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RTX is rolling out a new cordless Skype phone that doesn’t require a user to be physically connected to a PC to make a VoIP call.

The DUALphone 4088 simply requires a broadband connection to its base station in order to make Skype calls.

The Danish company said its DUALphone 4088 simply requires a broadband connection to its base station in order to make Skype calls free of charge to other Skype users or have the choice of conventional paid-for landline calls worldwide.

The company’s CEO, Jesper Mailind, said the phone “offers consumers a unique way to use Skype.”

“We believe there is a growing demand for dual phones from the existing 170 million Skype account holders,” he said, adding that the phone also will provide a business opportunity for resellers.

Telecom market research firm TeleGeography recently said international use of Skype was increasing, growing 48 percent in 2011, to 145 billion minutes.

The RTX features a color TFT screen and uses of high definition audio. The phone system can switch between two separate Skype accounts and can be extended to four handsets per household. Standard features including call waiting, voicemail and a phone contact list of 200 numbers that have been enhanced by software to show the Skype status of the user and all contacts.

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Logitech (Nasdaq: LOGI) subsidiary LifeSize this week launched its LifeSize UVC Platform, which the company says is the industry’s first integrated and virtualized software solution for HD video conferencing infrastructure.

The UVC (universal visual collaboration) platform integrates the capabilities of multiple single-purpose infrastructure products and makes them instantly available from one interface with one login account.

The company said the UVC platform is scalable and customizable, and includes infrastructure applications like HD streaming and recording, firewall/NAT traversal and Gatekeepers (routing and control).

LifeSize contends that with a single integrated platform and a deployment model to fit every IT environment, administrators can buy what they need now and scale up as the organization’s needs grow.

“LifeSize has consistently delivered industry firsts,” said Colin Buechler, who was named LifeSize’s CEO earlier this month, “We were first to HD, first with one button streaming and recording, and now we are redefining video conferencing infrastructure… LifeSize has fundamentally changed the way businesses deploy infrastructure, unlocking the door to real adoption and growth in the video conferencing industry.”

LifeSize is offering a “try before you buy” feature that enables instant downloads of the platform, which is globally available now.

The platform with infrastructure applications lists at $3,999; it currently includes UVC Video Center for streaming and recording; UVC Transit Server, a firewall/NAT traversal server; the UVC Transit Client, which is a firewall/NAT traversal proxy; and UVC Access, a gatekeeper/IP communications routing and control.

For more:
– see this release

Related artices:
LiveSize sales up 6% in otherwise dismal Logitech 3Q; firm again lowers 2012 guidance
Videoconferencing firm LifeSize names Buechler CEO
Logitech rolls out webcam for 1080p video calling
Logitech announces LifeSize ClearSea video conferencing will support iOS 5, iPhone 4S
LifeSize brings its videoconferencing technology to the cloud

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Speedlow is ever-evolving. We always set up ambitious plans and milestones for the future. ‘Good’ is not enough for us. We strive to continuously set high standards for ourselves and innovate. We believe this life and business approach is the only way to achieve great results and stay competitive on such fast-changing market as VoIP.

From this video you will find out what our goals for 2012 are and what will empower us to achieve them.

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Yesterday the Medill Reports Ben Shamisso penned a piece regarding the war of attrititon between the legacy deskphone and their looming replacements-smartphones and tablets. In the story both CounterPath’s SVP Todd Carothers and I were quoted.

My view is centered around the concept of utility. People will simply get more use out of a tablet based communications hub than the standard desk phones. It one of the reasons why Cloud TC and Panasonic both are making desk phones based upon the Android OS. An iPad in a Gorrilla stand makes for a very good desk phone already. So will Android tablets too, as long as you have the right software, ala Bria from CounterPath or even Skype. Others will be in the fray soon too so watch this space for more on this emerging market sector.

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