Panasonic (News - Alert), a provider of business telephone systems, announced the addition of a new line of corded Session Initiation Protocol (News - Alert) (SIP) telephones to its current series of cordless SIP models in the U.S. market.

The new UT series SIP telephones are designed for small and mid-size businesses. The SIP phones provide a stable connection between IP communication-based devices and applications that integrates with e-mail, Web, voice mail, instant messaging, multiparty conferencing and multimedia collaboration.

The SIP phones adopt a standards-based approach. They are interoperable with fast-growing market of Hosted Service Providers and with SIP-based IP PBX platforms. UT Series phones are certified by BroadSoft on Broadworks and Digium’s Asterisk.

The UT series offers the flexibility allowing businesses to expand the phone system at no additional cost and without sacrificing quality. The SIP phone models, KX-UT136-B, KX-UT133-B, KX-UT123-B and KX-UT113-B, offer reliable and clear multimedia communications at a rate affordable to small and mid-sized businesses.  

Bill Taylor, president of Panasonic System Networks Company of America said, “Our phones are also easily provisioned and interoperable, allowing the customer to expand their communication capabilities as their needs grow.”

Another feature of Panasonic SIP phones is that they provide end-user savings with low power consumption while in Eco mode. They can be easily configured and are provided with extensive provisioning options.

The High Definition audio (G.722 codec) offers true wideband voice quality on all models of UT phones. The Power over Ethernet (PoE) is given in all models. Electric Hook Switch (EHS) is provided for Plantronics (News - Alert) headsets.

In other news, Panasonic System Networks Company of America announced that it continues its leadership in the small business telephone market in North America. The company again achieved #1 market share in North America for the calendar year 2010 and for the first quarter of 2011, according to information technology market research firm T3i Group.

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