In many ways, you’re defined by the company you keep. So the relationship between IP networking provider Genband and IP phone maker Yealink (News - Alert) shows the strong position of the two firms in the IP voice market.

Genband is a global leader in the smart networking space, and its technologies deliver higher levels of scalability, security and efficiency for IP communications. Yealink is a leader in IP desk phones, delivering some of the smartest next-generation offerings that show the continued relevance of the deskphone in a world preoccupied by mobile phones.

Recently Yealink partnered with Genband as an exhibitor sponsor in Genband’s Perspectives14 conference to be held later this year in Orlando, showing the strong relationship between the two firms.

The show also will show off Yealink’s T4 Series IP phones and cutting-edge W52P DECT (News - Alert) phone, which are recently-launched Yealink products.

The Yealink DECT phones feature exceptional HD sound with wideband technology, up to 4 simultaneous external calls and 5 DECT cordless handsets, and work with 5 VoIP accounts simultaneously. They also feature a 1.8" color display with intuitive user interface, 10 hours talk time, 100 hours standby time, and integrated PoE.

TMCnet awarded the Yealink SIP-T48G its 2014 Internet Telephony (News - Alert) Product of the Year Award.

“By coupling BYOD with IP phones, companies can create a powerful network of communication between all employees, in and out of the office building,” noted a recent TMCnet article earlier this year. “Yealink is taking this notion a step further, embracing the age of mobility and incorporating familiar features from smartphones into the newest addition it its IP phones family, the T48G.”

The T48G has a 7-inch touchscreen built to be familiar to those who rely on smartphones for much of their telephone communications, and it provides the advantages of a desk phone without the associated complexity; the T48G incorporates 29 one-touch digital DSS keys that are operated directly from the large touchscreen panel rather than from physical buttons on the phone, taking a page from Apple’s (News - Alert) design methodology.

It all amounts to an elegant, functional desk phone positioned well to take advantage of the Genband platform.