Aastra Models Pass Test as Phone Extensions For Full Range of OnSIP Features and Applications
Junction Networks, host provider of the award-winning OnSIP Hosted PBX service, has confirmed that Aastra’s SIP-based IP phones are perfectly suited for use as extensions to OnSIP. Junction Networks’ New York lab tested the Aastra 53i, 57i and the 57iCT model business phones for interoperability with the full range of OnSIP features and applications, including call waiting, call forwarding, auto attendant, caller ID, voice mail, do-not-disturb settings, and more.
The 53i features a three-line display and six programmable buttons, and the 57i and 57iCT feature a large, self-labeling display with 12 programmable keys, giving access to 30 programmable functions on multiple scrolling pages. Both phones can handle up to nine simultaneous line appearances.
Each Aastra IP phone displays a mini browser that provides access to powerful XML applications and services. The XML API from Aastra allows the phones to run customized applications, such as call accounting to keep track of billable phone time for multiple clients. The phones’ programmable keys can also be used to execute OnSIP-supported functions in any way users desire. In addition, the Aastra 57i CT cordless telephone (CT) allows a user to roam within a 300-foot radius of the 57i telephone. The CT handset works seamlessly with the telephone, duplicating features and functionality for the mobile worker.
“We want to give OnSIP customers the greatest possible choice of hardware and software to use as OnSIP extensions,” said Junction Networks President Rob Wolpov, “and we know from our testing that Aastra has earned its reputation for reliability, voice quality and ease of setup. Aastra’s popularity in the SIP space also means that more new OnSIP customers will be ready to use our service the minute their decision is made, without any equipment cost.”
“Junction Networks provides an innovative, SIP-based VoIP solution to the market place and we are happy to be part of their hardware solution set. Aastra IP phones are very intelligent end points and we are confident that our new relationship with Junction Networks will take full advantage of that intelligence, in ways including use of the Aastra XML application developer tool kit,” said John Drolet, vice president of U.S. sales for Aastra Telecom.
About Junction Networks
With more than 4,500 customers, Junction Networks is one of the largest providers of business-class VoIP services to small and medium-sized enterprises. Using the most innovative applications available, Junction Networks provides high-end, multi-functional, Internet-based communications options that are easily adaptable to the needs of the growing business. Junction Networks' unsurpassed ability to leverage open standards, such as SIP, enables it to seamlessly integrate new functionalities into existing, scalable platforms. In this way, it can offer the benefit of enterprise-class broadband voice and data communications at a fraction of the typical cost. For more information, visit junctionnetworks.com.
About Aastra Telecom
Aastra Telecom is a North American business unit of Aastra Technologies Limited (“Aastra”), a global company at the forefront of the Enterprise Communication market. Headquartered in Concord, Ontario, Canada, Aastra develops and delivers innovative and integrated solutions that address the communication needs of businesses small and large around the world. Aastra enables Enterprises to communicate and collaborate more efficiently and effectively by offering customers a full range of open standard IP-based and traditional communications networking products, including terminals, systems, and applications. For additional information on Aastra, visit aastratelecom.com.
Aastra® is a registered trademark of Aastra Technologies Limited.