Avaya IP Phone 1140E in telecommunications is a desktop
Internet Protocol
The Internet Protocol (IP) is the network layer communications protocol in the Internet protocol suite for relaying datagrams across network boundaries. Its routing function enables internetworking, and essentially establishes the Internet.
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client from
1100-series manufactured by
Avaya
Avaya Holdings Corp., often shortened to Avaya (), is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, that provides cloud communications and workstream collaboration services. The company's platform includ ...
for
unified communications
Unified communications (UC) is a business and marketing concept describing the integration of enterprise communication services such as instant messaging (chat), presence information, voice (including IP telephony), mobility features (including e ...
. The phone can operate on the
Session Initiation Protocol
The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is a signaling protocol used for initiating, maintaining, and terminating communication sessions that include voice, video and messaging applications. SIP is used in Internet telephony, in private IP telepho ...
(SIP) or
UNIStim
UNIStim (or Unified Networks IP Stimulus) is a deprecated Telecommunications protocol developed by Nortel (now acquired by Avaya) for IP Phone (terminals and soft phones) and IP PBX communications.
Most manufacturers of IP PBX equipment (Aastr ...
protocols. The SIP firmware supports presence selection and notification along with secure instant messaging. This device has an integrated
10/100/1000
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Early Ethernet used various grades of coaxial cable, but in 1984, StarL ...
BASE-T auto-sensing Ethernet switch with two ports and an integrated USB port, and is Bluetooth capable. The SIP version of this phone has full
IPv6
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functionality and only requires 2.9 watts of power.
Notable awards and installations
In 2005, this device won Best of Internet Telephony during the Interop Conference & Expo in Los Angeles, California.
Starting in 2008 with the wedge 4
renovation project, all the phones in
The Pentagon
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(the world's largest office building) were to be replaced with voice over IP phones, principally the 1140E. One of the quoted reasons was that the phone was "green" (environmentally friendly).
In 2008 because of the very low power consumption of these devices, this phone was the IP device of choice contributing to the
Palazzo Las Vegas getting recognized as the largest 'green' building in the world with a Silver LEED (
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a
green building certification program used worldwide. Developed by the non-profit U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), it includes a set of rating systems for the design, construction ...
) certificate from the
U.S. Green Building Council
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.
During the
2010 Winter Olympics
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, nations = 82
, athletes = 2,626
, events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, opening = February 12, 2010
, closing = February 28, 2010
, opened_by = Governor General Michaƫlle Jean
, cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...
games, 15,000 of these phones were used to support the 1.8 million live spectators.
History
![A Nortel 1140E Telephone in use on a UCx](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/A_Nortel_1140E_Telephone_in_use_on_a_UCx.jpg)
The 1100 series of phones was originally manufactured in 2008 as an evolution of the 2004 IP phone series phones from
Nortel
Nortel Networks Corporation (Nortel), formerly Northern Telecom Limited, was a Canadian multinational telecommunications and data networking equipment manufacturer headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in Montreal, Quebec, ...
. As such it began as a UNIStim only phone which meant that the phone was primarily supported with only Nortel manufactured voice PBX systems.
In 2009 a firmware upgrade was made available to allow the phone to function on the SIP protocol. This meant that the phone could now be used with a wide variety of PBX systems including those produced by Nortel, Avaya and even open source PBX systems such as the
Asterisk
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operating system.
In 2010 a
VPN
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client was added to the firmware as of release 0623C7F.
A remote worker location with a broadband Internet connection can use the phone's VPN capability to securely establish an
IP tunnel
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IP tunnels are often used for connecting two disjoint IP networks ...
back to the corporate network, extending a standard voice telephone extension to any location on the Internet. Other users in the global corporation can dial the user's extension as if it were on the local network.
See also
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Avaya 1100-series IP phones
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Avaya Government Solutions
Avaya Holdings Corp., often shortened to Avaya (), is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, that provides cloud communications and workstream collaboration services. The company's platform includ ...
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LG-Nortel IP Phone 8540
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Application Server 5300 (AS5300)
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Microsoft Office Communications Server
Skype for Business Server (formerly Microsoft Office Communications Server and Microsoft Lync Server) is real-time communications server software that provides the infrastructure for enterprise instant messaging, presence, VoIP, ad hoc and str ...
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Microsoft Office Communicator
Skype for Business (formerly Microsoft Lync and Office Communicator) is an enterprise software application for instant messaging and videotelephony developed by Microsoft as part of the Microsoft Office suite. It is designed for use with the on- ...
References
Further reading
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