Earlier this week at Microsoft’s WPC 2013, snom technology AG announced that their UC edition phones will feature updated firmware, which will allow users to access expanded Lync features.
“snom is relentlessly focused on delivering the industry’s most extensive lineup of Lync-qualified phones for any size business, designed to support Lync’s full set of rich innovative, productivity-enhancing, collaboration features,” said Usman Tahir, snom’s Chief Technology Officer, in a press release sent to SMB Nation. “This new snom UC edition firmware raises the bar again with full support for enhanced “better together” and puts the snom qualified devices on a par with Microsoft Lync-optimized devices while also bringing a whole set of additional features exclusive to snom devices.”
The features include:
- Click to Call.
- Drag and drop calls and contacts from a desktop phone to the Lync 2013 Client.
- Native connection to Lync servers for the snom 7xx and 821 phones.
- 802.1x endpoint authentication.
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