Mediatrix Telecom (
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) access devices and gateways, announced that the Mediatrix 4400 Series has successfully completed interoperability testing, according to a press release. The products can now be integrated with the entire VoIP portfolio of Linksys (
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“Interoperability with Linksys is in line with Mediatrix’ strategy to serve the Small and Medium Businesses with products that make a real difference to their overall total cost of ownership,” Philippe Babin, Director of Product Line Management for Mediatrix, was quoted as saying in the report. “This is also the recognition of our extended interoperability capabilities with all of the major SIP

VoIP vendors in the market.”
As a result of the compatibility between the Mediatrix 4400 Series and the Linksys Voice System, Linksys can provide greater assurance to small- and medium-sized businesses, which do not have the time to experiment with complex or non-standard systems.
Additionally, enterprises will also be able to improve productivity as a result of the reduction in decision cycle and implementation time.
The Mediatrix 4400 Series has tested interoperable with the complete Linksys Voice System including the following LVS products:
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SPA3102 - Voice Gateway with Router
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SPA400 - Internet Telephony (
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SPA9000 - IP

Telephony System
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SPA901 - IP Phone
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SPA922 - 1-Line IP Telephone with 2-Port Ethernet Switch
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SPA941 - 2 or 4-Line IP Telephone with 1 Ethernet Port
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SPA942 - 2 or 4-Line IP Telephone with 2 Port Ethernet Switch
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SPA962 - IP Phone
The Mediatrix 4400 Series BRI Gateway (
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equipment, like PBXs, to an IP network through a BRI interface or as a gateway to the PSTN.
Mediatrix 4400 digital gateways are available with 1, 2 or 4 BRI ports. The digital gateways offer transparent ISDN port extensions over an IP network. The remote ISDN terminals can be managed from a central point to offer PBX

services like calling groups and voice mail. The product is also offered as an optional version that comes with Power Over Ethernet and BRI phone power feeding.
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Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) | X |
| ISDN BRI is digital transmission using 2B+D or two B channels of 64,000 BPS for voice, data and video services and one D channel of 16,000 BPS for signaling over one-pair of twisted-pair telephone lin...more |
Private Branch Exchange (PBX) | X |
| Originally, telephone features were provided by telephone central office switching systems, often called CENTREX.�PBX systems emerged as customers wanted to have more calling features and control over...more |
Internet Protocol (IP) | X |
| IP stands for Internet Protocol, a data-networking protocol developed throughout the 1980s. It is the established standard protocol for transmitting and receiving data
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Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) | X |
| SIP is the real-time communication protocol for VoIP. SIP is a signaling protocol for Internet conferencing, telephony, presence, events notification (emergency calling) and instant messaging.
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