Old-style switchboards a thing of the past as customers demand AI-driven digital communications systems

28 July 2024 - 00:00 By ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK

Remember PBX? If you do, you were probably involved in running a business in the dying days of the last century. Or perhaps you recall waiting patiently at a reception desk while staff frantically fielded calls on the cumbersome company switchboard...

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