on your computer, including PowerPoint, Excel, Word and web pages.

Browser Based

Our browser-based app means no downloading, so meetings start super quick and get productive fast! Using the latest HTML5 and WebRTC technology in modern browsers, we eliminate the need for plugins or installations. Older browsers are also supported as viewers, and can easily dial-in for the audio.

Built-in Phone Conferencing

Your AnyMeeting® account includes a conference call number and PIN codes, so participants can join by phone or computer.

HD Video Conferencing

720p HD Video Conferencing with up to 200 others. If your meeting has more participants than that, they can easily take turns on video as needed. Layouts adjust automatically for optimal size and viewing experience. It’s almost like being there. Screen sharing conference calls can be quickly created by sharing a custom URL that gives the recipients easy access to call-in numbers and sharing options.

Virtual Voicemail

Intermedia Unite voicemail can be managed and accessed according to user needs. Listen and manage from the desktop phone, or through the mobile app. Transcribed voicemail messages can be sent via email, or viewed on the mobile app. And you can receive or forward voicemail as a downloadable email attachment.

Features include the following:

Check voicemail online

SMS notifications

Voicemail transcription

Forward voicemail

Message waiting indication

Delete, skip or save messages

Voicemail to email via WAV file

Auto-delete of voicemail after 90 days

Playback control when receiving messages

Change personal greeting and PIN

Online Faxing

Intermedia WebFax is a “virtual” or online fax service that allows users to receive and manage faxes from their computer, via the web. It allows document sharing and transmits faxes directly from a Windows-based PC. Senders simply dial the WebFax number from their fax machine, as they normally would.

Features include the following:

Users receive, view, and manage faxes via the web, or as email attachments

Users may send faxes from any Internet-connected PC

Does not require an additional phone line

File Backup and Collaboration

Intermedia Unite makes it easy for teams to work together, no matter how many miles apart they may be. Every user gets 2GB of SecuriSync® file storage included, so colleagues can work seamlessly on projects together, providing access to the most current version of files to allow teammates to co-edit in real-time. They’ll be able to access files from desktops, laptops, smartphones, tablets, file servers, and the web, with full control over all functions including file management, users, devices, and sharing activities. For greater ease, users can access file server content from mobile devices without a VPN.

Unite also helps ensure that those files stay safe on the network. We offer real-time backup of all files, mobile photos, and videos, and point-in-time file restoration for quick recovery from ransomware and other types of data loss. File Server Sync is used to backup and sync files from an existing Windows file server to SecuriSync, our secure online file backup and storage product.

Bring Your Own Phone (BYOP)

Does your company already have phones? Intermedia Unite offers two Bring Your Own Phones (BYOP) small business phone solutions.

The Enhanced BYOP Program enables you to use approved phones that were already existing or procured elsewhere, and still get the full use and functionality of the built-in features of Intermedia Unite. See the full approved phone list for the Enhanced BYOP program.

Alternatively, with the AnyPhone BYOP Program, any SIP device not on the approved list may still be used in conjunction with Intermedia Unite. However, any device not on the approved list is not guaranteed to work seamlessly with all Intermedia Unite features. The AnyPhone BYOP program allows customers to include third-party products such as softphones and paging devices into their cloud voice solution.

Business integrations

Intermedia Unite Extend, Unite’s integrations platform, connects powerful voice, chat, video conferencing and contact center functionalities into everyday business applications like Google®, Microsoft®, Salesforce®, and more — driving higher productivity and increasing customer retention with no heavy costs.

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Customer Benefits

Increase Employee Productivity: Embed communications into everyday business applications across various teams to streamline business workflow and maximize employee efficiency.

No heavy IT investment: Our integrations are easy to use and easy to deploy, with no heavy training or implementation costs required.

Drive customer retention and increase revenue: Combine powerful communication capabilities with relevant customer data to ensure sales and support teams have the right information at the right time.

Call Center Features

Just a single unpleasant call experience can cause a customer to take their business elsewhere – and worse yet – post details about that experience online. Intermedia Unite Pro and Enterprise subscriptions make a direct and lasting impact on customer satisfaction by helping businesses to cut hold times, increasing call effectiveness, and improving your employees’ ability to resolve issues quickly.

Plus, the Call Analytics and Reporting included with Unite gives your business the insights to make better staffing and coaching decisions for your employees - using real-time data to track employee and customer engagement activities.

Call Center Features

Included Call Center Features (Pro and Enterprise only)

These call center features are included free with every Elevate Pro and Enterprise subscription. Agents and supervisors continue to use the same easy-to-use Elevate Desktop App.

AUTOMATED ATTENDANT

Immediately answers and routes incoming customer calls to the right group, or to a specific agent.

Answers and routes calls 24 hours per day, 7 days a week.

Customized calendars for specialized routing according to business hours, holidays, special events, and more.

SUPERVISOR IN-CALL ASSISTANCE

Allows supervisors to monitor, assist or join ongoing calls in order to assist in coaching, and to enhance employee effectiveness as well as the customer experience.

Monitor to listen to a live call

Whisper to assist an agent without the customer hearing

Barge to join a live call as a participant.

TRACKING & ANALYTICS

Get a clear insight into the calling effectiveness and efficiency of individual employees, as well as the entire organization.

Agent/Group Activity Reporting

Historical Reporting and Report Scheduling

Current Agent and Queue Status

Real-time Call Statistics Dashboard suitable for both desktop or wallboard.

Intermedia Unite, the Perfect Complement to Microsoft Teams

Only Intermedia Unite offers 2 fully integrated options for adding our award-winning, cloud-based unified communications solutions to Microsoft Teams. Based on your business needs, choose between integrating the power of Unite within the Teams application or using a Teams-specific version of Unite to work side-by-side with Teams to enhance your business communications.

Intermedia Unite with Microsoft Teams

Get the best out of both worlds with Intermedia Unite and Microsoft Teams, together.

Intermedia Unite and Microsoft Teams

Designed for businesses who have oriented their collaboration around Teams, Intermedia Unite with Microsoft Teams gives organizations the best out of both worlds.

The right apps for the right services: Users will continue to work within Teams for chat, meetings and files, while using the Unite desktop and mobile applications for all phone related services.

Easy-to-use: All Unite collaboration features (chat, meetings, and file sharing) are disabled, so users aren’t faced with confusing options.

2-way presence sync: Synchronizes presence status between Unite and Teams.

Advanced capabilities: In addition to communicating through enterprise-grade cloud PBX, organizations have access to Business SMS, Call Center and CRM integrations at no additional cost.

Single sign-on: Users can sign into Unite with their O365 credentials.