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WELCOME CONTACT DETAILS: Editor: Manek Dubash Building from a manek@manekdubash.com Publisher: Vince Holton 1+ billion device vholton@incisor.tv ADVERTISING ENQUIRIES: All enquiries – Roland Schmidt platform secretariat@dect.org Telephone: +49 89 5166 2456 Hello and welcome to the very first edition of DECT Today is distributed on a twice yearly DECT Today, the new vehicle for finding out basis to DECT Forum members and other more about the DECT Forum, and about DECT interested parties. technology. Views expressed within are those of the editorial staff, the DECT Forum, and of DECT Forum member companies. DECT was conceived in the 1980s out of a desire to provide DECT Today and the DECT Forum logo are crystal-clear, digital voice communications by doing away with trademarks of the DECT Forum. interference-prone analogue cordless phones and replacing them All other logos and trademarks are the with secure, interference-free voice communication. So the property of the relevant companies. European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) worked ©Copyright DECT Forum 2014 with a number of organisations – such as equipment vendors and standards bodies – and in 1992, the DECT standard was born. SUBSCRIBE TO DECT Today The last 20 years have seen explosive growth of DECT To subscribe free of charge to DECT Today throughout Europe and the USA, with tens of millions of magazine, please complete the form at our web site – you can use this link here. You will connections now live. Meanwhile, the DECT Forum has continued receive DECT Today by email twice a year as to develop the standard in new directions, such as ULE, CAT-iq and an Adobe Acrobat file at the email address submitted. HD Voice, and to protect the DECT spectrum around 1900MHz, which remains interference-free, unlike 2.4GHz for example. If you like DECT Today, pass it on to friends and colleagues. You will find articles outlining the details, features and benefits They too can subscribe, free of charge. Access of the standards in this publication, along with some compelling the DECT Today archive any time at this link. case studies from a variety of equipment manufacturers who have Should you wish to stop receiving DECT Today, please use the unsubscribe option at made the most of DECT's natural advantages. As well as this link. interference-free voice communication, DECT allows institutions And follow the DECT Forum on Twitter, such as hospitals to build emergency communications links across and on LinkedIn too. The links are all below campuses, using the DECT spectrum which penetrates buildings with ease, as well as being encrypted in order to provide secure communications – a critical characteristic when people's lives are at stake. Click here Click here DECT Today is video-enabled, and this issue includes a movie filmed at the 2014 DECT World Conference. We also bring you a story about phones that combine DECT technology with smartphone features, including HD Voice. And finally, we present an interview with one of the key movers and shakers in the DECT Forum: Chairman Andreas Zipp, and a feature that takes a look at where the DECT Forum is today. On behalf of the DECT Forum, I hope you enjoy the contents of this publication and find them useful and informative. PRODUCED ON BEHALF OF THE DECT FORUM BY: Click I.T. Limited Hampshire Gate, Langley, Rake Manek Dubash Hampshire GU33 7JR, United Kingdom Editor, DECT Today. Tel: +44 (0)1730 895614 2 DECT Today - The Success Story Continues · www.dect.org