SI-460 System Phone From Casio Communications Wins Teleconnect Magazine's `Editor's Choice' Award; KSU-less Phone/Messaging Solution Rated `Perfect for SOHO Startups'.TORRANCE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 19, 1999-- Telecommunications pioneer Casio Communications Inc. Tuesday announced that its SI-460 system phone has been named a 1999 "Editor's Choice" by Teleconnect Magazine, the telecommunications industry's largest monthly publication. The award is presented to products that Teleconnect editors feel are significant technically and financially, and therefore merit recommendation for purchase by the magazine's readers. The Casio SI-460 system phone was selected to receive the award after a rigorous "Test Drive" by the Teleconnect staff. The 4-line/12-station phone system, designed specifically for small businesses and home offices, was rated "perfect for a SOHO Soho (sōhō`, sə–), district of Westminster, London, England, known for its continental restaurants. Once a fashionable quarter, it became popular among writers and artists in the 19th cent. startup." In the product evaluation, Teleconnect's Timothy Jones People commonly known as Timothy Jones include:
"We do not present this award lightly," said Cyndy Ryan, a Teleconnect representative. "Indeed, Teleconnect has a reputation for being very selective, and being highly critical of poorly performing products. As a result, our readers place great trust in our Editor's Choice Awards." "The Editor's Choice award is our industry's acknowledged benchmark of product quality," said Dennis Cox, vice president of marketing, Casio Communications. "Our goal with the system phone product line was to bring a robust, expandable network-based system with PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). functionality to the exploding SOHO segment at a price well within their reach. The Teleconnect Editor's Choice award is yet another affirmation that we hit our mark." A "KSU-less" telephone and messaging solution, the SI-460 offers big business performance for a fraction of the cost of custom-installed, centrally controlled systems, and includes "high-end" features such as voice paging, hands-free intercom, station status indication and an Auto Attendant The part of an interactive voice response (IVR) system that replaces the human operator and directs callers to the appropriate extensions or voice mailboxes. See IVR. Call Director to answer and direct incoming calls. The system also features Type 2 Caller ID A telephone company service that sends the caller's telephone number between the first and second ring of the call. If the calling number is not blocked, the calling number is displayed on the handset or base station of the called party. , digital duplex speakerphone speak·er·phone n. A telephone or telephone attachment that contains both a loudspeaker and a microphone, allowing several persons to participate in a call at the same time without the telephone receiver being held. Noun 1. , call privacy, headset Headphones combined with a microphone. Used in call centers and by people in telephone-intensive jobs, headsets provide the equivalent functionality of a telephone handset with hands-free operation. Many people use headsets at the computer so they can converse and type comfortably. jack in the base and a corded handset, 20 autodial memory, line status indication and automatic line selection. Individual station voice mail with selectable and time-controlled greetings, plus an answering machine that features call screening, round out the unit. The SI-460 is available at select retailers for less than $300. About Casio Communications Founded in 1968, Casio Communications is a leader in the development and design of telecommunications products for home, home/office and small-business users. The company has consistently introduced industry "firsts," including one of the first commercially available telephone answering devices (TAD), the first TAD with integrated cordless telephone A cordless telephone or portable telephone is a telephone with a wireless handset which communicates via radio waves with a base station connected to a fixed telephone line (POTS) and can only be operated near (typically within 100 meters or 328 ft from) its base station , the first implementation of synthesized syn·the·sized adj. 1. Relating to or being an instrument whose sound is modified or augmented by a synthesizer. 2. Relating to or being compositions or a composition performed on synthesizers or synthesized instruments. voice prompting A recorded message that is played by auto attendants, interactive voice response (IVR) systems, message-on-hold systems and other voice processing tools. The "prompt" is a request to input some data; a recording that does not ask for feedback is more properly called a voice "message." and time/day stamp, the first all-digital TAD, the first cordless telephone with Call Waiting Caller ID display, the first combination telephone answering device to let users check their electronic mail and, with Modem Monitor(TM), the first technology that prevents the telephone from interrupting an online session or a fax transmission. Based in Torrance, Casio Communications continues to pioneer high-quality, reliable and cost-effective communications solutions. |
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