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Avaya Jumps into New Market with Open Standards SIP-based Phones Portfolio

Avaya Vantage Open SIP VoIP Phones

Avaya Jumps into New Market with Open Standards SIP-based Phones Portfolio

Validates a portfolio of industry-leading desktop and conference phones with the BroadSoft BroadWorks platform for use by service providers.

SANTA CLARA, CA–(Marketwired – May 31, 2017) – Avaya today announced that it is now offering the globally recognized quality and style of its desktop and conference phones to service providers. In collaboration with BroadSoft, Avaya is making a full portfolio of open standards, SIP-based devices available to service providers that are tested for interoperability with the BroadSoft BroadWorks platform.

Continuing with their fast-paced evolution, Frost & Sullivan expects SIP phone shipment to more than double five years from now, reaching new customers and delivering more functionality to businesses. Validating Avaya’s open standards, SIP-based desktop and conference phones with the BroadSoft Business platform is a first, significant step in expanding to this new market. BroadSoft is the market share leader for cloud-based unified communications, with its open platform deployed by 25 of the world’s top 30 service providers.1

The Avaya open standards-SIP based desktop and conference phones portfolio provide simple, powerful and affordable endpoints for a broad range of third-party, hosted call control platforms. The Avaya portfolio today includes three models: a conference phone, a desktop handset and the sleek, new Avaya Vantage phone that was just announced last Fall. Additional phones will be added over the next year to support use case or job functions. The phones can also be customized with co-branding or white labeling with the service provider’s name and logo.

Quotes;

“Avaya’s phone portfolio is known for high quality audio and security throughout the world. As growth in UCaaS offers via third party service providers continues to climb, this is a natural move for us and a great opportunity for them to increase value to their customers by offering a premium portfolio at affordable prices. Working with BroadSoft has been an excellent experience and we look forward to leveraging our mutual market leadership as we expand into this arena.”

Mark Monday, vice president and GM, Engagement Platforms, Avaya

“Avaya has a strong global market presence. The new line of phones will be a great choice for customers who want to migrate to cloud communication services Powered by BroadSoft.”

Mark Baker, Director of Business Development at BroadSoft

“The open SIP phone market continues to considerably grow year-over-year triggered by deployments in hosted/cloud-based communications and the need of businesses to secure endpoint investments. The jump of Avaya into this growing market, with the launch of a powerful, yet simple open SIP device offering is definitely a right move from a company which continues to be one of the top leading vendors in terms of IP desktop phone shipment and revenue.”

Mohamed Alaa Saayed, ICT Principal Analyst – Connected Work | Digital Transformation Frost & Sullivan About Avaya.

Avaya enables the mission critical, real-time communication applications of the world’s most important operations. As the global leader in delivering superior communications experiences, Avaya provides the most complete portfolio of software and services for contact center and unified communications with integrated, secure networking — offered on premises, in the cloud, or a hybrid. Today’s digital world requires some form of communications enablement, and no other company is better positioned to do this than Avaya. For more information, please visit www.avaya.com.

Source: Avaya Jumps into New Market with Open Standards SIP-based Phones Portfolio

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Home Run Pro.com

 

THE MISSION

Home Run Pro.com is your online, open source resource and marketplace geared to; Self-employed, IT Professionals and the customers that need their services such as;

  • Layer #1 (Inside Wiring/Cable Installations)
  • Layer #2 (Hardware Installations i.e. Modems, Switches, Routers, Cameras, Audio/Video…etc. )
  • Services Installation (Internet access & POT lines)
  • Smart Hands Technicians (General purpose installations)
  • Residential Technology Installations (Smart Home IT)
  • Trouble Calls

PHILOSOPHY

We are also a Technician Centric Organization; Our primary focus is the training and development of high-quality technicians to better serve our service buyers. We will utilize every resource available to instill into our technician members, the Soft-Skills and Technical Knowhow to tackle a wide range of IT projects.

 CLOSED (INVITATION ONLY)

 

 

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Kodi : Open Source Home Theater Software.

