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Dect Provides High Protection Against Unauthorized Access

The risk of unauthorized access to DECT voice calls is extremely limited. DECT standard security measures ensure a very high level of security. DECT is a certified standard in 110 countries used by millions of people, and is one of the most secure wireless standards for civil use. No matter...

Tags: Microsoft Access, Wireless, Jabra, Dect, Wi-Fi, Security, Wireless And Mobility

White papers 2009-02-13

Skype without a headset: you have several alternatives

Skype without a headset: you have several alternativesHeadsets? Why?... when it's easy to route Skype calls to and from your regular mobile phone. I don't have to be a slave to an internet connection, use a clunky headset, poke around adding software to the mobile or even have to be...

Tags: Wireless LANs, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, VOIP, Wi-Fi, DECT, N95, Tovo, CALL QUALITY, Skype Technologies S.A., Fring, headset, phone

Discussion threads 2007-06-24

Additional Resources

Plantronics Savi Office

Plantronics is a household name in Bluetooth headsets, and deservedly so. Indeed, one of its most recent headsets, the Plantronics Voyager Pro, has earned an Editors' Choice award thanks to its superior noise-handling abilities. However, Plantronics also makes a number of home and office products, like the Plantronics Calisto Pro...

Tags: Plantronics Savi Office system, configuration switch, headset, base unit, Plantronics

Product reviews 2009-08-07

Skype: The situation now, and the road ahead

Skype: The situation now, and the road aheadIncompetent Leadership Skype is led by a neophyte CEO that has no clue how to run a company, let alone a company with multiple operations.If John Donahoe had his head in the game at any level, he would have long ago realized that...

Tags: Cellular phones, Leadership, Skype Technologies S.A., ACN, eBay Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-04

Dude, Where's My Phone Bill?

The OOMA is a Voice Over IP VOIP appliance that plugs into your broadband connection which provides you unlimited local and long distance telephone service. What's the difference between this and other consumer VOIP solutions such as Vonage or Packet8? No phone bill. ...

Tags: Phone, Caller ID, Call, OOMA, OOMA Scout, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-04-27

Gadget Gal's daily deals: Flip Ultra camcorder, 22" Dell Crystal display, digital phone & frame combo

Hi! Gadget Gal here -- your new bargain hunter on ZDNet. Every day I'll be looking for the best deals in electronics and tech products, so make sure to check the Toybox each day for more savings. Here are your deals for Wednesday, March 18: ...

Tags: Digital Phone, Dell Computer Corp., Phone, Camcorder, Amazon.com Inc., Dell Crystal, Monitors & Displays, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Components, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-03-18

Beware of the TrixBox

For those of you thinking of cutting over to a packaged Asterisk solution, you'll want to read  this account from Dr. Adrian Steele, the Managing Director of Mercian Labels, a UK SME specialising in short run label printing and...

Tags: Phone, Softphone, Network, Telecom & Utilities, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Networking, Emerging Technologies, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-02-09

3G Coming to Ukraine

The 3G family of standards such as WCDMA or UMTS has been developed by International Telecommunication Union ITU, and is otherwise called International Mobile Telecommunications 2000 (IMT-2000). It covers 5 smaller standards, namely: WCDMA, CDMA2000, TD-CDMA/TD-SCDMA, DECT and UWC-136. According to the IMT-2000 standard, the 3rd generation mobile connection should...

Tags: Mobile, QArea, Advertising & Promotion, 3G, Cellular Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

White papers 2009-01-01

Hi Def Voice: Cool Sounding, But Do You Care?

Who doesn’t hate a bad phone connection, but just how bad does a connection have to be before you’re willing to pay for a really good one? That’s the question telephony vendors are wondering, as they deliver hi-def...

Tags: Phone, Voice, Codec, Voice Channel, Telecom & Utilities, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-12-01

BXO Toolbox 3 (Windows)

BXO Toolbox contain tools for alarm system integrators - protocol testers and trouble shooting tools. System integrators often face the task of isolating a problem, that is, to find out in which subsystem the fault exists. Is the error in the DECT equipment, in the nurse call system or somewhere...

