VoIP devices and analogue adapter

With Voice-Over-IP (VoIP) lot of different forms of clients are in use. They can consist of hardware, software or a combination of both.

Most important end devices and adapters are:

SoftPhones

A softphone is a software solution installed on a computer, laptop or handheld. A program emulates a telephone and provides a connection to a VoIP telephone system or a provider telephone network.

Some free softphone links:

• ZoIPer
• PhonerLite
• ExpressTalk Basic
• Ekiga

To be able to use a softphone, you additionally need loudspeakers and a microphone, a headset or a USB telephone receiver.

IP telephones

Today’s IP telephones are similar or even superior to conventional telephones regarding design and functions. You soon will discover advantages IP telephones will have in you company. IP telephones have lots of useful features like company wide telephone books, computer assisted dialling or even video telephony.

On the following pages you can find end devices from Grandstream:

• GXP2000
• GXP2020
• GXV3000

ATA adapters

ATA adapters are needed for connecting a conventional analogue device to a VoIP telephone network. These analogue end devices can be wired or wireless telephones or fax machines. When using ISDN end devices, you will need an extension of your IP telephone installation or appropriate ISDN to SIP gateways.

On the following page you can find end devices from Grandstream:

• HandyTone 386