DÜSSELDORF, Germany, September 18 /PRNewswire/ --     Hybrid phones support fixed-line and Internet telephony and can therefore
be connected to both ports. Customers can switch smoothly to Voice over IP.
With the "C460 IP", Siemens, a pioneer of this technology, is offering the
British market its first hybrid model. The VoIP provider sipgate has checked
its functionality in a product test.

Easy set-up

Prerequisite for the Siemens "C460 IP's" VoIP functions is registration
with a VoIP provider, for example sipgate. Through personalised set-up,
sipgate simplifies often-cumbersome VoIP configuration. Clear operating
guidelines show users the settings that are relevant to them and whose entry
into the "C460 IP" can be carried out via the telephone or more comfortably
via the web browser. The LAN port means that Siemens phone can be operated
via a router independent of the PC so even with VoIP it is possible to make
phone calls in familiar comfort.

Simple switch between VoIP and landline

Users decide at the push of a button whether the conversation is to take
place via fixed-line or Voice over IP. Parallel VoIP and landline
conversations are possible. The base station handles up to six mobile
handsets that can be registered individually. Missed calls are shown via LED
and are recorded in the call list. In the product test, the "C460 IP's"
intuitive menu navigation was convincing in terms of allowing even lay users
to become quickly familiar with the phone.

Excellent functional extras

Siemens has equipped the "C460 IP" with some additional extras. Among
them are a 100-entry telephone book, a hands-free mode, a date reminder and
alarm function, automatic redial as well as CLIP and call lists. In addition,
you can send SMSs from your hybrid phone and manage a personalised SMS inbox.
Supported by the VoIP speech codecs G.711, G.726 and G.729, the "C460 IP"
offers a high speech quality during Internet telephony, even with smaller
bandwidths.

Functionality in the construction method

The "C460 IP" has a 4-line colour display and an illuminated keyboard.
Flexible usage is possible thanks to the separate loading station. The
battery allows for up to ten hours of talk time and a standby time of up to
150 hours. The indoor range is up to 50 metres, the outdoor range up to 300
metres.

The "C460 IP" is available for GBP89(i) from the sipgate online shop at
http://www.sipgate.co.uk/voipshop.

(i) incl. 17.5% VAT / excl. shipping cost

For further information and press pictures, go to
http://www.sipgate.co.uk.

Press contact:

    indigo networks GmbH/sipgate.co.uk
    Wilhelm Fuchs, press officer
    Tel: +49-211-6355559-35
    E-mail: fuchs@sipgate.co.uk

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