Product Requirements
Our focus in this review was on handheld telephony products that leverage an existing Wi-Fi wireless LAN infrastructure or help to justify the installation of such an infrastructure.
Infrastructure products or related technologies that enhance a VoWLAN (Voice over Wireless LAN ) environment were discounted.
All products were tested in both a controlled lab environment, using infrastructure from several different WLAN vendors wherever appropriate, as well as on a production Wi-Fi 802.11b network built using Cisco Aironet 350 and 1200 Access Points.
The Syracuse University Real World Labs use Verizon's Centrex for voice services. The lab does not have its own production PBX, though it has two Nortel Meridian PBXs that can be configured for use with vendor systems.
Subsea cable alternatives can provide a level of comfort for those concerned about disruptions. Realistically, they will continue to play a small, but critical role in the short term.
Maintaining existing network infrastructures often incurs huge technical debt before newer technologies are adopted over time.
Amid ongoing regional uncertainties, telecom infrastructure in the Middle East has expand to include terrestrial low-latency network infrastructure, which offers resilience and agility in navigating political complexities without relying solely on undersea networks.
