Conference Phones

The rapidly evolving workplace and business practices have led to more mobile workers. Unified Communications has taken situational freedom even further than the BlackBerry did whilst there has been a small revolution of identity whereby staff have taken on some of the aspects of the freelancer which has made working from home or working on the road more acceptable.

Jabra have added to their portfolio of business communications products with the Jabra Speak 510 Plus - a truly mobile conferencing unit which will appeal to the requirements of the modern, agile worker.
This USB and Bluetooth enabled portable speakerphone allows immediate and handy set up of business meetings. The 510 plus is plug and play and easy to use.
The 510 Plus also incorporates LED indicators and intuitive user controls for convenience of use.

Konftel, already a manufacturer of some of the nest conferencing products for business have added video conferencing to new and existing models. This is achieved by virtue of the Konftel Cam20 4K USB Camera or the Konftel Cam50 which is suitable for larger video conferences with 12x optical zoom. This connects to existing conferencing units in the Konftel range via USB ( plug and play ). The Cam20 adds on 4k Ultra HD Video with a 105° field of view via USB 3.0 to your device. This allow you to either take advantage of a very versatile new video conferencing phone or add on video collaboration functionality to your existing Konftel audio conferencing solution.

Revolabs, a business audio company owned by Yamaha was renamed earlier in the year to Yamaha Unified Communications. Revolabs has established itself as an enterprise manufacturer of business conferencing solutions, whilst Yamaha is well known as a pioneer in high quality audio - leading the world in the production of many musical instruments.

Business conferencing is a great time and money saver for business as it allows one to schedule remote meetings at a moment's notice.

Konftel label themselves as manufacturers of Collaboration Endpoint Solutions and specialise in the field of business conferencing.
Conference phones are a crucial business tool, allowing multi participant meetings to take place with attendants in disperse geographical locations.
This allows business meetings to be scheduled at late notice and to take place without the associated costs of travel.
Of course there are many iterations on the 'basic' conference phone and Konftel have explored many of them.

ClearOne specialise in the design and manufacture of media, audio, UC ( Unified Communications ) and streaming products for business and home. In the field of UC ClearOne has specialised in the creation of affordable yet highly functional desktop conferencing units for many a situation.

The ClearOne Chat 150 connects via USB to a multitude of devices such as VoIP/ PC/ Mac/ Laptop, Softphone to give full rich sound over a large area. It can also be connected with enterprise phone systems, allowing web collaboration such as such as LiveMeeting, Sametime, and WebEx. and instant messaging. It is suitable for medium sized meeting rooms and is plug and play - simple to set up and use.

Avaya is a global leader in communications, delivering both sophisticated hardware/ endpoints and software platforms for Unified Communications and Call Centre management - complete solutions for business communications. Here we look at some of the conference phones which make up the portfolio.

We read all about remote working and business is no different from the concept of employees working from home.
rather than the costly and time consuming ( and non environmentally friendly ) option of travelling for a business meeting there are a host of conference phones available - be they small and portable speakerphones which will connect to a mobile or desktop conference units which will connect to a telephone system and allow a meeting room with 20 people to have a full on conference in real time.