private branch exchange

Related to private branch exchange: PABX, Private Automatic Branch eXchange

private branch exchange

A telephone system within an institution or business that can only be used by the people inside that establishment. There was an issue with the private branch exchange this morning, but we hope to have the phones working again shortly.
See also: branch, exchange, private
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • inside of
  • keep inside
  • inside and out
  • get inside
  • get the inside track
  • inside a week
  • inside
  • sponge out
  • bed and breakfast
  • bed-and-breakfast
References in periodicals archive
By integrating IP-ready private branch exchange (PBX) with the CRM and ERP packages, agents no longer have the need for telephone handsets at each station.
In early 2002, the NBS call centres were operating on a Mitel ACD, a private branch exchange (PBX) system.
SwiftLink 1400 offers users wireless connectivity over Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), Iridium (satellite), or 802.11 Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi), plus wireline connectivity over the Public Telephone Network (PTN), in-building Private Branch Exchange (PBX) systems, or a Local Area Network (LAN).
In these scenarios, universities acted as mini telephone companies, purchasing a set number of lines from a local private branch exchange (PBX), and renting the use of those lines to students, at a significantly discounted rate.
The company makes the QuesCom 400 communications server that sits alongside an existing ISDN private branch exchange (PBX) box to provide VoIP and messaging functionality.
Chapter 10 presents a mobility manager based on private branch exchange. A remote management system is presented in Chapter 11, and the prospects for current and future services using WLL are covered in Chapter 12.
It is well suited for customer premise equipment (CPE) such as voice-enabled cable and digital subscriber line (DSL) modems, residential gateways and private branch exchange (PBX) systems.
With SDHU's ever-broadening mandate to deliver more services, hire more staff in the process, plus the anticipated headaches when dealing with a major reconstruction project at their Paris Street main office, the organization made the commitment to do away with their traditional PBX (private branch exchange) system and go digital.
Yn hanesyddol, mae Heddlu Gogledd Cymru wedi defnyddio'r system Private Branch Exchange (PBX).
There are still corded phones on Bee desks, and the paper still has a conventional PBX (private branch exchange) telephone system.
A: Private Branch Exchange is a system that allows for switching and routing of multiple lines without specific user knowledge or intervention.
The Bosch private networks division provides private branch exchange communications systems to around 150,000 business customers ranging from large corporations to small and medium-sized enterprises.
One more click and you see the traditional details about the hotels, plus the Internet services offered, the power voltage and plug type, the phone jack type, and the type of PBX (Private Branch Exchange).
* Private branch exchange (PBX): the solution to key system limitations.
A major element of the capital budget is $1,000,000 for the replacement of obsolescent analog telephone switching equipment with a digital, private branch exchange.