3.1.11. Premium extension

Definition of premium extension (Premium version)

The premium extension manages up to 9 devices with one extension. The Premium version has a separate tariff. Please contact your sales representative about this option.

This tariff can only be booked for the entire telephone system, not for individual extensions. Invoicing is based on the extensions used. Service extensions such as e.g. for a virtual conference room, do not count as billable extensions and continue to be free of charge. I.e. the premium version does not bill per activated end device but per extension used (except service extensions).

Example:
You use one telephone at the office and one at your home office. Furthermore, when you’re on the go, you also use your softphone on your laptop as well as an FMC client on your mobile phone. With the premium extension, you can assign all of these end devices to one single extension and only need to manage the settings for the extension once because they are automatically copied to all devices. This eliminates different settings for voicemail, call transfers, function keys, etc., given that all settings are configured centrally via the premium extension. You are then available on all end devices with just one telephone number. I.e., all devices for a premium extension ring at once. To occasionally deactivate this, simply activate the DnD function (Do not Disturb) on the telephones you do not want to ring. Monthly costs are then billable per extension and no longer per activated device.

Some functions do not work with multiple telephones. This is e.g. the case with queues or the “Forward calls if not registered” function. Therefore, the premium extension always has a primary device. You can recognise this on the telephone; it is indicated by the extension name on the display being preceded by an asterisk (*). If the extension is assigned to a queue, the primary device is always used for queues. The “Forward calls if not registered” function can only be used with the primary device. I.e., this call forwarding rule only applies if the primary devices loses its registration. If another end device on the premium extension, other than the primary end device, loses its registration, The forwarding "On unavailable/not registered" only works if all end devices of the extension are not reachable. In case of Cloudya Mobile, FMC, LYNC, parallel call or other devices this option cannot be used,
since these terminals are "always" accessible due to their characteristics.

In the administration portal, within the navigation item "Targets/Phone extensions/Section Phone devices" it is possible to add up to 9 devices to an extension. One of the extensions must be declared as "Primary device". You can assign this to a device by activate it in the column "Primary device".

Extension settings

The upgrade "Premium package" only includes the handling with multiple devices for one extension. All other settings and fucntions, e.g.queue services, remain unchanged.

For the general configuration of a premium extension, please see 3.1. Phone extension.