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By Jeffff Owen
ing Orbitlink Wireless Technology. Users Each of the VTech devices comes with your existing relationships with equipment
E can leave their desk and enjoy DECT 6.0 a 2 year warranty and host of features providers need not change. For VARs, dis-
stablished in Hong Kong in 1976,
sound quality and reception up to 150 feet too extensive to list in this short article. tributors, etc., it means a potentially new VTech operates in 10 regions around
away using a cordless handset. The corded Perhaps most important to our readers is business opportunity. ☎
the world and boasts an extensive
phones feature power over Ethernet (PoE) that VTech sells through channel part- international distribution network. Perhaps
with dual Ethernet ports.
ners. For end customers this means that
For more visit http://businessphones.vtech.com
best known for their extensive line of con-
sumer cordless phones available via major
retailers in the U.S. VTech has more than 20
years of experience and has shipped more
than 41 million handsets worldwide. What’s
new is that they’ve produced, and are intro-
ducing, two new business product lines.
First is a conference phone featuring conve-
nient wireless microphones and the second a cost-saving collection of cloud-compatible
Session Initiation Protocols (SIP) phones.
See the press release at tinyurl.com/lvfr5nz.
There is also a blog and podcast done by
Gary Audin at tinyurl.com/o5tomrp and
tinyurl.com/pvfqfjp respectively.
The VTech ErisStation Wireless
Conference Phone enables conversations
via four DECT 6.0 wireless microphones
and two fixed, central microphones. The
portable microphones feature Orbitlink Wireless Technology and synchronize to
maximize pickup range in all directions.
Several features contribute to natural-
sounding conversations including; full-
duplex central speakerphone, echo cancel-
lation, noise suppression, integrated digital
mixing technology and an audio equalizer.
The base station is PBX-compatible and
comes with a 50-name and number phone-
book, 50-number caller ID log and a large, HELPING YOU GET THERE. GREATAMERICA.
backlit display for easy call handling. The wireless microphones each have up to eight
hours of talk time and up to 70 hours of bat-
tery life to accommodate long calls.
The VTech ErisTerminal SIP Phones
currently consists of three models: VSP725
and VSP735 are desktop models and the
VSP601 is a cordless handset. All three SIP
phones support high quality HD audio and
multiple lines. The ErisTerminal endpoints
are easily expandable to unlimited desktop
phones and up to six cordless handsets with one VSP600 cordless base station utiliz-

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