For the small to medium-sized business looking to enhance their communications capabilities, Grandstream officials say, the GXE502x IP Multimedia phone is a possible network component.

Combining voice, video, fax and data in one appliance, an All-in-One IP PBX (News - Alert) “brings small to medium-sized business communications to a new level, while bearing in mind the factors that are most important: cost, ease-of-use, ease-of-deployment, and reliability.

The GXP Enterprise IP series offers rich telephony features, high audio quality, multi-line indicators, integrated PoE, superior hands-free speakerphone and broad interoperability. Here’s where you go to get a good phone for under $100.

The GXP enterprise IP phone series is an ideal fit for the small to medium sized business and enterprise, duces the new entry-level enterprise desktop SIP telephone GXP1450 with a list price of $99 [http://www.voipmonitor.net/2010/12/07/Grandstream+Announces+New+Enterprise+HD+IP+Phone (News - Alert)+Under+100.aspx].

The 2-line GXP1450 delivers features required for today's enterprise customers including Grandstream's superior HD audio quality for crystal clear voice communications, LCD XML customization, automated provisioning, integrated personal Web productivity applications, and advanced security protection. The GXP1450 joins Grandstream's growing portfolio of recently introduced HD SIP phones including the GXP2100, GXP2110 and GXP2120.

Featuring 2-lines with 2 SIP accounts, company officials say, along with a 180x60 backlit graphical display with 4-level grayscale, 3 XML programmable soft keys, dual network ports with integrated PoE and 3-way conference, the GXP1450 “is interoperable with most third party SIP devices and leading SIP/NGN/IMS platforms and can be automatically provisioned using TR-069 or encrypted configuration file over HTTPS for mass deployment in service provider or large enterprise networks.”

The GXP1450 comes standard with HD wideband audio, full duplex hands-free speakerphone, multiple languages, large 2000-item phone book and call history records, strong security protection based on TLS/SRTP/HTTPS/AES, and various personal productivity applications including real time local weather automatically delivered with zero configuration, etc.