Paging for IP Phones

[gp1200x]

What is the cheapest and acceptable application for paging with approximately 2000 phones. Our IPSessions had a limit of 200 without purchasing more and we are looking for alternatives. Informacast was not free unfortunately.

Thanks

[Gregory Brunn]

What version of CUCM are you using? The standard version of  Informacast is given away free post 8.5.

[Jaime Valencia · Accepted solution]

InformaCast’s functionality is based on its license, and depending on the license you have, you will be 
able to access all of InformaCast’s functionality or only parts of it. Basic InformaCast functionality 
includes the ability to send live audio broadcasts to up to 50 phones by dialing a number on your Cisco 
IP phone. Advanced InformaCast functionality includes the ability to send a number of different types 
of broadcasts (e.g. live audio, pre-recorded audio, pre-recorded audio and text, etc.) using your Cisco IP phone’s interface and/or InformaCast’s web interface, interact with InformaCast’s plugins (e.g. conduct conference calls, trigger contact closures, post to Facebook and Twitter, send broadcasts to email addresses, etc.), customize scripts that can be attached to broadcasts, and receive confirmation when broadcasts are sent, among other features.

http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/singlewire/InformaCastBasicPagingQSG.pdf

[Brian Meade]

And also to clear up some common confusion, the limit is 50 phones in a single recipient group.  There is no limit on the total number of phones on the system with the Basic (Free) license.  You can only page 50 at a time though.