Panasonic, a leading provider of business telephone systems1, announced today the KX-UTG200B and KX-UTG300B (Session Initiated Protocol) SIP phones, the latest additions to its lineup of advanced UT Series SIP-based telephones. Designed to enhance communications and lower operating expenses, the new SIP endpoints provide businesses an affordable and user-friendly SIP telephony solution with plug and play simplicity and flexible configuration options.
Panasonic’s new KX-UTG200B and KX-UTG300B SIP phones are fully interoperable with leading hosted and open-sourced based IP PBX platforms providing a range of enterprise-class functionality to business customers such as: call forwarding, intercom, voicemail to email, fax to email, dial by name directory, multiple extensions, one touch conferencing, and many more unified communications tools.
Key features of KX-UTG200B & KX-UTG300B SIP phones include:
- Large 5-inch WVGA and 3.5-inch QVGA color graphical TFT LCD display screens with capacitive touch2
- Certification on BroadSoft® Metaswitch®, and Digium® Unified Communications platforms
- High-definition, wide-band voice (handset, headset and full duplex speaker phone) for crisp, precise sound quality
- 2-Gigabit Ethernet ports, class 2 PoE (Power over Ethernet) for simplified wiring and connecting a second device
- 24 programmable keys (three pages of eight), navigator and cancel keys
- 1,000 phone book entries, 300 placed call/300 received call/300 missed call log entries
- Three-party conferencing
- Embedded Electronic Hookswitch and built-in Bluetooth Headset support3
- Plug and Play configuration
- Up to 36 additional extensions per KX-UTA336 Expansion Module4
- Industry leading two-year warranty
The new SIP phones can be configured and set-up to run services on an internal hardware platform or support business-class services delivered by a hosted service provider requiring no platform hardware investment. In either scenario, the KX-UTG200B and KX-UTG300B offers “grow-as-you-grow” scalability and delivers the critical features, functionality and value to meet the needs and budgets of virtually any business. As a standalone phone, each model allows up to 24 extensions to be monitored. By adding a KX-UTA336 expansion module to the KX-UTG300B, an additional 36 extensions can be monitored with a status update (limit two expansion modules per phone) allowing a user to see a possible total of 96 extensions per phone. Easy to deploy and integrate, the KX-UTG200B and KX-UTG300B provide long-term value and investment protection.
“As a market leader in business telephones, Panasonic is committed to delivering flexible and cost-effective communications solutions for businesses of all sizes,” said Kim Murtagh, Senior Product Manager for Panasonic Business Telephone Systems. “In addition to full interoperability and a market-leading warranty, our customers will benefit from superior HD voice quality, advanced IP telephony functionality, and leading business-grade features including color LCD, dual Gigabit network ports with PoE, integrated Bluetooth, and more at competitive price points.”
Pricing and Availability
The KX-UTG200 and KX-UTG300 Series will become widely available on May 13, 2014 at a suggested retail price of $269 & $379, respectively. Users may also purchase a KX-UTA336 Expansion Module at a suggested retail price of $199. Panasonic’s SIP phones come standard with an industry leading two-year warranty, offering guaranteed reliability and unquestionable value to any size business.