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VOICE OVER IP: The DECT telephone has arrived, which in addition to fixed-line also has a broadband connection, opening up access to the internet’s countless services at a fraction of the cost of using a mobile phone

Danish telecom supplier RTX has advanced internet telephony, VoIP, by leaps and bounds with a newly developed DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications) telephone. With its new LAN Cordless DUALphone, which has integrated access to the internet’s many online services, RTX offers suppliers of fixed-line telephony a large number of new value-added offers to help hang onto customers who might otherwise drop conventional fixed-line telephony in favour of the much cheaper VoIP.

“Our new telephone can do everything that electronics makes possible,” says RTX’s managing director Jørgen Elbæk. “It has the flexible qualities of DECT technology combined with the cheap speaking time opportunities of VoIP. The telephone’s large display additionally gives access to the internet’s countless opportunities. It enables telephony suppliers to offer customers many of the benefits which were previously reserved only for those sitting in front of a computer."

Revolution
The new telephone is a small revolution in telecommunication. DECT technology gives flexibility and freedom – at a price far below what it costs to communicate using mobile telephony on the GSM net. By combining DECT and VoIP, consumers now get both flexible and cheap telephony.

“In reality it is the handset display and the telephone’s access to the internet which is the real revolution,” says Elbæk. “That is what gives fixed-line suppliers a chance to give added value to consumers and help prevent them shifting from fixedline to VoIP technology.”

Both fixed-line and broadband
Telephony over the internet has become an accepted and cheap alternative to fixed-line telephony, and in the future more service applications will arrive, driven by consumer demand for wireless internet access.

“The new LAN Cordless DUALphone combines a standard telephony connection, VoIP and an internet connection,” says Jørgen Elbæk. “Our base station is connected to both the conventional telephone net and to broadband, which allows connection via both channels. At the same time it has a unique connection to the internet providing online access to all the services offered by the supplier. The telephone gives suppliers especially a competitive edge in the battle to keep consumers.”

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