AltiGen Communications, Inc. a pioneering manufacturer of VoIP business phone systems and call center solutions announced the availability of the IP 705 Voice over IP (VoIP) enabled telephone. Designed exclusively for AltiGen IP Phone Systems, the IP 705 is AltiGen's second telephone to offer advanced VoIP technology while still providing standard business features such as paging, multiple line appearances, and busy lamp fields. The IP 705 provides a subset of the of the flagship IP 710 VoIP telephone's features while offering the same level of voice quality at a reduced price.

"The IP 705 VoIP telephone strengthens our existing product lines with the introduction of a competitive mid-level VoIP telephone," said AltiGen CEO, Gilbert Hu. "The additional flexibility provided by multiple telephone options will enable our resellers to better tailor our products to customer's specific needs."

IP 705 VoIP telephone users will have convenient single button access to voicemail, call conferencing, call transferring, redial and call log lists. With a two-line liquid crystal display, the IP 705 is capable of displaying time, caller ID name or number, and do-not-disturb and call forwarding status. Five backlit, user-defined, programmable keys can be setup for any combination of available features like, but not limited to, speed-dialing, extension busy/ringing appearances, call appearances and line appearances. The IP 705 also supports third party hands free headsets using AltiGen's amplified industry standard RJ9 headset port.

"The available features on the IP 705 VoIP telephone set bring tremendous value to the table when competing head-to-head with other manufacturers' products in a similar price range," said John Babin, Vice President of Capture Technologies, an AltiGen authorized reseller. "The IP 705 provides our customers with more options while expanding Capture's opportunities for growth."

Some of the phone's key features and benefits include:

-- One button access for voice recording to your personal voicemail box or to a centralized server -- One button access to voicemail -- Five user-programmable keys for extension, call and line appearances, access to feature codes, and speed dialing -- Auto answer feature allows calls to be answered automatically to a defined voice device within a specific ring time. Great for call center service agents with headsets or office operators -- 2-port Ethernet Switch -- Optional Power over Ethernet (PoE) support

Availability

The IP 705 will be available starting today, June 6, 2006 through all AltiGen Authorized Resellers.