Yealink Adds Lync Compatibility

Back in May 2012 we reported that Yealink apparently has intentions of bringing a Lync capable device to market, but at that time a company official noted “It will take time”. Well, it looks like 2 years later they are making good on their promise and Greig Sheridan has done an excellent review of the Yealink T48G.

It appears that Yealink is writing their own Lync/Skype for Business firmware and is not taking the tack of Grandstream, who for their GXV3275 is using the Android Lync client. Also, according to Greig’s article Yealink is providing Lync/Skype4B firmware for two models:

• T48G
• T22

Below, Yealink T48G Lync firmware (courtesy greiginsydney.com)

It appears that increasingly a requirement for IP phones is that they have Lync/Skype for Business compatibility. At this time there is no entry on the official Microsoft 3PIP page for Yealink IP phone models.

Review of Yealink T48G:
https://greiginsydney.com/a-look-at-the-yealink-t48g-for-lync/

Review of Grandstream GXV3275
http://windowspbx.blogspot.com/2014/07/first-impression-review-of-grandstream.html

2012 Lync Yealink Press Release
http://windowspbx.blogspot.com/2012/05/what-yealink-press-release-indicates.html

Yealink Wants Part of DECT SIP Pie: Yealink SIP-W52

For a phone maker that originally came to my attention as making a kinda Cisco look alike phone, Yealink seems to be making strides. I'm hearing from the USA channel feedback about pretty nice handsets and pretty nice margins which is not a bad combination?  Chinese SIP handset maker now appears to be taking a stab at a market some other vendors are fumbling with: SIP DECT. From the pictures I'm seeing the unit does not look shabby. (pictures don't say everything of course.)

Some Distinctives:
-A PSTN port to use with regular phone lines and SIP!
-POE option
-They appear to be shooting at PBX and home market with the PSTN port.

Yealink SIP-W52
http://www.yealink.com/index.php/News/detail/id/33
http://www.yealink.com
See brochure here: click here

Yealink & Yeastar: Another Windows Phone System and Handset Maker to Join?

The above left graphic was sighted prominently displayed on the Yeastar website. Are Yealink & Yeastar preparing some partnership to create a integrated PBX solution?

It seems to be somewhat of a developing trend among SIP handset vendors? Grandstream added a hardware PBX to its lineup of SIP phones and gateways to have a complete system offering. Now snom has added snom ONE to their line up. Will Yealink join up with Yeastar?

A quick look at the contact page of Yeastar and Yealink shows that they are located on the same street address 

Yeastar not only has a Windows based BizPBX product, it also has a small appliance version of it's BizPBX. It also has a line of FXO Gateways, FXS Gateways, GSM Gateway, Fax gateway and Skype Gateway. (did I miss anything? ;-) Yealink and Yeastar combined sure would make a formidable product line up from a feature list standpoint.  

I have not tested the Yeastar BizPBX but they have an interesting list of features. It doesn't appear there is an official support forum and I don't see much buzz about it. Is there anyone out there who has tested it or is using it?

I have no inside information about Yealink/Yeastar, but Yealink handsets showing up on the homepage of Yeastar makes one wonder... If you have any more information you are welcome to post a comment below.

http://yealink.com/

http://www.yeastar.com/

ps- Wow! Check out the features of the Yeastar client: Instant Message, SMS (to mobile phones), faxing, call recording, email client and desktop sharing. Hmm.

http://www.yeastar.com/download/BizPBXClientUserManual_en.pdf