Mobile Centrex

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What Does Mobile Centrex Mean?

Mobile centrex is a telecommunications service that allows customers to link a mobile phone to a private branch exchange (PBX) for seamless mobility in communications. The service can be delivered through various means, including VPNs or IP PBX systems.

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Techopedia Explains Mobile Centrex

Mobile centrex essentially allows users to treat mobile devices as an extension of the office telecom system. The service provides PBX-style features that can be used for processing work orders or doing other kinds of enterprise tasks. Mobile centrex effectively ties a mobile device to an office telecom system in the same way that a conventional PBX system splits one phone line into multiple business lines. With mobile centrex, however, a worker out in the field can answer the phone as if he or she were at a desk in the office.

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