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Gigaset Business Boosting Bundles

We currently have two great Gigaset promotional offers available for our resellers. These offers will continue to run until the end of September 2016, they include:

Buy 3 x Gigaset PRO Handsets & get a free N510IP PRO Base Station
Buy 3 x Gigaset PRO Handsets & get a free N510IP PRO Base StationTo receive your free N510IP PRO Base station simply place your order using one of the following partcodes:

Buy 4 x Gigaset N720 IP DECT Base Stations & get a free N720 DM PRO

Buy 4 x Gigaset N720 IP DECT Base Stations & get a free N720 DM PRO

To take advantage of this bundle you will need to contact the ProVu sales team on 01484 840048 or you can email: contact@provu.co.uk.

These promotions are available to all ProVu registered trade resellers. If you are an ITSP, telecoms reseller or security installer and would like to become a ProVu reseller please fill out our new reseller form.

Sangoma SBCs Advantages for Hosted Providers

Securing voice traffic in a hosted telephony environment is a core requirement for any business to survive. Consequently it’s important that IP communication is managed and secured properly. Many hosted telephony providers from around the world deal with 100’s of products from different manufacturers, however without interop testing and secure networks, device compatibility can be hard to assess. With Sangoma’s E-SBCs, device interoperability can be simplified as it offers a secure enhancement to hosted VoIP deployments, acting as a medium between devices.

Here’s some of the key features of Sangoma’s SBCs:

  • Encrypt SIP signalling and audio media
  • Remote site VoIP demarcation point
  • Reduce firewall and NAT issues
  • Secondary Registration for Failover to Local Gateway Access
  • Ensure SLA compliance

sbc-use-case

Ultimately Sangoma’s E-SBCs allow service providers to take advantage of all IP communications
offerings, without compromising security, service quality, reliability and/or availability.

Sangoma offer a range of Enterprise SBCs with support for 5 up to 250 sessions and their carrier
models can handle up to total of 4000 sessions.

Find out more: Vega SMB SBC Appliance use cases
View Sangoma’s series: SBC Appliances

Snom 320 End of Life Notice

We have received notice from Snom that the Snom 320 will be going ‘end of life’. From our current stock levels, we predict that our stock will last until mid August 2016. Please note; this is only a prediction and our ability to supply this model is ultimately dependent upon the orders we receive. Once our stock has run out we will be unable to replenish it.

Up to date stock availability can be seen on ProSys.

Strangest bug I’ve ever discovered

I have just accidentally discovered a very strange bug (or feature?) on a snom phone.

It affects 8.7.5.35 firmware and possibly others.  When tested on firmware 8.7.5.13 this doesn’t occur.

If you set up a SIP account, any SIP account (doesn’t even have to be a real working one) and the SIP password contains the word “monkey”, you get the following error message and the account will not work:

Screenshot from 2016-07-06 11:30:03

 

I have informed Snom about this.  I’ve never had a customer reporting this problem, it is just funny.

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Gigaset C430H Update

C430HXThe Gigaset C430H has been updated and has changed to the C430HX. The C430HX looks identical to its predecessor and there is no change to the pricing. The only difference between the two models is the C430HX includes Cat IQ 2.0 technology and supports HD voice.

Sangoma PBXact UC Systems Launch

We are pleased to announce our launch of the new Sangoma PBXact UC phone systems! These systems offer fully featured, commercially supported communication solutions for 10 to 5000 users / endpoints.

Sangoma PBXact UC comes pre-loaded with many advanced commercial features including Call Recording Reports, Conference Pro and Voicemail Reports.

PBXact UC 10 10 users / 5 calls
PBXact UC 60  60 users / 30 calls
PBXact UC 100  100 users / 30 calls
PBXact UC 300  300 users / 120 calls
PBXact UC 1000 1000 users / 300 calls
PBXact UC 5000*  5000 users / 1000 calls

* System 5000 is due to be launched August 2016

PBXact UC is designed to work seamlessly with all Sangoma IP phones, offering a collection of phone applications which allow users to control functions and settings directly from the screen of their phone. The Sangoma phones also offer zero-touch installation, once plugged in the phones will automatically detect the system and provision themselves.

 

If you would like to discuss these new systems please email contact@provu.co.uk or call us on 01484 840048. We have a webinar coming up on the 29th and 30th of June to help introduce the range, to register please visit www.provu.co.uk/webinar-pbxact-introduction.

Seamless Paging Integration between Algo and Polycom

We launched the Algo 8188 SIP Ceiling Speaker back in January which joined our expanding range of Algo paging and alerting devices. This SIP ceiling speaker can integrate natively with Polycom™ Group Page for overhead announcements.

The 8188 provides additional coverage in common areas or where sound reinforcement is needed, like classrooms, lobbies or hallways. The 8188 can also be configured to join Polycom paging groups or zones.

Polycom Group Page has no dependency on a SIP server and therefore the 8188 also integrates seamlessly with Skype™ for Business/Lync™.

 

SIP Initiated Group Paging
Polycom VVX phone calling Algo 8180 SIP alerter which simultaneously launches a local Polycom Group Page.

Polcom Group page with Algo 8188 diagram

 

Algo paging endpoints have multicast broadcast capability. While paging or alerting, they can simultaneously multicast over the network.

Polycom Solution Guide: Group Page with VVX600 & Algo 8180/8188

Gigaset SL400H End of Life Notice

Gigaset SL400H End of Life Notice

The Gigaset SL400H DECT handset is now an end of life product. We predict our current stock levels to last until approximately mid June; when we do run out of stock, there will be no further supplies available.

Whilst there is no direct replacement for this model, we would recommend the Gigaset SL750H which offers a very similar range of features and a comparable trade price. For more information, please see the SL750H webpage.

Pricing and stock information can be found on our reseller portal, ProSys.

The New Sangoma Phone Range has Arrived!

We are delighted to announce the arrival of the eagerly anticipated Sangoma VoIP phones. Designed exclusively for FreePBX, these phones can be quickly and easily provisioned to work out of the box.

s300 s500 s700
S300 S500 S700
Entry-level phone Mid-level phone Executive level phone
2 SIP Accounts 4 SIP Accounts 6 SIP Accounts
Dual Ethernet Ports Dual Gigabit Ethernet Ports Dual Gigabit Ethernet Ports
PoE Support PoE Support PoE Support
132 x 48 pixel graphical LCD backlit screen Large 3.5″ Colour Screen Large 4.3″ Colour Screen
6 Feature keys 8 Customisable Keys 10 Customisable Keys

Interoperability

These phones are interoperable with Sangoma FreePBX appliances, FreePBX software only installations and Sangoma’s new PBXact UC appliances. Providing free and automatically enabled access to the FreePBX EndPoint Manager, this new range allows easy provisioning and management of devices from the FreePBX Administrative GUI. With a built-in OpenVpn client as standard, Sangoma phones can securely connect to remote FreePBX and PBXact installations, providing security and complete telephony features to remote workers.

Please see our reseller portal, ProSys for pricing and stock information. If you do not have a ProSys account and would like to register for one, please complete our ProSys Account Request Form.