The COVID-19 pandemic has irreversibly affected remote working and teleworking trends. Yealink has responded to the needs of this paradigm shift with a wide range of work-from-home solutions for dispersed professionals.

In addition to its collaboration equipment, Yealink has launched a new program for companies that have a Microsoft Teams license with 100 or more seats, whereby they can get 50% off the MSRP on eligible products (expires June 30, 2021). Even if you don’t have customers that are eligible to participate in the discount offer, read on to learn about Yealink’s wide range of work-from-home solutions.

Topics: VoIP, Total Voice Solution, Yealink, Trends, Mobility (including remote work), Headsets, Videoconferencing, Conferencing, Productivity, Unified Communications

Product Review

When conferring with your colleagues, partners, or customers online, it’s important to be clearly seen and heard. Words as well as facial expressions, gestures, and body language all contribute to effective communication. The Konftel Cam10 high-quality webcam allows you to transmit all these forms of communication at a highly accessible price point, making your videoconferences the next best thing to being there.

Topics: Videoconferencing, Conferencing, Product Review, Unified Communications, Konftel

Product Review

With Yeastar’s new P-Series PBX System, SMEs can experience value and possibilities that go beyond a traditional telephony system. In this article we take a deeper look at this offering from Yeastar, which was featured in the company’s 2021 kickoff virtual event on 28 January 2021.

Topics: IP PBX, Total Voice Solution, Software Integration, Mobility (including remote work), Videoconferencing, Productivity, Product Review, Yeastar, Unified Communications

There is no doubt that the mandated measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have had an adverse effect on learning. Many refer to a global ‘learning poverty’ crisis as over 1.6 billion students have been out of school. For half of those students, school closures have exceeded seven months.

Remote learning solutions are being adopted at breakneck speeds to alleviate this problem. In this article, we look at the success of St. Jude School in Elyria, Ohio with Konftel’s distance learning equipment.

Topics: Trends, Mobility (including remote work), Videoconferencing, Customer Success Story, Unified Communications, Konftel

Product Review

The GVC3212 HD video conferencing endpoint is the newest addition to Grandstream’s GVC32xx series of videoconferencing systems. Built with today’s communications needs in mind, the GVC3212 is a compact and affordable solution for remote workers and small conference rooms. Keep reading to learn more about what makes this device particularly useful for working from just about anywhere.

Topics: Grandstream, Videoconferencing, Product Review

Within the context of a global pandemic and the uncertainty that comes with it, even the most basic necessity of receiving medical attention when you need it is not that straightforward anymore. New and innovative technologies are needed to ensure that everyone has access to medical services.

Topics: Peripherals, Trends, Mobility (including remote work), Videoconferencing, Product Review, Unified Communications, Konftel

While certain live events have been cancelled amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, many of them have been replaced with virtual counterparts that have taken place via videoconference. Some of these events have had hundreds or even thousands of participants. With such numbers, how do videoconferencing systems cope with the traffic load and processing power required?

In this article, we take a look at the concepts involved with the scaling of videoconferencing for large numbers of participants. We also examine some best practices to keep in mind that will help ensure the quality of the end user experience.

Topics: Total Voice Solution, Yealink, Videoconferencing, Network Design

Much experience has been gained over the past year when it comes to distance education and learning. The systems required to enable it have quickly developed and have been extensively streamlined. One of the most successful vendors in this process has been Konftel with its award-winning video-capable conference phones.

Topics: Trends, Mobility (including remote work), Videoconferencing, Unified Communications, Konftel

The spike in remote working amidst the COVID-19 pandemic has caused videoconferencing systems and service usage to skyrocket at a dizzying pace. At the heart of these systems is what is known as a multipoint control unit (MCU). Knowing where your MCU resides, how many simultaneous participants it supports within a conference, and what kind of extra features it delivers is key to designing a videoconferencing network that will ensure people enjoy the best quality service possible.

Topics: Total Voice Solution, Grandstream, Yealink, Trends, Mobility (including remote work), Videoconferencing, Cloud, Unified Communications

The coronavirus pandemic has caused demand for videoconferencing services to surge. ZoomInfo reports the adoption rates for web conferencing leaped a whopping 87% between January and April of this year.

In this article, we review Yealink Meetings, a distributed cloud-based service platform tailored for multi-way videoconferencing collaboration. This is a versatile system that combines multiple cloud-based and terminal-based options and delivers them using the latest technological advancements in the industry.

Topics: Yealink, Trends, Videoconferencing, Conferencing, Productivity, Product Review, Unified Communications