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The PC2700 Cordless IP Phone plugs into both the traditional public
switched telephone network and an Internet connection; it will make
calls with equal facility over either network-the user simply pushes
one button or another when dialing. Likewise, the phone can seamlessly
receive calls coming through either network.
Besides its dual-network functionality, the phone was designed
with a number of desirable consumer features. For instance, one
base station will support up to six handsets-so customers can have
multiple handsets throughout the house.
As with all AGP phones, the Cordless IP Phone offers true "plug
and play" ease of use. All of the company's "customer
premise equipment" devices are self-configuring and ready to
go to work right out of the box. Users literally take it out of
the box, plug it into their Internet routers, and the phone finds
the server, downloads configurations and the latest software and
is ready to go. All commissioning and provisioning of the phone
is managed virtually through AGP's unique soft-switch technology.
"The phone is finished with its auto-configuration in about
35 seconds," says John DeMore, chief architect and engineer
of the AGP technology. "If a software upgrade is included,
you're talking about two and a half minutes."
AGP designed and manufactures a complete "phone company on
a pallet" solution for telecommunications providers. Every
device necessary is included in the AGP offer-including a variety
of customer handsets.
The cordless device was created with a clear eye on the realities
of this emerging and exciting marketplace.
"VOIP is still new to most consumers-whether residential,
business or government," notes Samuel Chen, president of AGP
Telecom. "We designed this phone specifically for the realities
of today's market. It is going to make it absolutely painless and
nearly transparent for consumers to migrate to VOIP service. They
get a handset with all the features and functions they've come to
expect from a great cordless phone. And they get a digital platform
that can accept the fantastic digital content that carriers will
begin pushing to VOIP subscribers in the years ahead."
Adds Caroline Chia, vice president for business development of
the company, "We want this to be the ONLY phone a customer
will ever want or need in their home."
Chia notes that in VOIP-enabled households today, 15% of calls
are made on the IP phone, while 85% of the calls go over the PSTN.
"As VOIP adoption accelerates, those percentages will flop.
This Cordless IP Phone gives end-users the freedom to tiptoe into
VOIP if they want to, and migrate their own phone traffic as it
makes sense to them-all without ever buying another piece of equipment."
Technical specifications for the PC2700 Cordless IP Phone include:
Phone Functions
- Volume Control - 3 earpiece volume settings
- Volume Control - 3 ringer volume settings
- 3 Ringer Melodies
- Call Log
- Speed Dial
- Display Dial
- Up/Down Review Scroll
- Local Phonebook(10 number phonebook)
- Redial (10 Most Recent Calls)
- Last Number Redial
- Pause
- Mute
- Flash
- Recall
- Battery Low Indicator
- Tone / Pulse Selectable
- Up to 300m (900 ft) outdoors*
- Up to 50m (150 ft) indoors*
- Talk time up to 7 hours
- Standby time up to 100 hours
Call Functions
- Call Transfer
- Call Forward
- Hold
- Call Park
- Call Waiting
- Message Waiting Indicator
- New Call Indicator
- Call Intrusion
- Caller ID with 10 number Display
- Call Duration Monitor
- Caller Waiting Caller ID
- Multiple Number Support
About AGP Telecom
AGP Telecom was founded in 2002 by group of international application
software and telecommunications experts in Taipei, Taiwan. Since
the company's inception, AGP Telecom engineers have been leaders
in the development of interoperable Voice over IP infrastructure
elements and endpoints. AGP Telecom is committed to built-in, intelligent
Voice over IP systems that are virtually self-configuring and deliver
the highest standards in quality of service.
AGP Telecom is a champion of non-proprietary, open networks built
on internationally accepted standards. As such, AGP Telecom uses
only non-proprietary SIP/H.323-compliant devices to allow its customers
to mix and match various devices from different manufacturers based
on their needs and budgets rather than being locked into proprietary
devices.
Provisioning in A Virtual World:
What Titan and VOIP Have in Common
Q: What do the moons of Saturn have in common with a node on the
Internet?
A: If you're going to place communications equipment there, you
need to recognize how expensive a service call can be.
That's the underlying insight driving all development for Taiwan-based
VOIP equipment maker AGP Telecom.
