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Northwestern Bell's (Omaha, NE) ClearTech CT-II 5400 comes with an appurtenance truly unique in the cordless phone biz - an entire branch of philosophy. The company sent us a four-page […]

FINALLY, CELLULAR TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE MOST TRADITIONAL TELECOM MARKET A few years ago, AT&T took a tentative dip into the cordless key-system pool with their Merlin cordless […]

A mid the shifting throngs of c o n v e n t i o n goers and scads of new products which filled last year's NATA, we spotted the […]

By now, you've probably heard all the rumors about the smart phone, a futuristic station set which accesses home shopping, banking, automatic pizza deliveries, marriage counseling and countless other services […]

According to the latest Dataquest study, TIE/communications is the second largest vendor of key systems in America. When you consider that Number One, AT&T, enjoys a century of monopoly and […]

DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT It's war as usual in the crowded key system arena, but an easing of tensions may be on the horizon, according to David Keeler of Dataquest. […]

Why? This is the sensible question one might ask when informed that yet another hybrid has been introduced into an already crowded key system arena. MacroTel's pristine MT-360 Series delivers […]

TMC Corp's (Princeton, NJ) m2000 is a KSUless key system with a ferocious commitment to quality. When Matthew Brooks, TMC's president, arrived at our testdrive labs, he wasn't content simply […]

First there was the headset, a laudable innovation embraced by receptionists, ACD agents and fidgety businessmen worldwide. Men there were the mutations -- cellular headsets, cordless FM headsets and headsets […]

4 In the lean '90s, businessmen will be conducting more of their business in the home for a number of reasons. Signing a commercial lease has become too big a […]

Once in a while, we come across a product which can make a great deal of difference in people's lives. Once in a while, we come across a product like […]

Rare is the small key system which arrives at TELECONNECT's testdrive labs on its own. Usually, it is accompanied by a full squadron of vigilant, well-drilled employees. A product manager […]

One of the best proprietary phones ever invented was the Mitel Superset 4. Everyone at TELECONNECT has one on their desk. Some have two. It's great because it has a […]

Tone Commander's Cute Consoles For Centrex Environments John J. Williams, Tone Commander's director of sales and marketing, was a man with a mission. Nothing could daunt him. Not a full […]

The Telamon Telephone Scanner "No, you can't put it off anymore," Rick shot back at me. "Aw, come on," I whined. "Let me testdrive the Bozo the Clown phone or […]

Metro Tel's Tech-Mate Ah, the good old days. Remember when you could spot a tech a mile away just by the equipment he'd carry? There you were, all stressed out […]

AG Communication Systems' (Phoenix, AZ) WindowPhone integrates the PC and telephone and furnishes full caller ID capabilities. The company claims it can run on any IBM or compatible 286, 386 […]

Although Mitel introduced a Host Command Interface for their SX2000 PBXs some time ago, the company wrote most switch-to-host applications on its own. It lacked a comprehensive, third-party program to […]

Takacom's (Los Alamitos, CA) Rich-ard Van Tieghem came to our testdrive labs with one of their CS-D40 sequencers. The basics: The CS-D40 consists of two main components -- a cabinet […]

In the past few years, AT&T (Parsippany, NJ) has displayed so much innovation that even the most rational-minded systems expert might, for a second, mistake them for a small hungry […]

For John F. Bell, systems engineer at AT&T, September 1990 was a month to remember. On September 16th, Mr. Bell became the proud father of Emily Bell, a beautiful 7 […]

TIE/communications' EXEL-2--A KSUless System, Folks The EXEL-2 represents TIE/communications' first foray into the KSUless market. Recently, the company sent representatives to our offices, along with two of the spanking new […]

White Box Industries' Network Analyzer It's Christmas time. And I'll bet you're struggling to zero in on the perfect gift idea for your favorite telecom tech. Here's one. Get your […]

Call Management's Call Manager There is a great episode of the Brady Bunch that, sadly enough, will never be written. The classic sitcom was canceled years before Call Management Products […]

STAND AND DELIVER... John Parker, sales engineer for Fujitsu's F9600, is one of the most articulate telecom orators we've come across in a long while. Ranking high among his many […]

Bach's TA-500 System Traditional call-accounting systems work in tandem with PBXs, high-end key systems, or some sophisticated computer hardware. As a result, mom and pop businesses were not afforded the […]

Mictel's Line-Locker Cost effective. Simple to operate and install. And it performs its job with 100% deadly efficiency. After you read this testdrive, these are the three concepts that will […]

GMP's Modular-Plug Presser Interchangeable parts. A concept as old as them there industrial-revolutionary hills, yet not one which has been applied to modular-plug pressers with any great diligence. Far from […]