ZyXEL's VoIP Wi-Fi Phone Wins SUPERCOMM 2005 SUPERQuest Award2 June 2005
ZyXEL Communications, a leading provider of broadband access solutions, announced today that its Prestige 2000W v2 VoIP Wi-Fi Phone won the 2005 SUPERQuest Award for Most Promising New Technologies of 2005 in the Application Layer Systems, Related Equipment and Technologies category. The Prestige 2000W will be on display at ZyXEL's SUPERCOMM booth #78012. The SUPERQuest Awards are presented at SUPERCOMM, the world's premier annual exhibition and conference for communications service providers and private network managers.
ZyXEL's mobile P2000W, with a cell phone look and feel, is an ideal consumer product solution for telecom operators or Internet Service Providers (ISPs) deploying VoIP services. Users can make or receive phone calls using ZyXEL's VoIP Wi-Fi phone within a wireless network environment. With wireless Internet access common in the workplace and wireless hot spots rapidly growing, the P2000W is a cost-effective alternative for businesses to communicate worldwide and to connect with telecommuters and employees on the road.
The Prestige 2000W VoIP Wi-Fi phone was noted for its secure auto provisioning feature that enables VoIP service providers or system integrators to easily install and manage services so end users use the phone without any configuration necessary. Additionally, VoIP-based phone services can be easily integrated with e-mail clients thus providing users with a unified view of all their messaging services. ZyXEL's P2000W adds another dimension of mobility to the existing benefits of VoIP services.
"ZyXEL is redefining communications by making it simple and cost-effective for anyone to take advantage of the benefits of VoIP," said Munira Brooks, vice president of sales, marketing and business development. "We are honored to be recognized at SUPERCOMM as one of the most promising new technologies of this year."
The SUPERQuest Awards are the pre-eminent honor given to communications and IT product and service manufacturers for superior achievement in public and private network design and operations. SUPERQuest Award recipients are selected as the best of the best in creating the most innovative new technologies and products or supplying the best new enterprise solutions. Winners are chosen by a panel of judges comprising industry-leading technology press, analysts and other experts.
Pricing, Features, Availability
The Prestige 2000W v2 VoIP Wi-Fi phone is compatible with IEEE 802.11b wireless standard and allows users to make or receive phone calls as long as they are in the coverage of IEEE 802.11b or 11g wireless access points. By using the Prestige 2000W, users no longer have to pay expensive communication fees and can enjoy the convenience of wireless mobility. This new application is developed to support open standard SIP (Session Initiation Protocol), which interoperates with major SIP-based call servers, IP-PBXs and various VoIP client devices. It is not only an ideal alternative for ITSPs (IP Telephony Service Providers) to deploy their VoIP services; it can also serve as the wireless handset, which is applied in a corporate IP-PBX centric VoIP environment.
Pricing for ZyXEL's Prestige 2000W v2 VoIP Wi-Fi Phone is $249 and it is available at Office Depot, through ZyXEL's national network of authorized distributors and resellers or direct from ZyXEL at http://www.us.zyxel.com.
About ZyXEL Communications
ZyXEL Communications Inc., with U.S. headquarters in Anaheim, Calif., is one of the world's foremost suppliers of broadband networking and Internet connectivity/routing products. ZyXEL is focused on developing xDSL, cable access, broadband-sharing, wireless networks, firewall and network security solutions for a large target audience including telcos, cable operators, ISPs, small-to-medium sized businesses, SOHO and institutional MxU (multi-tenant unit/multi-dwelling unit) markets. Some of ZyXEL's largest customers include: Sprint, Time Warner, Charter, Earthlink, Chunghwa Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, Telefonica Brazil, Telia, Verizon, and many others. For more information on ZyXEL Communications and its broadband solutions, visit the company's Web site at http://www.us.zyxel.com.
Source: dbusinessnews
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