Siemens Gigaset A580IP Manual page 199

Glossary
V
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Voice Codec.
codec
VoIP
Voice over Internet Protocol
Telephone calls are no longer placed and transmitted over the telephone network
but over the
VoIP provider
A VoIP, SIP or
way for Internet telephony. As the phone works with the SIP standard, your pro-
vider must support the SIP standard.
The provider routes calls from VoIP to the telephone network (analogue, ISDN and
mobile) and vice versa.
W
WAN
Wide Area Network
Wide-area network that is unrestricted in terms of area (e.g. Internet).
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Internet (or other IP networks).
Gateway provider is an Internet service provider that provides a Gate-