Tags: Tool, BXO Solutions AB, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-08-08

University of Washington Deploys an Avaya IP DECT In-Building Wireless Voice Solution to Enhance Their World-Class IT Customer Service

The University of Washington Computers & Communications Department wanted to equip their network engineers and other IT staff with an in-building mobility solution that would provide access to the full functionality of their desk phones. The solution also needed to deliver high-quality voice transmission for optimum troubleshooting and other elements...

Tags: University Of Washington, Avaya Inc., Telecom & Utilities

Case studies 2008-04-01

Has Vonage stopped selling WiFi phones? If so, why?

Has Vonage stopped selling WiFi phones? If so, why?WiFi VoIP Pulled For Poor ServiceI think Vonage is trying to reduce their churn rate by evaluating customer satisfaction rates with various end-user devices, and has found that their WiFi VoIP phones are creating a terrible user experience. More on my...

Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, voice-over-Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi, Vonage Holdings Corp., phone, Wifi phone, VoWiFi

Discussion threads 2008-01-22

GE 28310EE1 (Skype)

We've reviewed several dual-mode cordless phones with Skype in 2007, and if you've compared the various models, you'll notice that our reviews sound very similar. That's because apart from styling and the availability of additional handsets, there's very little difference between the current crop of Skype phones. GE's dual-mode Skype/cordless...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, phone, General Electric Co., Skype Technologies S.A., GE 28310EE1, handset

Product reviews 2007-11-29

GE Cell Fusion

While a lot of young people are said to be ditching their landlines, the vast majority of households continue to maintain some sort of wired line in addition to their cellular phones. As a result, people are often juggling both lines at home--fielding calls on the landline while opting to...

Tags: Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, Processors, General Electric Co., Cell Fusion, handset, Cell, phone, cell phone, base station

Product reviews 2007-10-17

Get your free Net phone calls here

Get your free Net phone calls hereCorrection on the Skype PartVery interesting reading, With regards to the Skype section, you mentioned that youhave to sit in front of your computer, not anymore you no longer have to be in front of your computer.. here at [b]www.NYCommsDirect.com[/b] we are the largest...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Telecom & Utilities, VOIP, Skype Technologies S.A., phone, Internet phone, computer

Discussion threads 2007-08-08

Netgear SPH200D

Netgear's SPH200D dual-mode cordless phone with Skype is the third such phone we've reviewed and, truth be told, they're all very similar. Yes, competing models from Philips and Linksys have different styling--this model happens to come in white--but their feature sets are basically the same. As we said in earlier...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Home networking, Cellular phones, phone, handset, Netgear SPH200D, NetGear, Skype Technologies S.A., cordless phone

Product reviews 2007-08-03

Ex SunRocket vendor on SR flameout: "we saw this coming a mile away"

Fascinating new insights on the SunRocket flameout are contained in a piece by TWICE This Week In Consumer Electronics writer Greg Scoblete.Greg interviewed a former SunRocket vendor as well as a noted VoIP analyst who had followed the company closely."We saw this coming a mile away,” Adam Somer, president, American...

Tags: News

Blog posts 2007-07-17

Skype without a headset: you have several alternatives

So you would love to use Skype but you don't want to be tied down to a headset?You're not alone. Headsets can be uncomfortable and because their use most often means you will be tied down to a PC, headsets can be inconvenient.If you've echoed that lament, you will be...

Tags: Skype, Products

Blog posts 2007-06-24

Linksys iPhone Dual-Mode Internet Telephony Kit for Skype

Before there was this iPhone, there was, well, the iPhone--the Linksys iPhone, that is. Apple and Cisco--the owner of Linksys--got into a little legal dispute over whether Apple could use the iPhone name, which eventually lead to a settlement that allows Apple to use the iPhone brand while Linksys...

Tags: Home networking, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, IP telephony, telephony, phone, handset, Linksys, Skype Technologies S.A., Apple iPhone

Product reviews 2007-06-18

Two close-up photos here of in-dev next-gen NETGEAR Skype phone

Two close-up photos here of in-dev next-gen NETGEAR Skype phoneHmmm. I wonder how it differs from myNETGEAR SPH200D Dual-Mode DECT Skype phone.

Tags: Home networking, Skype phone, NetGear, Netgear Skype phone, phone, photograph

Discussion threads 2007-05-25