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It is very common companies will need their employees to communicate with customers, it doesn't matter where those beloved ones are based. Some customers may be local (in the same city), others in the same country and others from abroad. As a consequence, companies are ripped off from "corporate accounts" from local cellphone companies.

Read more: Stop Paying your Employees Expensive Cell phone Bills

• FusionPBX
• LCR
• Billing
• FreeSWITCH

LCR and Billing applications for FusionPBX are what is commonly known as 'in-app'; these applications allow you to extend the functionality of a standard installation in an easy and fast way. Among the most outstanding advantages are:

1. Simplified voice over ip flow: Unlike other billing applications, you do not need to install another instance of a switch (Asterisk or FreeSWITCH). The outgoing and incoming flow becomes simple, an additional point of failure is removed and it allows direct interaction with SIP extensions.
2. Billing of additional elements: Being an internal application of FusionPBX, you can deduct from the credit some elements, for example a fee for existing extension or an assigned phone number.
3. Integration with FusionPBX portal: Use the information from other installed applications, for example the contacts application.