VoIP

Avaya Enlists Broadcom’s VoIP Technology for 9600 and 1600 Deskphone IP

What do you get when a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications and the global leader in business communications applications, softwares and services? A fusion of VoIP technology and enterprise and small business IP phones. That is what the recent partnership agreement between Avaya and Broadcom would mean to the IP telelephony market.

Under the said agreement that was signed by both parties today, Broadcoms’ VoIP technology will be used by two of Avaya’s one-X Deskphone Internet Protocol telephones, the 9600 SIP phones and the 1600 series.

Avaya’s 9600 SIP phones

The 9600 series one-X Deskphone edition has been loaded with Broadcom’s BCM1103, its most advanced VoIP processor. The BCM11103 delivers features that are important for enterprise deployments that includes high-fidelity audio, end-to-end security and advanced quality of service. Avaya telephones that belongs to this series are classified as “walk-up phones” which is used in common areas such as building lobbies, break rooms and hallways.

Avaya’s 1600 IP phones

In contrast to the 9600 phone, the 1600 IP phone belongs to the low cost family of Avaya phones which were designed to answer the needs of end-users. IP phones in the 1600 series feature Broadcom’s BCM1104 VoIP processor. This processor allows advanced IP telephony features at attractive prices that would certainly please cost-conscious customers. The Avaya 1600 series gives small businesses a wide range of choices for employing IP telephony in their company.

Paul Weismantel, Director of the Communications Appliances Division at Avaya said that Broadcom’s VoIP technology helped the company in building up an entire line of IP phones that can be used by a variety of enterprise and small business customers.

“As more small businesses transition to IP telephony and their larger companies deploy Gigabit IP networks, our Avaya one-X Deskphone line will serve the broad needs of each of these growing markets,” says Weismantel.