User's Manual

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Glossary
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Version 4, 16.09.2005
V
Voice Codec
See Codec.
VoIP
Voice over Internet Protocol
Calls are no longer established and
transmitted via the telephone network,
but via the Internet (or other IP net-
works).
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 (analogue,
ISDN and mobile radio) and vice versa.
W
WAN
Wide Area Network
Wide-area network that is unrestricted
in terms of area (e.g. Internet).