Kodi®

Kodi® (formerly known as XBMC™) is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media center for playing videos, music, pictures, games, and more. Kodi runs on Linux, OS X, Windows, iOS, and Android, featuring a 10-foot user interface for use with televisions and remote controls. It allows users to play and view most videos, music, podcasts, and other digital media files from local and network storage media and the internet. Our forums and Wiki are bursting with knowledge and help for the new user right up to the application developer. We also have helpful Facebook, Google+, Twitter and Youtube pages.

Source: About | Kodi

 

 

https://youtu.be/X3OgcUvMqKw

 

https://youtu.be/4Leg9Z06Vyo

 

 

 

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Bluetooth® – IoT network protocol

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A2DP, GATT, HID and BIP are all important Bluetooth profiles. Fact! A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile) makes streaming stereo music possible. GATT (Generic Attribute Profile) allows developers to build unique profiles specific for their applications. HID (Human Interface Device Profile) makes your Bluetooth enabled mice and keyboards work effortlessly. BIP (Basic Imaging Profile) allows you to send images between devices (other phones, printers, even picture frames).​

Bluetooth 5 Now Available:

Adoption of latest Bluetooth® specification propels interoperability, sets stage for transformative wireless connectivity

One to one connectivity have been solved. With much of the industry not realizing that bluetooth range can now be extended up to 1000 feet between low cost bluetooth routers and standard bluetooth low energy devices.

Key feature updates include:

Four times range
Two times speed,
Eight times broadcast message capacity.
Longer range powers whole home and building coverage, for more robust and reliable connections.
Higher speed enables more responsive, high-performance devices.
Increased broadcast message size increases the data sent for improved and more context relevant solutions.

“This means whole-home and building coverage, as well as new use cases for outdoor, industrial, and commercial applications will be a reality. With the launch of Bluetooth 5, we continue to evolve to meet the needs of IoT developers and consumers while staying true to what Bluetooth is at its core: the global wireless standard for simple, secure, connectivity.”

Source:

https://www.bluetooth.com/specifications/bluetooth-core-specification/bluetooth5

Adopted Specifications:

https://www.bluetooth.com/specifications/adopted-specifications

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IoT and The Future of Living

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoIQmWd8LTQ

For quite some time now, it’s largely been accepted as fact that innovation in the HDTV space had hit an insurmountable ceiling. With ultra-thin 4K displays delivering incredible picture quality at remarkably low prices, it was hard to fathom what the future of TV watching would entail, or if it would even be markedly different from what it is today.

But as the famous Steve Jobs quote goes: The best way to predict the future is to invent it. Apple may not have figured out how to re-invent the HDTV, but the same can’t be said for Panasonic.

Source: Panasonic just showed off an invisible TV with a fully transparent display

 

Panasonic just showed off an invisible TV with a fully transparent display

https://youtu.be/FcyO74UUAbs

 

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Quantum Computing – OpenMind

Quantum computing is the area of study focused on developing computer technology based on the principles of quantum theory. The quantum computer, following the laws of quantum physics, would gain enormous processing power through the ability to be in multiple states, and to perform tasks using all possible permutations simultaneously.A Comparison of Classical and Quantum ComputingClassical computing relies, at its ultimate level, on principles expressed by Boolean algebra. Data must be processed in an e

Source: Quantum Computing – OpenMind

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The FOA Reference For Fiber Optics – OLANs- Fiber Optic LANs

Optical LANs have been around since the mid-1980s but in the last few years they have benefited from the worldwide move to install fiber to the home. With over 100 million FTTH subscribers, FTTH has become a market driven by the economies of scale and costs have plummeted. It did not take long for designers to understand that FTTH, especially as used in multi-dwelling units, was similar to typical LANs. Much as LANs based on telco PBX architectures became the first standard for LANs, telco FTTH architectures, especially PONs (passive optical networks), are being adopted for the next generation of LANs. Here you will find some history and an explanation of how this new generation of telco architecture is being widely adopted.

