Sunday, January 08, 2006
DECT Phones Bridge Landline, VOIP
ABC News: DECT Phones Bridge Landline, VOIP: "Jan. 6 LAS VEGAS—The old landline has life in it yet. With a new network standard and new designs, cordless phone manufacturers are pairing up with Voice-Over-Internet (VOIP) providers and cellular technologies to make a classic 19th-century technology look and feel fresh.
The new standard is DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications), which is actually a decade old in Europe, but is superior to our current cordless phone technology. The FCC finally approved DECT for US use in October, giving it a previously unused frequency slice at 1920-1930 MHz, sandwiched cozily between the PCS bands used by US cellular carriers. The fresh frequency means DECT phones could sound clearer than cordless handsets in the overcrowded 2.4 GHz band, which is used by phones, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth devices."
The new standard is DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications), which is actually a decade old in Europe, but is superior to our current cordless phone technology. The FCC finally approved DECT for US use in October, giving it a previously unused frequency slice at 1920-1930 MHz, sandwiched cozily between the PCS bands used by US cellular carriers. The fresh frequency means DECT phones could sound clearer than cordless handsets in the overcrowded 2.4 GHz band, which is used by phones, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth devices."
