The Zenitel stations are designed to deliver CCoIP® (Critical Communication over IP). CCoIP® is the employment of Voice over IP and applications required in critical situations and includes features such as an integrated firewall, call priority and call over-ride for delivering instant and secure voice and data services.
Zenitel's newly introduced stainless steel IP substations are tested to withstand vandalism and the harshest of environments. Further more, to allow for custom design, the station electronics are available as a kit and to meet IP ratings of 65 or higher, an optional PCB coating can be made. The IP Station Kit, like all STENTOFON IP stations, features high audio bandwidth and can be integrated into any scalable IP solution, from two to '000's of stations.
IP networking and in particular networking of security audio nodes, was another major subject during the meeting. Using AlphaNet over IP to build a network of AlphaCom E nodes, implementation of distributed nodes becomes very easy. Such a distributed AlphaNet has a major benefit for safety and security related communications systems as it provides dynamic and alternative routing - for example to communication clusters. Networking also provides new opportunities such as remote monitoring and maintenance through the integrated web-server and SIP connectivity to the external telephone world. IP is also particularly advantageous for remote stations or nodes, as IP transmission networks enable the Secure Audio Anywhere concept.