DECT in Plain English - 2 of 3

So how does Integral DECT work?

It's very similar to a small-scale cellular phone network for your offices. A series of base stations are connected to the office PBX and placed at strategic points to provide wireless coverage where it's required. When within range of a base station the users' DECT handsets are able to make and receive calls as if they were ordinary phone extensions. DECT base stations or systems will support simultaneous calls, and it is possible to move from coverage area to coverage area seamlessly, due to its 'roaming' functionality. In order to receive wide-area coverage over large sites, all that is needed are more base stations.

Thanks to advanced digital techniques used in making and receiving calls, sound and speech quality are excellent. Multiple systems can also exist in the same location and are immune to cross talk or interference. DECT acts just as a desktop phone when the user is away from their desk and reduces the likelihood of missing that vital call. It can bring low-cost mobility around the workplace for a variety of job functions - sales, support, administration or finance - and improves the interface to external callers. Callers connect more often with the people they need to talk to, and without the interference problems associated with mobile phones. A further argument is that DECT helps to centralise call costs, as all calls made are logged through the main company switchboard, and it negates the need to have mobile phones or pagers operating in the office.

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