Cisco BroadWorks Common Area Subscription
This Cisco BroadWorks subscription provides essential calling and collaboration features for common area devices, ensuring seamless communication for shared spaces within your organization.
- License Term: Annual subscription ensures continuous access to core common area calling features.
- Feature Access: Unlocks essential calling capabilities for shared devices like lobby phones or conference room systems.
- Compliance: Maintains necessary licensing for Cisco BroadWorks platform functionality in shared environments.
- Operational Continuity: Guarantees ongoing access to vital communication tools for common areas.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco BroadWorks Subscription Common Area is a platform software license designed to enable essential calling and collaboration features for shared devices within an organization's Cisco BroadWorks environment. This subscription covers the licensing requirements for devices in common areas, such as lobby phones, public area phones, or conference room phones, ensuring they have the necessary functionality to operate.
This license is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies who manage a Cisco BroadWorks Unified Communications platform. It integrates directly into the existing BroadWorks infrastructure, providing a cost-effective and compliant way to license devices used by multiple employees or visitors in shared spaces.
- Platform Licensing: Provides the necessary software entitlement for common area devices on the Cisco BroadWorks platform.
- Subscription Model: Offers predictable annual billing for consistent access to features.
- Essential Features: Enables core calling functions required for shared-use telephony.
- Compliance Assurance: Ensures adherence to Cisco's licensing requirements for common area devices.
- Scalable Access: Easily manage licensing for multiple common area devices as your needs evolve.
This Cisco BroadWorks subscription is the right choice for SMB and mid-market teams needing to license common area devices efficiently and compliantly.
What This Enables
Enable common area phone functionality
Enable teams to provide essential calling services for shared devices like lobby phones or public area phones. This ensures visitors and employees can access basic communication tools without dedicated lines.
Unified communications deployment, Cisco BroadWorks environment, shared workspace telephony, business continuity planning
Streamline common area device licensing
Streamline the process of licensing multiple common area devices across your organization. This subscription simplifies entitlement management for shared-use phones, reducing administrative overhead.
Multi-site operations, distributed workforce, campus environments, facilities management
Automate compliance for shared devices
Automate compliance with Cisco's licensing requirements for common area devices. This subscription ensures your deployment remains compliant, avoiding potential service interruptions or audit issues.
IT asset management, regulatory adherence, platform maintenance, operational efficiency
Key Features
Cisco BroadWorks Platform Licensing
Provides the necessary software entitlement for common area devices, ensuring full platform compatibility and functionality.
Annual Subscription Term
Offers predictable budgeting and continuous access to essential calling features for shared devices throughout the year.
Common Area Device Support
Specifically designed to license devices in shared spaces like lobbies, conference rooms, or public areas, meeting unique usage requirements.
Simplified Entitlement Management
Reduces administrative burden by providing a straightforward licensing solution for multiple common area phones.
Operational Continuity
Guarantees that essential communication tools remain available for shared use, supporting day-to-day business operations.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require reliable and compliant communication systems for client interactions and internal operations, including shared spaces like waiting areas or meeting rooms.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers need robust communication solutions that meet strict compliance standards, ensuring availability for common areas like waiting rooms or administrative hubs.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional service organizations depend on secure and accessible communication channels, including those in client reception areas and shared meeting spaces.
Education & Research
Educational institutions utilize shared devices in common areas such as lobbies, administrative offices, and public spaces to facilitate communication across campus.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a common area device in Cisco BroadWorks?
A common area device is a phone or other communication endpoint intended for shared use by multiple individuals in a common space, such as a lobby, break room, or conference room. These devices typically do not have a dedicated user assigned to them.
What features does this subscription enable?
This subscription enables essential calling features required for common area devices on the Cisco BroadWorks platform. Specific features include basic inbound and outbound calling capabilities necessary for shared telephony.
Is this license required for every phone in my organization?
No, this license is specifically for common area devices. Phones assigned to individual employees typically require different licensing. This subscription is for shared-use endpoints.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Low — self-service
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.