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February/March 2014

tion maker) for IP networks. Other proto- with a wide range of IP PBXs and cloud and functions working with a wide range
AUDIN
cols define what is to be carried over the services.
of IP PBXs and UC service providers. As a
SIP session, voice, video, etc.
More VARs and resellers understand result, when existing analog and proprietary
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SIP vs. proprietary IP phones; therefore digital phones need replacing, SIP phones
What you need to know
The values of SIP
they can support them more easily and at are becoming the dominant candidate.
What do you need to know about SIP The development of SIP provides a a lower cost.
Another driver for SIP phone adoption is
that is important before investigating SIP- number of values to businesses:
Since SIP is widely adopted, it is less the emergence of open source software like
supported products and services? The most As a standard, SIP is not owned by any likely that another version of IP phones Asterisk. Asterisk-based systems are very
common applications are SIP trunking fol- vendor or service provider. Anyone can will enter the market. This means a longer popular with SMBs because of the low cost
lowed by SIP phones. SIP sets up a session produce products or services that use SIP useful life for the SIP phones and a better and the increasing number of vendors sup-
between or among endpoints independent without having to pay a license fee, there- investment.
porting Asterisk. This offers a greater range
of the media carried. Think of a phone fore keeping the cost down.
of choices for the business community.
establishing a telephone connection (a ses- Because any vendor can produce SIP- SIP phone benefits
These conclusions are supported in the
sion). The phone call could carry voice, based products, multiple vendors can com- The SIP phone is changing the IP blog What’s Driving SIP Phone Sales.
music, fax and PC modem transmission, pete on price, features, and performance.
phone landscape. The SIP phone has Not all SIP phones are the same. Some
or any other media as long as it fits into Businesses do not have buy high-priced become an integral part of any Unified offer extra features, others operate over
the limitations of the phone circuit. SIP is proprietary IP phones.
Communications implementation because Ethernet at 1Gbps and have two Ethernet
a multi-media session establisher (connec-
SIP phones can connect and operate
it has the capability to support UC features
ports. They can be wireless, have color
screens, while others have touch-sensitive
screens and many have extra keys for spe-
cial functions. SIP phones come in many
models from simple to complex capabili-
ties.

The VTech ErisTerminalTM SIP
Phones
VTech offers SIP phones, both wired
and wireless. The VSP725 and the VSP735
are desktop models. The VSP601 is a cord-
less handset. All of the models support high
quality HD audio, multiple lines, and por-
tability options. The ErisTerminal system
is easily expandable to unlimited deskset
phones and up to six cordless handsets with
one VSP600 cordless gateway. The corded
phones feature power over Ethernet (PoE)
enabled with dual Ethernet ports and wire-
less headset capability.

Conclusion
WHEN EVERY INGREDIENT IS PREMIER,
There are many brands of IP phones on
the market. Traditionally these IP phones YOU END UP WITH SOMETHING REMARKABLE
only worked with the IP PBX vendor’s
platform. As SIP has become more popular,
many of these IP PBX vendors have started
to support SIP phones. These SIP phones
are the primary choice for use with cloud/
hosted communications services. Cloud/
hosted communications services using SIP
phones have become more attractive to the
SMB because of low capital cost and low
fixed usage charges while delivering fea-
tures that were previously only available to
large enterprises. This has led to both tech-
nological and financial competition, which
has enriched the SIP phone market choices
for the SMB.
Gary Audin has more than 40+ years
of computer, communications and security
consulting and implementation experience.
He has planned, designed, specified, imple-
mented, and operated data, LAN, and tele-
phone networks. These have included local
area, national and international networks
as well as VoIP and IP convergent networks
in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia,
Caribbean, and Asia. Gary Audin’s many
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