User's Manual

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Glossary
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User identification
Name/number combination for access, e.g. to your VoIP account.
V
Voice codec £ Codec.
VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol
Telephone calls are no longer placed and transmitted over the telephone
network but over the
Internet (or other IP networks).
VoIP provider
A VoIP, SIP or Gateway provider is an Internet service provider that provides a
Gateway for Internet telephony. As the phone works with the SIP standard,
your provider must support the SIP standard.
The provider routes calls from VoIP to the telephone network (analog, ISDN and
cellular) and vice versa.
W
WAN Wide Area Network
Wide-area network that is unrestricted in terms of area (e.g.
Internet).