The DECT opportunity for VoIP providers

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I’ve written a few times about the growing popularity of DECT based endpoints.

Thanks to the combination of familiar form, features  and performance many consumers, home office and small office professionals are selecting SIP based DECT phones for use with their BYOD VoIP service. It’s a trend that continues to growth month over month.

Yet there aren’t many non-BYOD VoIP providers who’ve capitalized on this opportunity.

Maybe it’s the trapping of the cheap device. Sure the $50 dollar VoIP Adapter is great and all but if you’ve got more than two phone in your house or office it gets a little messy.

Or maybe the brand recognition that comes with associating a Cisco or HD Voice Polycom offering with their service. Thing is these options aren’t exactly cheap. The majority of consumers, home office and small office professionals these days are opting for something more economical.

The $100 and under market is very popular.

Plus neither of these standard offerings give the consumer, home office or small office professional mobility.  A feature that is highly desirable amongst these customer segments.

So while DECT has been largely ignored by most VoIP providers as a standardized hardware option, me thinks it won’t be long before the smart VoIP providers start offering DECT phone systems.

Today you can get a consumer, home office or small office professional could get into a plug-n-play Siemens A580  with one handset for under $100. Subsequent handsets can be had for around $50 each.

That means a four person shop could get four handsets with 100 plus feet of range, ability to handle two concurrent calls and leverage the PSTN for failover for $200.

Not much of a start-up cost and certainly more than what you’d get with a basic VoIP phone or adapter. At least that’s what I was thinking when I selected DECT for my home.

And something tells me VoIP service providers, that there are lots of others that would think the same thing.

Are you a VoIP service provider interested in learning more about DECT? Check out this market overview of DECT VoIP phones or learn more the opportunity with these VoIP mobility trends.  For device selection advice or more detailed information you can contact Garrett here.