AGP is pioneering a VOIP equipment and deployment model that relies
entirely on "auto-provisioning," virtually eliminating
the requirement of techs to install or service CPEs, or customer-premise
equipment. This approach offers a significant departure from all
other major manufacturers of VOIP equipment.
For telecom providers and enterprises alike, auto-provisioning
promises huge potential savings in deployment costs.
"When you look at the VOIP world and most solutions available,
you'll recognize right away that deployment for large networks-especially
telcos-is going to create massive cost issues as VOIP catches fire,"
says Samuel Chen, president of AGP. "With smart phones and
smart networks, we reasoned we could create a truly 'plug-and-play'
provisioning system. And that's exactly what we've done."
AGP's auto-provisioning routine works much like the cellular model,
where all configurations are established by software and attached
to the customer record in a central server. When the VOIP phone
is connected to the network, it automatically finds the server and
downloads its configurations.
AGP delivers a carrier grade end-to-end VOIP solution for cable
operators, telcos, ISPs, startups and others entering the VOIP phone
business.
With auto-provisioning, AGP provides a truly "plug-and-play"
experience for the end user. The user powers up the phone, plugs
it into the Internet and the phone finds the server, identifies
itself and pulls down the latest software and user settings.
"In about 35 seconds, our phone has configured itself and
is online and functioning-ready to make and receive calls,"
says John Demore, AGP's senior VP of system and operation. "If
there's a software update involved, the phone's online and operational
in about three and a half minutes."
Demore continues, "Plug it in and that's all you have to do.
Our intent was to be able to hand a phone to Grandma, she takes
it home, and it works. Enterprises and government agencies need
that too. The Department of Water is not necessarily filled with
engineers. Sending an engineer out to install a phone is a huge
cost."
Demore is the chief architect and engineer of the AGP technology,
and his experience with the U.S. Space Program has been profoundly
influential to its design.
"If you send a probe out into space, you do it with the understanding
that if something goes wrong, you're not going to send a tech out
there to fix it," Demore notes. "In a lot of ways, the
Internet is just like space. If I'm a telecom in Omaha and I've
signed a VOIP customer in California-or Hong Kong or Jamaica for
that matter-I'm not going to send any techs out there to install
or work on their equipment. The phone's got to work for them. And
most customers don't even want to program their VCR, so you can
be sure they don't want to configure an IP phone."
AGP's soft-provisioning feature builds in a number of other advantages
as well. For instance, the phone's operating software is pulled
from the server at startup. As software upgrades are released, users
will be alerted to reboot their phones, and they will automatically
be upgraded.
In like fashion, the customer premise hardware will never become
obsolete, because new features and functions are simply a matter
of the operating software.
"Auto-provisioning equates to a huge cost savings for both
private enterprise and the telecommunications industry," says
Caroline Chia, AGP's Vice-President of Business Development. "With
the majority of VoIP systems on the market today, businesses foot
the bill for the technician's hourly rate as well as costs associated
with time and travel to and from the deployment site. With auto-provisioning,
deployment costs are simply non-existent."
About AGP Telecom
AGP Telecom was founded in 2002 by group of international application
software and telecommunications experts in Taipei, Taiwan. Since
the company's inception, AGP Telecom engineers have been leaders
in the development of interoperable Voice over IP infrastructure
elements and endpoints. AGP Telecom is committed to built-in, intelligent
Voice over IP systems that are virtually self-configuring and deliver
the highest standards in quality of service.
AGP Telecom is a champion of non-proprietary, open networks built
on internationally accepted standards. As such, AGP Telecom uses
only non-proprietary SIP/H.323-compliant devices to allow its customers
to mix and match various devices from different manufacturers based
on their needs and budgets rather than being locked into proprietary
devices.
AGP Telecom Co., Ltd.
11F, No. 134, Chung-Hsiao E. Rd., Sec. 4, Ta-An District,
Taipei, 106 Taiwan, R.O.C.
Tel: +886-2-27417890
Fax: +886-2-27403322
http://www.agptelecom.com
For Information Contact:
VP Business Development,
caroline.chia@agptelecom.com
Media Relations,
amygb@thomathoma.com
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