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InformaCast Basic Paging, otherwise known as Cisco Paging Server, provides phone-to-phone and group live audio paging to Cisco IP Phones.

Paging to Cisco IP Phones

InformaCast Basic Paging, otherwise known as Cisco Paging Server, provides phone-to-phone and group live audio paging to Cisco IP Phones. All users can participate in making and receiving basic pages. This means organizations can reach up to 50 phones at the same time to quickly send a critical message.

Benefits:

Reach up to 50 IP phones simultaneously
Make and receive basic pages
Quickly alert large groups of people
Cisco Paging Server is supported by Cisco TAC

Send Messages From:

Cisco IP phones

Send Messages To:

Cisco IP phones

Send Messages As:

Live audio

Find the Right Solution

InformaCast Basic Paging can page up to 50 Cisco IP phones simultaneously, which may not be sufficient during a crisis. Singlewire also offers the InformaCast Advanced emergency notification system to send messages to devices within a building or campus, and InformaCast Mobile utilizes a mobile app text alert system and web console to reach people on their mobile devices. InformaCast Fusion alert software provides the best of both worlds, bringing together the ability to reach mobile and on-premises devices from a single interface. See the capabilities of each of these notification solutions below to determine which is the best fit for you.

	Basic^*	Mobile	Advanced	Fusion
Send Text and/or Audio From:
Desk phones	X¹		X	X
Web console		X	X	X
iOS or Android mobile app		X		X
Other systems			X	X

Send Text and/or Audio To:
Cisco IP phones	X¹		X	X
Desk phones				X²
Mobile phones		X		X
SMS text		X		X
Phone calls		X		X
Push notifications		X		X
Email		X	X	X
IP speakers and clocks			X	X
Analog paging system			X	X
Computer desktops			X	X
Twitter		X	X	X
Digital signage			X	X
Internet of Things			X	X

Automatically Broadcast Notifications for:
Outbound calls to 911			X	X^*
Incoming severe weather (via CAP)		X	X	X
Conference call collaboration		X	X	X
Cisco Webex Teams		X		X^*
Microsoft Teams				X
Night bell			X	X^*
School bells			X	X

Event Management
Message confirmation and escalation		X	X	X
Command Center		X		X
Geo-location and boundary triggers		X		X
Monitor events in real-time		X		X
Integrated Public Alert and Warning System		X		X

Architecture Type
Onsite virtual appliance	X		X	X
Cloud server		X
Hybrid cloud architecture				X
Hardware appliance (IFS) / (IAS)			X	X
Resiliency (InformaCast Cluster)			X
Internet survivability		X		X
WAN survivability				X
Distributed Activation				X

¹Exclusively for Cisco UCM, users can participate in making and receiving live audio pages to Cisco IP phones,
and can reach up to 50 Cisco IP phones at the same time with Basic Paging.
²Phones capable of listening for an audio stream sent over a multicast IP address and port

* Exclusively for Cisco UCM

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