Obihai Technology's New Phone Adapter Hits VoIP Sweet Spot & More
The OBi202 2-port VoIP phone adapter with router supports up to 4
VoIP services, including Google Voice™ with network and application
extensibility via integrated USB port.
Obihai, the customer-top-rated manufacturer of VoIP phone adapters for SIP and
Google Voice™, has just released the OBi202 two-port VoIP telephone
adapter with integrated router and USB port. The OBi202 is for sale now
at www.Amazon.com
and available to service providers for mass-deployment. With the
previously announced End-of-Sale for the Cisco-Linksys SPA2102 and
PAP2T, the OBi202 is well-equipped to replace these highly-regarded ATAs
for both value added reseller (VAR) and service provider deployments.
The OBi202 is targeted at Internet phone service providers
world-wide, as well as power-users of Google Voice™ and literally
hundreds of Bring Your Own Device SIP services. The OBi202's innovation
and sophistication in the areas of speech technology, voice traffic
prioritization, call management and ease of set-up are catalysts that
will ignite excitement among consumer and small business users who want
the best product for their VoIP communication needs.
“We are extremely excited to bring the OBi202 to market
and support all the customers using the device,” said Jan Fandrianto,
President and CEO of Obihai Technology, and inventor of the first VoIP
phone adapter.
“Home and small businesses users of the OBi202 will be impressed
with its innovative features, attractive design, excellent voice
quality and reliability,” Fandrianto said.
Pricing & Availability
The OBi202 is priced at $99.99 and is available today at Amazon, for a promotional price of $74.99 with free shipping. Over the next few months, more stores and on-line merchants are expected to carry the OBi202. Resellers and service providers should contact Obihai directly at: sales@obihai.com for information on sourcing and deployment of the OBi202.
OBi202 Highlights:
Easy to Set-Up and Use
Based on comments from Obihai customers,
there have never before been VoIP devices that can be set-up so easily
and used immediately, with absolutely no prior technical knowledge of
VoIP or voice & data networking by the end-user. The OBi202 is no
different than its brothers, the well-reviewed and market-leading
OBi100 and OBi110 VoIP phone adapters. When used in conjunction with
the www.OBiTALK.com web portal, anyone can have an OBi up-and-running – making and receiving calls in minutes.
Fully-Matrixed VoIP Service Routing with Four VoIP Services and OBi-to-OBi Calling
Phones connected to the OBi202’s 2-phone
ports are able to access any of up-to-four (4) SIP or Google Voice
services and the OBiTALK OBi-to-OBi calling network to make and receive
free and low-cost calls from across town or to anywhere in the world.
A Mini-Phone System via Phone Collaboration
While the OBi202 phone ports can function
independently with any of the available VoIP service providers and
OBiTALK, the OBi202 also offers collaborative features which allow its
phone ports to work together as a mini-phone system.
The user can dial a “#” key to call from one
phone port to the other. Depending on the current state of the called
phone, one of the following can happen:
- If the called phone is idle, it will ring
normally with a Caller-ID indicating the call is coming from the phone
connected to the other phone port of the same OBi202.
- If the called phone is already on a call, the calling phone can automatically join the call.
- If the called phone is on-hook with a call
holding, the calling phone can pick up / resume the call.
- If the called phone is ringing, the calling phone will pick-up and answer the incoming call.
The Industry's Most Comprehensive SIP-Based VoIP Platform
Service providers Vonage, MagicJack, Nettalk,
Ooma and Skype (via FREETALK) do not currently support anything other
than their own device, locked-down to only their service. Obihai
devices, on the other hand, can be used with a multitude of services –
actually four at the same time. The OBi202 can be used with any
Internet phone service that supports the SIP open standard. For
example, the OBi202 may be used with hundreds of Bring-Your-Own-Device
service providers like; Anveo, Callcentric, VoicePulse, VoIP.ms. By
using the www.OBiTALK.com
web portal, customers can easily set-up the OBi202 with their BYOD
service username and password. The OBi202 also supports the T.38 real
time fax-over-IP standard protocol for reliable faxing over the
Internet.
Native Support for Google Voice™
From the telephones connected to the OBi202,
anyone can make free calls in the USA and Canada at least through the
end of the year*. Users may also receive calls to their Google Voice
phone number(s) and get new / unheard voice message notifications on
the phones attached to the OBi202. If outside the USA or Canada, users
may still use their Gmail account with the OBi202 to place calls to
over 150 destinations worldwide at incredibly low rates – For example;
USA and Canada for 1₵ per minute, India, China and Hong Kong for 2¢ per
minute. Up to four (4) Google Voice accounts may be configured on the
OBi202.
High-Speed Fast Ethernet Router or Bridge with Voice Call Traffic Prioritization
The OBi202 is designed on-top of a powerful
purpose-built processing platform. The OBi202 is equipped with a
one-port Fast Ethernet router with firewall and integrated quality of
service (QoS) that ensures voice conversations are prioritized on the
network, before all other traffic.
USB Port for Network Flexibility and Application Extensibility
The OBi202 USB port is designed to serve
multiple purposes. Using the soon to be available OBiWiFi Wireless
Adapter, the OBi202 can be placed anywhere within range of an
802.11b/g/n access point. Or, the USB2.0 port can be connected to a
storage device to enable local and remote access of digital files via
the Internet by authorized users.
Cloud-Based Configuration and Software Management
The OBi202 includes the ability to be managed
by the OBiTALK cloud configuration service. From anyplace where there
is an Internet connection, OBiTALK allows users to add OBi devices,
configure VoIP accounts and share services amongst their own OBi
endpoints and those of their trusted friends. In-service software
updates are easily performed either automatically from the OBiTALK
portal or by dialing ***6 from a phone attached to the OBi device.
Zero-Touch Provisioning with Remote Management / Diagnostic Troubleshooting
With Obihai Zero-Touch provisioning (ZT), it
is very easy for service providers to purchase OBi units in quantity
and realize the benefits of touch-less provisioning to lower
operational costs and speed-up customer deployments. OBi units
provisioned via ZT can be fully customized such that the OBi factory
default settings are those of the service provider and securely locked
to the OBi device after initial power-up and ZT provisioning.
Subsequent subscriber-targeted profile configurations can be directly
served from the service provider’s network with security and
reliability.
Complimentary to ZT, Obihai have a specialized
web-portal for VoIP service providers. Via the portal, service
provider support engineers can access each device individually to
troubleshoot and configure specific parameter settings as well as set-up
and perform loop-back calls and other tests without requiring the end
user subscriber’s assistance or intervention.
* Google previously announced calls to the USA and Canada will be free through 2012.
iPhone, iPad and iPod touch are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.
Google Voice, Google Apps, Gmail, Google Talk, Google Chat are trademarks of Google Inc.
Other company names mentioned herein are the trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.
