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Cisco On the Go

The past couple of posts have been talking about Cisco’s desktop IP phones, so I thought I’d take a moment to talk about their mobile IP phone offerings.

There are three Cisco wireless IP phones available at this time: the 7925G, 7925G-EX and 7926G. Each of them is built to last, having at least an IP54 rating for dust resistance and splashing water resistance. The cases are hermetically sealed and the phones comply with military 810F standard against drops and shocks.

Cisco 7925G-EX Wireless IP PhoneAll three phones connect to the Cisco phone system over the WiFi network, so your range is only limited by the range of your company WiFi network. This is a great feature and will come in handy for those working in facilities where WiFi coverage is ubiquitous. It’s also good for those who are teleworkers at home offices.

The phones also have Bluetooth 2.0 so you can attach a wireless Bluetooth headset and work hands-free. A 2.5mm headset jack is also available so you can use a corded headset if you prefer.

Added Ruggedness & Resiliency

For those working in the oil and chemical industries, or in other potentially explosive environments, Cisco’s 7925G-EX model (pictured right) is probably your best choice. In addition to all the other features, the 7925G-EX has Atmospheres Explosibles (ATEX) Zone 2/Class 22 and Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Class I Division II certifications.

Cisco’s 7926G wireless IP phone has an additional feature: a built-in 2D bar code scanner. Great for workers in warehouses and anywhere bar code scanning is needed.

All in all, if you’re on a Cisco phone system and are looking for more freedom from your desktop, consider the Cisco 7900 wireless IP phones. They’re packed with features and will keep you on the move.

What’s a Collaboration Endpoint?

col·lab·o·rate

verb: to work jointly on an activity, especially to produce or create something

If you’ve read any literature from Cisco, you’ll know they refer to their phones as collaboration endpoints.

Seems like a hi-filutin’ way to talk about a phone.

At least, it would seem that way at first glance. After all, a phone’s a phone’s a phone. Right?

Collaboration Endpoint: A Worthwhile Term

Cisco would be happy to prove you wrong, as their IP-based 8800 series of phones, I mean, Collaboration Endpoints do their utmost to help you communicate clearly and effectively. And if you’re lucky, your work involves producing or creating something of value. So, a Cisco phone may be just what you need to help you collaborate with your co-workers.

Cisco IP Phone 8865 - a video collaboration endpoint

Take Cisco’s 8865 IP Phone. It’s a video phone, digital camera, phone, speakerphone, and uses Bluetooth to connect to your mobile phone or a Bluetooth wireless headset. You can route voice calls from your mobile over to your desk phone with this system. You can also continue to use your wireless Bluetooth headset from one device to the other.

Sounds great, but who’s going to use all this stuff? As it turns out, there’s pretty much something for everyone in here. Consider Millenials. Studies have shown Millenials don’t like desk phones. Many prefer their smart phones over a desk phone. More importantly, how they communicate shifts, as they will start a discussion via text, then transition to a video chat, and then to messenger or text chats again. IP phones with video capability that can interface with smartphones may be important to Millenials as they shift into office-based knowledge-worker roles.

On the video side of things, being able to see the person you’re communicating with makes it easier to communicate clearly, build trust and enhance long-term relationships. Whether it’s with customers or co-workers, communicating clearly is a necessity. When you consider that 70% of communication is non-verbal, the importance of video communication increases greatly. Forward-thinking businesses recognize that video communication can provide a significant competitive advantage and increase staff productivity.

When you next hear the term “Collaboration Endpoint”, you might want to think of it differently. Perhaps you’ll think of it as a tool that helps your team communicate clearly with customers and each other, that gives your business a competitive advantage and that meets the communication needs of the newest to the most senior people in your organization.

#Telecom #News – July 7th- July 20th, 2013

Telephone Magic Continues Support for Nortel/Aastra Meridian Centrex Phones

July 19, 2013 — Telephone Magic now offers replacement Nortel Meridian M5000 Centrex MBS 2 telephones with “As New” warranties at wholesale prices to enterprise clients. New Aastra Centrex phones are also available to ensure an ongoing supply to Cental Office controlled phone networks.

Telephone Magic Continues Support for Nortel Meridian 1 and Option 11C Phones

July 17, 2013 — As enterprise phone systems age, the first things to go are the phones. Telephone Magic now offers replacement Nortel Meridian M2000 and M3900 phones / Avaya 3900 series digital telephones with “As New” warranties at wholesale prices to large enterprise clients.

New Nortel/Avaya Phone Headsets Provide Direct-Connect Options for Business Users

July 16, 2013 — Business office staff can avoid the added expense of purchasing headset amplifiers with Telephone Magic “Direct-Connect” phone headset options for Nortel/Avaya Norstar, Meridian, and BCM phone system telephones.

Polycom SoundPoint IP SIP Phones – the Most Interoperable for IP-PBX Platforms

July 12, 2013 — The new Polycom SoundPoint IP phone Series from Telephone Magic is an enterprise-grade family of SIP desktop phones designed to make voice communications effective and productive.

