snom announced the arrival of the 710 IP phone September 19, 2012 in an online press release. The posted tag line is "Essential functionality" and a quick review of its features shows it is poised to please. With 4 lines, 5 freely programmable LED keys, and HD audio, it can compete with a variety of…
At a recent 3CX Partner Training Event in Chicago, USA, on March 9th, 2012 a contingent from the Minneapolis based Star Tribune detailed it’s 3CX Phone System installation. This is one of the largest 3CX Phone System deployments to date with over a thousand configured extensions running on just a single server. Brandon Ballard, IT…
The Cisco® SPA 303 3-Line IP Phone seems to have come about just after Cisco purchased Linksys, who had been a leader in VoIP telephony with some really reliable and well built native SIP phones, such as the SPA 942 4-line phone still available on the market. So how has it stacked up and what…
According to an article on Techzone360.com, Infonetics Research expects double-digit sales expectations for the business video equipment market through 2015. This coincides with an expectation of the continued rise of SIP Trunking in the marketplace over the same period of time according to an article on TMCnet.com that also refers to Infonetics Research data. The…
Grandstream recently sent me a GXP2100. I’ve put together a list of pros and cons to help evaluate the phone for administrators and end-users. Overall, the Grandstream GXP2100 is a well-rounded SIP device with a functional back-end perfect for companies looking to update their phone system or add new SIP compliant devices to their open…
Save Bundles of Money Every once in a while I catch myself running through an open phone system conversation and whirling past competitors as proprietary. When the conversation suddenly turns to Open Source Phone Systems, I am forced to explain why my company, Telewebtech, provides "Open Platform" phone systems. IT gurus sling it around left…
Small and large companies alike have come to rely on cordless handsets over the years and once this habit arises, it is hard to break. Though some products are leveraging Wi-Fi connections, Snom has been building very friendly, sleek DECT phones with native SIP base stations. I recently had the chance to ask a user…
It seems like the business phone market is finally picking up on the open platform, and some major contenders are looking to open their products to the SIP market. However, don’t let the hype fool you into buying introductory attempts from old players when there are great products available from players who focused on SIP…
This is the bulk of the review: its not a newbie system. Though not difficult, the engineers on our team felt the front-end was a bit clunky and not intuitive.
