h1. Receiving fax without fax machine

*Receiving fax without fax machine* - is a popular [[VAS]], which allows to receive fax, while not having physical fax machine available.
Advantages over regular fax:

* don't need special hardware
* don't need special software
* don't need dedicated phone line for fax
* in some scenarios don't need dedicated number to automatically accept fax
* don't need paper
* can accept several faxes simultaneously
* can receive fax, when out of office
* can receive fax using mobile phone

After fax has been got, file with fax contents is attached to CDR.
Later this file could be downloaded though [[Call detail report]].
Also there exists popular [[VAS]] [[Sending fax to e-mail]].

Possible scenarios of *Virtual fax*:

* [[Receiving fax during conversation]]
* [[Receiving fax through transfer to internal extension]]
* [[Receiving fax through voice menu]]

See also [[Configuring receiving fax without fax machine]].

[[Прием факса без факсового аппарата|Русский перевод]]