Month: December 2012

Yealink Partners with Bandwidth in American Underground VoIP Deal

Top Phone Hooks Up with Top Platform in RTP Hotbed Yealink, a leading provider of VoIP Phones, announced that it is partnering with Bandwidth, one of the Triangle’s fastest-growing tech companies, to offer complimentary cloud-based Phonebooth devices and services to dozens of new businesses currently setting up shop in the booming Durham-based startup hub, American Underground. With Bandwidth bringing to the table a custom-designed cloud-based network perfect for supporting all day-to-day telecommunication needs of the Underground’s increasingly innumerable small-to-medium sized businesses, Yealink’s primary role will be to deliver top-of-the-line VoIP hardware, each device hand-selected to cater specifically to startups’ different professional needs. Based upon feedback from consumer reports, Yealink’s T22P and Yealink T26P series IP phones will be deployed as trial devices for the Underground project, for their radically popular HD voice quality, as well as multi-operational conferencing features. Startups need great infrastructure to flourish. Bandwidth’s partnership brings high-caliber resources and equipment to emerging technology companies, making it easier for them to focus on a successful launch,” said Underground Chief Strategist Adam Klein. “We are very pleased to be able to work with great partners like Bandwidth and American Underground in helping high-tech startups during their early-growth phase. The combination of Yealink voice over IP telephone sets and the excellent network connectivity provided by Bandwidth will certainly provide greatly increased efficiencies for these new telecom enterprises,” added Stone Lu,...

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2N NetSpeaker – new software 1.3.6 Released

2N have released the new software version 1.3.6, which brings new functionality of general RTP sources and destinations. This function allows the interconnection of our 2N NetSpeaker IP audio system with third-party devices from which we can receive or send an audio signal.  The basic requirement for these devices is that they support RTP streaming. As an example, from our portfolio, you could use the 2N Helios IP range. The Console application, which is designed for users to play mp3 files or make live announcements, has received a new, improved graphic layout. A new feature enables you to search for 2N NetSpeaker units in the network, which will be displayed even if they have not been assigned an IP address.  A novelty is the ability to insert a pause between individual playlists, which are synchronized on the SD card. This is essential, for example, to play advertising messages. Download – 2N NetSpeaker Software Package ver....

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Grandstream and Friendly Technologies Announce Successful TR-069 IOT Collaboration

Grandstream Networks have announced that its Linux-based IP phones successfully completed TR-069 interoperability testing (IOT) with Friendly Technologies’ TR-069 device management solutions. Deployed together, the two product lines provide an answer to broadband service providers, who seek to reduce the time-to-market for launching next-generation services. Friendly’s solution provides complete and unified service life cycle management for Grandstream IP phones, including Zero Touch provisioning, quick fix and troubleshooting for support centers, and VoIP performance monitoring – all from a centralized web-based console. Grandstream’s Linux-based IP phones include the GXP11xx, GXP14xx, and GXP21xx Series as well as the GXV3175 and GXV3140 IP Multimedia Phones.  Grandstream’s IP Phones provide affordability, best-in-class HD audio, a comprehensive set of advanced call features, multi-language support, security protection, simplified management and automated provisioning with TR-069 or HTTPS, advanced XML customization and more. The GXP-series includes over a dozen models to choose from ranging from single line to executive 6-line HD phones with integrated PoE, while the GXV-series IP Multimedia Phones feature HD video, an integrated web browser, and popular applications including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, RSS News Feed, Internet Radio, etc. Friendly Technologies has completed IOT tests with over 100 device manufacturers. Friendly’s unique Smart Layer technology facilitates the introduction and management of new types of TR-069 devices quickly and aautomatically, eliminating the need to build customized scripts for each device type. We are delighted to complete interoperability certification...

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Yealink Receives 2012 Internet Telephony Product of the Year Award

Yealink has announced that TMC, a global, integrated media company, has named the Yealink VP530 Video Phone as a recipient of the 2012 INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year Award.  The Yealink VP530 is part of Yealink’s VoIP Phone Range and is an advanced executive IP video phone which seamlessly unifies audio and video applications . The VP530 lets end users unleash the power of collaborative technologies to enhance the professionalism and productivity of their business communications. Easy-to-use and rich in empowering business features makes the Yealink VP530 an ideal choice to a variety of executive and managerial environments, including Blue Chip, SME, SoHo and public sector offices. We are very pleased to know that our VP530 Video Phone is awarded the 2012 Internet Telephony Product of the Year, “ said Stone Lu, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Yealink, “and we are committed to bringing a wealth of innovative technologies and devices to the IP telecommunication community.” “It is with pleasure that we recognize Yealink with a Product of the Year Award. The editors of INTERNET TELEPHONY have verified that VP530 displays quality and innovation while providing solutions to real business communications challenges,” stated Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. “I would like to congratulate the team at Yealink for their commitment to advancing IP communication technologies.” 2012 Product of the Year winners are published in the January/February 2013 issue of...

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snom Receives 2012 INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year Award

snom have announced that TMC, a global, integrated media company, has named the snom 7xx series of IP phones as a recipient of the 2012 INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year Award. The snom 7xx series is part of snom’s VoIP Phone range and it includes the snom 710, the snom 720 and the snom 760 VoIP Phones.  These phones, now qualified for Microsoft Lync, offer businesses three models of affordable, full-featured IP phones: the executive level and snom 760 desktop phone, designed for the corner office; the snom 720 IP phone for the middle manager or information-driven knowledge worker; and the snom 710, an entry-level phone for standard workforce. All phones feature a sleek, ergonomic design, support for high definition wideband voice, programmable function keys and an intuitive user interface with integrated Lync features. For the second year in a row the snom 7xx series of IP phones has been recognized as an INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year,” said Michael Knieling, Chief Operating Officer of snom technology AG. “Our introduction of the snom 710 in September rounded out the series with a dynamic entry-level business phone and the recent qualification of the 7xx series for Microsoft Lync adds versatility for resellers and businesses. Thank you to INTERNET TELEPHONY for this recognition and honor.” snom is committed to building partnerships for the snom 7xx series and other products...

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