By Brian Van Meter at Grandstream

A captive portal has a variety of benefits when deployed into a Wi-Fi network. Being able to keep control of who can access the network, provide lead generation for commercial Wi-Fi environments, or ensure the user accepts terms and conditions are all advantages of a captive portal. Setting up a Grandstream GWN captive portal is an easy process, and the variety of features available means that you can create a captive portal that is ideal for your deployment. Within this blog post, we’ll provide a step-by-step guide to creating a captive portal for the Grandstream GWN series of Wi-Fi access points.

Topics: Grandstream, Wi-Fi

When it comes to fulfilling the communication needs of today’s businesses, modularity and feature-richness are key. Yeastar’s S-series IP PBXs have been a workhorse in this regard, delivering some of the most innovative, feature-rich services on the market.

Now, Yeastar is phasing out its S-series PBXs in favor of the higher-performance P-series IP PBXs. If you’re an owner or reseller of the S-series, not to worry! In this article, we give you all of the details concerning the planned phaseout, as well as the recommended migration path to ensure a smooth operation of your telephony system for years to come.

Topics: Customer Service, IP PBX, Business Telephone System, VoIP, Cloud, Business Strategy, Yeastar, Unified Communications

The concept of the “edge” is important when it comes to networking and telecommunications. There are two concepts in particular that use this terminology: the network edge and edge computing. These are distinct and separate constructs, but they are not entirely unrelated.

In this article, we’ll look at both and see how they differ and how they are interrelated.

Topics: Trends, Mobile, Network Design, Cloud, SD-WAN, WAN Technology

Product Review

In response to the needs of today's modern office, Yealink introduced the RoomPanel, a specialized tablet that aids in managing collaboration-enabled rooms and in enhancing usage, efficiency, and the user experience of physical shared workspaces.

Topics: Yealink, Trends, Videoconferencing, Android, Product Review, Cloud, Microsoft, Collaboration, Zoom

LoRa delivers some extremely attractive functionalities, especially for a specialized set of applications that are currently experiencing an explosion in growth. LoRa, which is short for “long-range,” is a low-power wide-area network modulation technique. In simpler terms, it is a method of transmitting data using wireless signals over long distances while consuming very low power. 

In this article, we look at LoRa as a technology and examine how it is becoming an important enabler for some of the most innovative applications of today and tomorrow.

Topics: Wireless, Trends, IoT, WAN Technology

By Kim Gunn, marketing communications specialist at Grandstream

Hotels rely heavily upon their communications between reservations, front desk, housekeeping, maintenance, management, and hotel guests. Connecting these users and meeting their unique communication needs is easier than ever with Grandstream. Whether you want to continue using existing technology or upgrade to a solution that you can rely on, Grandstream can help wherever it’s needed. See which devices work best for each department below and read how hotels can implement Grandstream solutions to improve their operations.

Topics: SIP Phones, Business Telephone System, Grandstream, Wi-Fi, Unified Communications

By: Konftel

Embracing the new hybrid work culture can be a tricky challenge to find the right balance and ensure a successful transition. Here we reveal the latest tips and advice, together with insights about how successful companies are unleashing the power of flexible working to generate cost savings, revenue gains and increased productivity.

Topics: Mobility (including remote work), Videoconferencing, Conferencing, Productivity, Konftel, Collaboration

Yealink has once again awarded TeleDynamics its highest distributorship ranking for 2022. This marks the sixth year in a row that TeleDynamics has achieved this recognition, and the seventh time overall. We have been able to achieve and sustain this distinction because of the large volume of Yealink products we sell, our ability to keep plenty of stock on hand, and the premium service that we provide to customers.

In this article we provide a brief review of some of the innovative Yealink solutions we carry, as well as the value-added services we provide to our customers.

Topics: SIP Phones, Business Telephone System, Yealink, DECT, Headsets, Videoconferencing, Conferencing, Android, News, Unified Communications, Microsoft, Collaboration, Zoom

By Yeastar

Yeastar recently announced an update of its P-series IP PBX system, including a set of new features such as Linkus Web Client Function Key, Queue Callback, Call Accounting, Hot Standby, Salesforce Integration, LDAP Server, and AutoCLIP. Keep reading for more details about this new functionality.

Topics: IP PBX, Total Voice Solution, Product Review, Yeastar

Telecommunications is a fast-paced field that changes constantly. It is more than a full-time job just keeping up with all of the emerging innovations that affect this industry. One of the fascinating aspects of this evolution is the fact that telecom relies heavily on companion technologies, emerging practices, and new methodologies that enable novel applications with seemingly science-fictionesque capabilities and functionality.

In this article, we talk about some of the most important technologies and methodologies that are changing the telecom landscape and which are expected to continue to do so in the coming years.

Topics: Wireless, VoIP, Software Integration, Trends, Mobility (including remote work), Mobile, Network Design, Cloud, Wi-Fi, IoT