Telco Systems has done an "extreme makeover" to its Access201 VoIP Analog Telephone Adapter (ATA), giving it a new look and new features to meet new market opportunities.
The product was redesigned to give VoIP service providers a quality, cost-effective ATA for use with newer cable and DSL modems that are now coming to market; it also includes integrated routing capabilities and helps service providers offer an attractively-priced basic VoIP offering, according to the company.
Another new key capability for the new Access201 allows it to be used with traditional payphones so users can take advantage of VoIP service over a broadband Internet connection.
"The new Access201 … will help VoIP service providers offer different VoIP service packages at different price points," says Dave Lee, vice president of marketing and services. "For a basic high-quality offering, a service provider can supply subscribers with the new Access201, and for more robust offerings use Telco Systems'Access211, Access241 or another member of our VoIP ATA product family that offer additional features such as integrated routing, voice, LAN, FXO and WAN ports."
The redesign gives the Access201 new capabilities including advanced security features and auto provisioning, auto-configuration and remote service provider troubleshooting tools found in Telco Systems' higher-end ATAs. The Access201 also has enhanced Internet (T.38) and standard (G.711) fax capabilities.
Other new features include adaptive jitter buffer to optimize voice quality over a congested Internet, distinctive ringing, anonymous call rejection and the ability to block specified callers.
The Access201 was first introduced in December 2003. A few months later, Telco Systems came to market with the Access211, the first commercially available VoIP ATA that included integrated routing capabilities, which simplify the set-up procedure for VoIP subscribers and reduce cost because they eliminate the need for an external router.
"The overwhelming majority of the VoIP market for residential and SOHO subscribers continues to require an ATA with integrated routing and other advanced features found in our Access211, Access241 and our other VoIP ATAs," Lee says. "But as long as there is an emerging VoIP market opportunity and a VoIP service provider wanting to address a special need, we'll do whatever it takes to be there with the right ATA with the right features at the right price.”
