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Cordless IP Conference phone bundle

Konftel 300W is now discontinued and has been replaced by the Konftel 300Wx

Buy a Konftel 300W DECT conferencing phone and get 75% off the Gigaset N300IP DECT Base.

Konftel and N300IP Bundle

The Konftel 300W is the DECT (wireless) model from the Konftel 300 family of conferencing phones. By registering the 300W with a Gigaset N300IP DECT base this bundle creates an extremely competitive, flexible and portable IP conferencing solution.

This package is ideal for every day office use and particularly where you may need to make ad-hoc conference calls and have the flexibility to conference from different rooms etc.

To find out more information about this solution, pricing and to purchase this bundle, contact our team on 01484 840048 or send us an e-mail to contact@provu.co.uk

Please note: We are a trade only distributor, this offer is only available to trade sellers only. To become a reseller – fill in our online form.

ProVu Announce Gigaset N300IP & A510 Bundle

To celebrate the release of the new Gigaset 049 Firmware which now enables full compatibility between the A510 handset and N300IP base, we are pleased to announce a new bundled package at a reduced price. The aim of this bundle is to establish the combination of the N300IP base and A510 handset as the natural replacement for the hugely popular Gigaset A580IP. And although there is a small increase in price the new N300IP Firmware allows it to be deployed using our fully automated Provisioning system ProSys and allows 3 simultaneous SIP calls plus one PSTN call.

Because the N300IP can support upto 6 handsets we are also offering up to 5 additional A510H handsets at a reduced price with every A510H and N300IP bundle purchased.

To find out more information about this solution, pricing and to purchase a bundle with up to 5 additional handsets, contact our team on 01484 840048 or send us an e-mail to contact@provu.co.uk

Please Note:
1. This Bundle will run whilst stocks last
2. Only 5 additional A510 handsets can be bought with each N300IP-A510H bundle.
3. Prices exclude VAT and delivery charges

Want pricing? Log on to our online price list or give us a call on 01484 840048

Part Codes: N300IPA510-1 N300IPA510-2 N300IPA510-3 N300IPA510-4 N300IPA510-5 N300IPA510-6

The last of the Cisco SPA 9 series

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For a while now the Cisco / Linksys SPA 9 series range of phones have been end of life, we made sure we stocked up on a few of your favourites. But we now only have 5 SPA942s left and then that’s it!

Below is a chart to remind you of our recommended replacement products:

Discontinued products Recommended replacements
Cisco SPA-901 Cisco SPA-301G
Cisco SPA-921 Cisco SPA-303G
Cisco SPA-922 Cisco SPA-502G
Cisco SPA-941 Cisco SPA-303G
Cisco SPA-942 Cisco SPA-504G
Cisco SPA-962 Cisco SPA-525G2

As these are not direct replacements some of the features may vary. Please check out the product information pages to make sure the items have all the features you need.

Aastra demonstrates new UC solutions at IP EXPO

Aastra Press Release:

As a leading company at the forefront of the IP communication market, Aastra will be exhibiting its advanced range of unified communications (UC) solutions at this year’s IP Expo. Entirely dedicated to enterprise communications, Aastra offers one of the most complete portfolios of UC solutions that can be tailored to satisfy individual customer requirements.

Aastra will be demonstrating its range of deskphones which are optimised for Microsoft® LyncTM These phones passed vigorous testing and their qualification ensures the Aastra 6721ip and 6725ip will provide a high quality user experience, with ‘just works’ installation, rich audio and a lower total cost of ownership, making them powerful UC devices.

View the full Aastra press release

Headset Compatibility

snom headsetBuying a headset for your VoIP phone can sometimes be confusing, but after some testing we have put together an easy to understand guide as to what headsets are compatible with which handsets. The guide tells you what choices you have and exactly what cables/adaptors are required to get your headsets working.

Check it out: Full headset compatibility Guide

One step closer to the Plug and Play IP PBX

SARK 500 flexibilityWouldn’t it be nice if you turned up to install an IP PBX and all you had to do was connect the lines and phones and everything just worked, with inbound calls automatically routed to the connected phones. With the combination of a SARK phone system plus snom and Yealink IP phones, it can be this simple.

Until now the reality has been quite different, the constant headache for telecoms engineers in setting up an on-site IP PBX has been in the configuring of extensions when they do not have control of the network. The largest time consuming element of any installation is the provisioning of the IP phones with the correct settings. Often getting this provisioning information to the phones has relied on special settings on a DHCP server . The problem with this is, that in most cases the telecoms installer does not have access to the DHCP server and even if they do, not all routers necessarily support this capability. The only option at this point is to manually set up each phone which is extremely time consuming and more importantly adds considerable cost to an installation.

The SARK development team led by Jeff Stokoe have harnessed a technology that has been embedded into snom and Yealink phones called SIP Multicast. During boot-up, the phones send out a SIP packet to a special IP address reserved for SIP Multicast. The SARK PBX listens to this address at all times and will respond, telling the phone where to get it’s configuration from. This achieves the same job as using the DHCP server but all the functionality is contained within the phone and phone system themselves. Therefore negating the requirement for the telecoms engineer to control the network. Furthermore, SARK will automatically generate extensions on the fly when it receives the Multicast message. The phone is then passed all it’s configuration information using an intelligent provisioning engine built into SARK. At this point the engineer has only had to physically connect and power up the SARK system and phones.

Paul Hayes, Product Development Director at ProVu Communications (the sole distributor for the SARK range of phone systems and distributor for Yealink UK) said: “The SARK system is designed to be accessed remotely, yet securely. In my mind this is essential for anyone wanting to install phone systems in any significant numbers. The zero-touch configuration system and remote access mechanisms in SARK allow engineers to manage systems without on-site visits, which significantly reduces both the installation and maintenance overhead for our resellers.”

ProVu Communications are the sole distributor for the SARK range of phone systems and the premier distributor for snom and Yealink phones.

Find more information on the SARK 500

ProVu turns up the volume on SIP phones

Algo Loud RingerProVu Communications has launched a new alerter product, the Algo 8180 SIP Audio Alerter that increases the ringing volume of SIP telephone systems for variable noise environments such as warehouses or factories. The device also auto answers for voice paging or full intercom systems.

Darren Garland, Managing Director of ProVu Communications, said: “The 8180 is typically eight times louder than a telephone speaker. This may seem ear piercing, but its SoundSure technology automatically adjusts the ring and paging volume to compensate for background ambient noise, therefore will only ring as loud as it needs to be heard.”

The product is equipped with a high efficiency integrated amplifier and tuned high quality loud speaker. The 8180 device is supplied to customers with several audio files pre-loaded to its internal memory for ringing sounds, but users are able to custom the system with personal audio files, music, sound effects or voice announcements.

Ian Godfrey, Sales Director of ProVu Communications, said: “The 8180 has been a hit with our resellers. It fills a gap in the market when our hosted or IP PBX resellers are looking to replace a more traditional telecoms solution where an existing loud ringer may have been in place. It takes them into opportunities that previously were not open to them.”

Find out more information: Algo 8180 SIP loud ringer / paging device

AASTRA SIP-DECT PHONES CERTIFIED WITH NET SmartSIP

Aastra Press Release:

“Aastra, a leading company at the forefront of the enterprise communication market, today announced it has successfully completed interoperability testing with SmartSIP 2.0 for Microsoft® Lync™ Server 2010 from Network Equipment Technologies (NET). This interoperability allows Aastra’s award winning SIP-DECT mobility solution and broad portfolio of standards based SIP phones, to be used as voice endpoints on Microsoft® LyncTM.”…

View the full Aastra press release