One of the greatest benefits of IP telephony is the ability to scale with a wide range of solutions. Whether you are a large enterprise or an SMB, with IP communications virtually everyone can access enterprise-grade solutions at affordable price points. Even though a computer can be used to carry out the conversations, businesses prefer standalone phones with multiple capabilities. Grandstream Networks (News - Alert), manufacturer of IP voice and video telephony serving the SMB and consumer markets, has announced that its IP video phone for Android and DECT cordless IP phones for hosted UC solutions have been certified by Metaswitch.

As a network software provider, Metaswitch designs, develops, delivers and supports commercial and open-source software solutions for network operators and large enterprises. By certifying the IP phones Grandstream manufactures, it ensures its customers the product is compatible with the communications solutions it offers.

Customers using the Metaswitch hosted IP telephony platform can automatically and securely provision the GXV3275 and GXV3240 IP Video Phones for Android (News - Alert) and DP715/DP710 DECT Cordless IP phones for mass deployment. Both of these platforms successfully completed the certification process, which brings the total number of Grandstream SIP endpoints to 24.

Using open standard SIP-based products lets Grandstream offer a broad interoperability with more features, enhanced user experience, improved productivity and the flexibility to increase capacity at a moment’s notice.  

“The relationship between Grandstream and Metaswitch continues to allow service providers to offer a powerful VoIP platform with state-of-the-art endpoints that are seamlessly provisioned and quickly deployed,” said David Li (News - Alert), CEO of Grandstream.

The GXV3275 Video IP Phone for Android features;

• Six lines with up to six SIP accounts including FREE IPVideoTalk account with video mail, up to six-way audio conference and three-way video conference, phonebook with up to 1,000 contacts, call history with up to 1,000 records
• Runs the Android Operating System 4.2 offering full access to the many Android apps in the Google Play Store, including thousands of business productivity apps such as Skype, Microsoft Lync, Salesforce1, GoToMeeting and others
• A 7 inch touch screen and features integrated Bluetooth, Gigabit ports, a built-in web browser, integrated Wi-Fi, HD audio and PoE.
• Dual switched auto-sensing 10/100/1000Mbps network ports, Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n), PoE+, Bluetooth, USB, SD, HDMI, EHS with Plantronics (News - Alert) headsets support

“Grandstream is well known for providing high-quality IP phones for small- to medium-sized enterprise customers as part of the successful delivery of a complete hosted Unified Communications (News - Alert) (UC) solution," said Brandon Harper, Metaswitch’s VP of Business Development.

The DP715/710 VoIP DECT phones for small business and residential users provide easy configuration in a compact size with next generation features, which include:

• SIP and DECT compliance with field proven flexible deployment
• A base station that registers up to five DECT handsets and talks to up to four handsets concurrently
• Advanced telephony features including caller ID, call waiting, three-way conference, transfer, forward, do not disturb, message waiting indication (stutter tone), auto talk, multi-language voice prompt, flexible dial plan
• Secure and automated provisioning using HTTP/HTTPS/Telnet/TFTP, multiple SIP accounts, SIP over TCP/TLS, SRTP

The combination of a reliable hosted communication solution and an end point hardware designed to leverage the available technology is essential for today’s businesses. The collaboration between Grandstream and Metaswitch gives their customers a comprehensive communications solution that addresses the flexibility, scalability and security that is needed for an effective platform.