Source: The FOA Reference For Fiber Optics – OLANs- Fiber Optic LANs

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Health Risk: 5G Ultra-High Frequency Radiation Is Coming

The 5G revolution is rushing toward us and it will bring a whole new era of harm from ultra-high microwave frequency radiation. And those who raise their voices against the danger to our health and our human rights to safety have been the subject of harassment, intimidation and attempts to silence them. ‘Stay out of the way of technological development.’

Source: Health Risk: 5G Ultra-High Frequency Radiation Is Coming

https://youtu.be/OMxfffqyDtc

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Internet of Things (IoT) protocols:

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  • Wi-Fi HaLow – The Wi-Fi Alliance has come out with HaLow, the indoor Wi-Fi format for IoT which uses 900MHz to improve indoor coverage. It will also have better battery life. 900MHz has less spectrum, but remember that most devices send very short message with data and control information. This is why video is not considered part of IoT but it will be expected to run on normal Wi-Fi. The problem with normal Wi-Fi will be battery life. However, Wi-Fi for normal IoT apps will be the most commonly accepted but security may be an issue. The idea here is that the 900MHz will not be running all the time so it will only wake up your device when it has to, not running on 2.4GHz and 5.8GHz which is probably running all the time.
  • Bluetooth – They are trying this but there are connectivity issues, range issues, and reliability issues. So far it’s not really taking off. Battery life is still an issue.
  • Bluetooth Smart – low energy Bluetooth to improve the battery life of devices and to improve the IoT connections. Peer to peer, short-range, 2.4GHz,
  • Z-Wave – proprietary protocol owned by Sigma Designs, 40Kbps and 9.6Kbps and 100Kbps, up to 4 hops, up to 40meters, 908.42Mhz in US, using 20Khz to 110 kHz of bandwidth,
  • Thread – a type of indoor low power mesh network that many devices used that are made by NEST. They basically have their own equipment on this 802.15.4 format.http://threadgroup.org/
  • ZigBee – Indoor format, mesh, 802.15.4, open standard if you join the ZigBee alliance, normally 10-30 nodes but in theory could do up to 2,000 nodes. 20Kbps in 868MHz band, 40Kbps in 915MHz band, 250Kbps in 2.4GHz band, less than 400m range, longer range lowers battery life
  • DECT ULE – Indoor format, Ultra Low Energy using Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications protocol, less than 50m range, up to 1Mbps, up to 400 devices on the network, 1920 to 1930MHz in USA and Canada
  • Sigfox UNB – outdoor, Sigfox Ultra Narrow Band, 3GPP GERAN, average range 30 to 50Km depending on-line of site, 928MHz in USA, 150mWatt unit in the USA, used in older devices
  • Semtech’s LoRa – Long Range, outdoor protocol, Open Source, STAR topology, no upper limit on devices, 300bps at long-range typically 1Kbps, 2-5Km range, 80MHz with 125 kHz bandwidth. Low-power sensors can be used in streetlights, gas cylinder level sensor, parking sensors, etc.
  • LTE – outdoor format, this could be in any LTE band but the problem with LTE is that it’s made for large packets, so there is development underway for smaller bandwidth applications. Ideal format for wide area because every carrier has LTE but needs to improve battery life if a remote device is not connected to power.

Resources:

What will the IOT Wireless Protocols look like?

http://www.lprs.co.uk/assets/media/Rethink%20IoT%20Wireless%20Market%20overview.pdf

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2985233/internet-of-things/lte-standard-for-machines-gets-the-green-light.html

http://www.3gpp.org/news-events/3gpp-news/1607-iot

http://www.wired.com/2016/01/wifi-halow-internet-of-things/

http://www.techrepublic.com/article/802-11ah-wi-fi-protocol-for-iot-solves-two-m2m-problems/

http://electronicdesign.com/iot/understanding-protocols-behind-internet-things

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What will the IOT Wireless Protocols look like? | Wade4Wireless

The Internet of Things, IoT, is more than a buzz word, it is the way things are moving. When you hear of 5G they often talk of IoT and how everything will be connected. This is very exciting but the technology is already here. It is being tested and proven as we speak. So what should deployment teams be doing now? They should prepare to deploy!… 

Source: What will the IOT Wireless Protocols look like? | Wade4Wireless