We're cutting the cord without sacrificing the calling features and access to information that workers enjoy with corded phones. With the cellular device, the office telephone system treats a cellular phone as another extension in the building with full access to the call-handling features of a PBX or Centrex System, such as caller identification, extension dialing, conferencing, hold and transfer. Calls made through the office telephone system typically are free of per-minute air time charges. The system is offered in cooperation with cellular service providers who may charge a nominal flat fee instead.
Cellular providers are in trials of the system now.
It combines untethered use of enhanced PBX features in-building with the full mobility that has become a necessity in today's business environment. It works with most AMPS cellular phones operating at 800 MHz and supports up to 512 users and 128 simultaneous conversations. It operates at 900 MHz, supports up to 18 simultaneous users per zone and is now available with the new MDW 9300 Pocketphone. This is an 800 MHz system based on the international CT2 standard. All of these systems offer standard business phone features, such as extension dialing, programmable buttons, conferencing, hold and transfer.