Product Review

Some of the most important roles within a company require employees to spend a lot of time communicating via telephone. Clear and comfortable communication is vital, and this can only be achieved with the right set of tools, equipment, and services.

Grandstream’s GRP series of carrier-grade IP phones are ideal for employees with high call-volume roles. In this article, we review the two newest additions to the series.

Topics: SIP Phones, Business Telephone System, Grandstream, Productivity, Product Review

5G has been a hot topic in the telecommunications industry over the past few years. Since early 2020, we’ve been hearing more and more about 5G services being rolled out. Every day, a greater number of telcos around the world are marketing and deploying them.

This, then, begs the question: what is the real status of 5G deployment today? Can I truly enjoy all that 5G promises simply because I have a 5G icon in the status bar of my smartphone? We examine these questions and more in this article to get a feel for what’s available now and what you can expect in the future.

Topics: VoIP, Trends, Productivity, Mobile, Cloud, Wi-Fi, IoT, Unified Communications

When they are fully deployed, fifth-generation mobile communications networks are expected to deliver unprecedented speeds and network performance. However, 5G is not all about delivering high bitrates to smartphones. In actuality, other areas of application will benefit most from the proliferation of this innovative technology.

In this article, we take a deeper look at some of these applications and how they are poised to change the way we work, play, and communicate.

Topics: Wireless, VoIP, Trends, Productivity, Mobile, Cloud, Wi-Fi, IoT, Unified Communications

Product Review

More than ever before, connectivity tools of all types are fundamentally changing the way we work. Mobile workforces, collaboration tools, and online business platforms are just some of the innovations that are enabling greater employee efficiency, productivity, and flexibility, while at the same time supporting job satisfaction.

One of the approaches that is making a big difference is the bring your own device (BYOD) philosophy. In this article, we’ll see how Yealink has extended this BYOD approach into the videoconference room.

Topics: Yealink, Peripherals, Mobility (including remote work), Videoconferencing, Productivity, Product Review, Unified Communications, Microsoft, Collaboration, Zoom

Over the past few years, we’ve been hearing a lot about 5G: the potential it promises, the phenomenal levels of network performance it can achieve, and the multitude of applications and services it will deliver. In this article, we review the basics of 5G and how it is poised to change the mobile communications landscape. We also examine the potential benefits it has to offer to enterprise-scale VoIP communications systems.

Topics: QoS, Trends, Mobile, Unified Communications

Product Review

Grandstream has introduced its audio-only series of IP PBXs for companies that rely heavily on high-quality, feature-rich voice communication and don’t need other types of collaboration platforms like videoconferencing. Keep reading to see why the UCM6300 audio-only series of IP PBXs is a perfect choice for this type of business.

Topics: IP PBX, Business Telephone System, Total Voice Solution, Grandstream, Mobility (including remote work), Conferencing, Product Review, Collaboration

The Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, known simply as WiMAX, is a technology that is often overlooked as an option for wireless connectivity. In this article we’ll shed some light on this often-misunderstood technology and how it can be used to benefit your business in various applications.

Topics: Wireless, Productivity, Wi-Fi, IoT

As we have written about in the past, Yealink offers a wide range of collaboration solutions that bring the Microsoft Teams experience to every workspace and user. In this article we review Yealink’s collaboration kit options that feature Teams-enabled video bars.

Topics: Yealink, Software Integration, Mobility (including remote work), Videoconferencing, Productivity, Product Review, Unified Communications, Microsoft, Collaboration

Over the past few weeks we’ve been showcasing the deployment of wireless internet service providers (WISPs) and how they leverage various technologies to add value, flexibility, and reliability to their infrastructures. We examined how technologies such as LTE, MPLS, and cloud services are being employed to supplement WISP offerings.

But the innovation doesn’t stop there. There are a multitude of other technologies, protocols, and innovations that are being incorporated to bring about a new age of the WISP. We describe these in further detail in this article.

Topics: Wireless, Trends, Events, IoT, Unified Communications, WISP

Like all ISPs, Wireless ISPs (WISPs) benefit from the integration of other technologies with the services they provide. In previous articles, we saw how LTE and MPLS can be used in conjunction with WISP infrastructure to deliver more useful and flexible services to subscribers.

In this article, we continue our series devoted to the key themes at WISPAMERICA this year, taking a closer look at how cloud technologies can benefit WISPs and make their offerings more attractive and competitive.

Topics: Wireless, Trends, Cloud, Unified Communications, WISP