[January 30, 2002]

Vodavi Solution Gives Businesses, Call Centers VoIP Connectivity On Any Phone System

Vodavi Technology, Inc. announced Express VoIP, a non-proprietary analog gateway. When connected to an available CO port, the Express VoIP adds voice over IP (VoIP) connectivity to an existing telephony system to allow communications with other VoIP enabled devices. Telecommuters and businesses with remote offices will gain both administrative and financial advantages by using their existing data network connections (WAN, LAN or Internet) to eliminate long distance charges between geographically dispersed office locations. Express VoIP joins Vodavi's suite of IP telephony products including the Discovery VoIP card introduced in 2001.

According to Stephen Borcich, Vodavi's Vice President of Sales and Marketing, "The biggest benefactors of Express VoIP is any business looking for a cut and dry, simple-to-install and easy-to-administer IP telephony solution." He added, "With a high percentage of U.S. businesses possessing remote office locations along with telecommuters, Express VoIP helps to extend the reach of the main office phone system using the existing Intranet to those remote employees. In addition to maximizing the value of the existing data connection, remote users will now have access to the central phone system for outgoing calls and internal extension dialing."

Along with reducing long distance charges, other primary benefits of installing an Express VoIP network include 4-digit dialing between locations, telecommuter access to the central phone system for placing local or long distance calls, and telecommuter access to sophisticated system features such as voice mailboxes, system-wide paging, etc.

Express VoIP is an external gateway box that contains two analog CO ports and an Ethernet port. Using the latest VoIP technologies including the H.323 Revision 2 protocol, G.711 A-Law/U-Law, silence suppression and echo cancellation, Express VoIP supports IP connections to any other H.323 Revision 2 compatible IP telephony product. The analog CO ports allow the unit to be connected to any existing Vodavi or other manufacturer phone system. An analog phone can also be connected directly to the Express VoIP gateway giving a remote site or home office simple VoIP connectivity to the main office. Remote administration of the Express VoIP, whether in a home or office environment, is accomplished via a standard web-browser.

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