D-Link launches clamshell Wi-Fi phone

Networking solutions provider D-Link introduced the
industry's first flip-style mobile Wi-Fi phone with a full-featured softphone
from TelTel. The phone would allow users to make free calls anywhere in the
world where there is open Wi-Fi access. Calls from the D-Link phone are made
over the Public SIP Telephone Network (PsipTN) telephony backbone.

Weighing only 3.74 ounces in a compact clam­shell design,
the phone complements TelTel services with built-in features like a clear color
backlit LCD display, a keypad with backlight, speed dial, redial, multiple
ringtones, email access, volume control and other conveniences. The D-Link Wi-Fi
phone allows them to call other TelTel users for free, or call non-TelTel users
for a small fee. Users also will receive virtually all of the IP telephone
services included with the PC version of the TelTel softphone.

One of those features is 'buddy list synchronization'
that allows users to view on their Wi-Fi phone whether their contacts are
available to receive a call. “We see the teaming of the D-Link phone with the
TelTel service as a winning combination for both the consumer and small
business,” said Steven Joe, President and CEO of D-Link Systems, Inc.

“Combining D-Link's new Wi-Fi phone with TelTel's
growing volume of services will allow people the freedom to roam and take full
advantage of Internet phone connectivity without the high cost of traditional
telephony offerings,” added Jack Chang, COO of TelTel, based in Santa Clara.

“With so many more Wi-Fi hotspots being added to the
network every day — D-Link Wi-Fi phone calls are a convenient and
cost-effective alternative to traditional landline and mobile telephones,”
Chang said.

DQC News Bureau Mumbai, March 21