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Intercoms and paging solutions provide instant, location-based communication to another individual or distributed group for purposes ranging from informational to security and emergency notification.
Internet protocol-based (IP-based) intercom and paging-system technology is proving to be more easily deployed, cost effective, and flexible in use and design than traditional hard-wired systems. Switching to IP modernizes analog intercom and paging systems by capitalizing on the rising IP convergence trend that combines audio, video, and data onto the local area and wide area networks.
Instead of retrofitting into the limited archaic wiring in a building where you're essentially performing a one-for-one replacement of units that are already in place, IP intercoms can be placed anywhere you already have an existing IP network connection. They can instantly become campus or metropolitan communications devices connecting multiple buildings to a central command and control center. They don't require a dedicated exchange or head-end, and the signal does not have to report to a...