Yealink’s T18 and T2x range of business class SIP telephone handsets are now compliant with the IP Office 500 6.0, the key unified communications platform from Avaya Inc., provider of enterprise communications systems, software and services.

The Yealink (News - Alert) range meets growing demand from businesses now migrating from analogue to SIP platforms to take advantage of cost and feature benefits. The application now is compliance-tested by Avaya (News - Alert) for compatibility with all five Yealink models, the SIP- T18P, SIP-T20P, SIP-T22P, SIP-T26P and SIP- T28P.

“This is far from a tick-box exercise as Avaya compliance testing is a rigorous process. Now that the test is complete, this will greatly benefit business users of Yealink technologies” commented Stone Lu, VP of Yealink. “Avaya IP Office is an absolutely crucial platform in the enterprise marketplace, being a highly scalable, open standard solution which unleashes the potential of communications infrastructures to deliver significant cost and productivity benefits”.

Yealink is a member of the Avaya DevConnect (News - Alert) program—an initiative to develop, market and sell innovative third-party products that interoperate with Avaya technology and extend the value of a company’s investment in its network.   As a Gold member of the program, Yealink is eligible to submit products for compatibility testing by the Avaya Solution Interoperability and Test Lab. 

A team of Avaya engineers then develops a comprehensive test plan for each application to verify whether it is Avaya compliant. This ensures that businesses can capabilities to their network without having to replace their existing infrastructure, which in turn, speeds up the deployment of new applications and reduces both network complexity and implementation costs.  

 “As a respected, R&D- led VoIP specialist, Yealink is a welcome development partner whose expertise and co-operation under the DevConnect programme will further assist Avaya in helping businesses work smarter and more efficiently” said Eric Rossman (News - Alert), vice president, developer relations, Avaya. “Together we can deliver high quality, affordable SIP solutions which can swiftly and positively impact bottom lines.”

Stefanie Mosca is a Web editor for TMCnet. Previously she worked as a freelance copy editor for Digital Surgeons LLC. She holds a master's degree in journalism from Quinnipiac University and a bachelor's degree in communication from the University of New Haven. To read more of her articles, please visit her columnist page.

Edited by Stefanie Mosca