NEC SV8100 Phone System Represents the Utimate in Unified Communications

July 11, 2013 — New NEC SV8100 phone system platform meets business demands for efficient, seamless communication to enable rapid decision-making and customer responsiveness. Telephone Magic offers the SV8100 to help small to medium-sized businesses succeed by placing people at the center of communications.

New Avaya 9500 Phones Ideal for Mixed Digital/IP Telephone Deployment

July 08, 2013 — Avaya 9500 Series digital telephones look and function like the Avaya 9600 Series IP Deskphones and can be deployed in mixed digital/IP telephony environments – the premium choice for businesses to add digital endpoints from Telephone Magic with a consistent appearance and user experience.


Voice over IP – VoIP FAQ:

Is VoIP Really Worth the Trouble?

Get answers to your biggest voice over IP FAQ and hear how VoIP can improve communications and flexibility in your business. (1:54 min)
Voice over IP FAQ provides answers to questions that small businesses frequently ask about Voice over Internet Protocol (IP) and unified communications. Our Voice over IP FAQ explains the differences between VoIP and unified communications, the benefits for small businesses, and the equipment you’ll need.

Voice over IP FAQ: What is VoIP?

VoIP technology enables you to make and receive telephone calls over a broadband Internet connection instead of over a traditional phone line.

Voice over IP FAQ: How Does it Work?

With VoIP, voice traffic is converted into data packets and transmitted over the public Internet and/or over a private IP network. When you call a landline or cell phone number, the data packets are converted to a regular telephone signal before they reach the party you’re calling.

Voice over IP FAQ: How is it Different from Unified Communications?

VoIP refers to a basic Internet-based telephony system. Unified communications is more advanced. Among unified communications’ many advantages are sophisticated call center features; conferencing that combines voice, data, video and desktop sharing; and presence—the ability to instantly determine the availability of others within your company.

Voice over IP FAQ: What Equipment Do I Need?

For a basic VoIP system, all you need are a broadband Internet connection and a VoIP-enabled phone; a traditional phone connected to an adapter; or a computer with VoIP software.

Many businesses are now using VoIP and unified communications on their own private networks. Telephony systems residing on private networks have better security and quality than those that operate strictly over the public Internet. With VoIP or unified communications on a private network, you can prioritize voice over other types of traffic on your network, to ensure the best possible audio quality.

Voice over IP FAQ: What Are the Benefits?

Reduced local and long-distance charges
One network to manage for both voice and data, instead of two
Reduced travel costs–thanks to online conferencing—easy-to-use video calls, and other collaboration tools
Easily make adds, moves, and changes to the small business phone system as needed
Employees have more ways to stay connected and customers can reach them more easily
Take all of your phone system’s features with you for use at home, at the office, or on the road

Source: Cisco small business VoIP FAQ

Keeping up with the Social Media "Jones’s" a Full Time Job

At Telephone Magic, we sell business phones at wholesale prices.

We are currently in our 25th year in business and we love what we do – it’s exciting, always changing, we get to work with cutting edge phone system technology from worldwide leaders such as Avaya, NEC, Cisco, and Nortel.

Nortel BCM50 Avaya BCM telephone systemThe new world of Internet marketing does not just require additions, changes, and updates of HTML code and pages for our websites though. Now as much time is being spent updating the many and varied sources of Social Media Marketing.

Like other savvy and successful online companies, Telephone Magic is on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, Pinterest, and – oh yes – we also Blog!

Don’t get me wrong, it’s actually quite a bit of fun reaching out and touching the people who utilize our business telephone products every day in their day to day life. We appreciate our clients and we strive to give them the best personalized service in the industry. We feel, more than others, we create long-lasting relationships with our customers and they tend to come back time and time again due to the personalized rapport we forge with them.

On the other hand, Social Media is, in itself, a full time job, equal to, and in many cases, much more work than our websites they drive. I am certain many of you, as small, medium, and even large businesses, struggle to find the time in the day to juggle all of their social media sites, trying to be as responsive as possible while also trying to get their regular work done in a timely fashion.

I have talked to many business owners/managers/CEO’s that wonder how anyone is supposed to do all that social media demands without employing the full time efforts of a dedicated person. No doubt, it is tough. On one hand you don’t want to drop the ball, fail to make regular posts, and not get back to potential customers when they come knocking at your various social media outlets. On the other you have to deal with real world financial constraints driven by the economy which prevent you from carving out yet another salary from a potentially diminishing pie.

On top of this, your products are almost always evolving and new information is coming out regularly and needs to be updated on your actual website. Now let us try to keep up with as much of that work as possible to ensure the site you wish to promote with all your social media venues is not itself becoming stale and outdated, causing it to fall in the rankings of our friends at Google, and other search engines.

The Social Media challenge is certainly a real one and we all have to either deal with it in the best way we can with the limited time we have or, God forbid, simply ignore it and the world around us that has embraced and promoted it. Right, that is not an option. Time to get back to our Facebook page!

Buy Cisco IP Phones WHOLESALE at Telephone Magic!

 

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