Phoenix-based business telecommunications outfit COMVOICE today unveiled what it says is the first desk phone powered by Google’s (News - Alert) Android operating system. It works like a personal smartphone, featuring a touch screen, compatibility with Android applications, and it even supports high-definition audio. The device also allows integrated communications to tie into user data stored within the COMVOICE Cloud. 

To be sold at a starting price point of $599, the new phone was designed to appeal to executives looking for office technology solutions that compliment the mobile market, according to the company.

“With all this cutting-edge personal technology everywhere, we were wondering why people weren’t demanding equal capability from their desk phones,” says Erik Knight, president of COMVOICE. 

Adds John Noble, COMVOICE pre-sales engineer level II: “COMVOICE’s top priority is helping customers get up and running and keeping their services going. Those who purchase the Android (News - Alert) phone will now enjoy an even richer experience.” 

As discussed in an article in the October 2010 issue of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine, a TMC (News - Alert) publication, COMVOICE is dedicated to providing customers with quality VoIP-based solutions that work. With its hosted VoIP offer, COMVOICE delivers unified communications including voice over e-mail, green fax, web-based management, click to dial, videoconferencing and more. The company also heavily pushes the fact that it’s an HD audio provider.

COMVOICE goes above and beyond in its network design in terms of capacity and redundancy, Knight told INTERNET TELEPHONY for the October 2010 piece.

Knight adds that COMVOICE’s back office systems and installation process also have proved to be a winning combination. For example, the company monitors all of its customers’ connections and will launch an e-mail to a user if it notices anything of concern on that company’s account. At the same time the monitoring solution alert the back office of the potential problem so it’s fixed as soon as possible and everyone knows what’s happening.

 Small and medium businesses are the target for COMVOICE, whose accounts on average involve 10 phones and an average monthly spend in the $200 to $250 range. That model has resulted in a company that has been cash-flow positive and debt free since 2009, says Knight of COMVOICE, which is privately financed. 

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