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3Com has released a new cordless VoIP phone, targeted at business customers who tend to move around the office a lot in their jobs.
The phone uses SIP, which means it's compatible with standard networking equipment that a business might already have. It is also compatible with standards-based wireless LAN infrastructure.
3Com expects that such phones will appeal to workers in education, government, healthcare and retail who spend much of their time away from a desk. Users can transfer calls to other employees, reach a receptionist, listen to voicemail and read e-mail on the phone. They can also customize personal settings such as ring tones and speed dials.
The clamshell phone used Wireless Protected Access 2 and encryption for security. It is called the 3Com 3108 and is available now for $415.
Such stand-alone Wi-Fi phones may compete with converged cellular and Wi-Fi phones that operators are just starting to introduce. The Wi-Fi-only phones could have advantages over some of the combined offerings because they don’t incur any per minute usage fees and may work better indoors, although users who leave the corporate campus often might have to carry a separate cell phone and number.
3Com is competing with other Wi-Fi phone makers, including networking giant Cisco, SpectraLink and Siemens.
Earlier this year, Nokia began selling its Eseries of phones, many of which come with both cellular and Wi-Fi and support SIP for wireless VoIP calls.
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