DECT telephones
DECT is an acronym for Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications. Like most acronyms, it's a way of making a simple concept sound more technical and more marketable.
Approved in 2005 by the FCC for use in the US, DECT is a new standard for cordless phones and headsets, using the 1.9GHz frequency range to connect the base and handset. It provides superior sound quality and improved range, compared to the 2.4GHz and 5.8 GHz technology which it has largely replaced.
It's primary benefits of DECT 6.0 (the current DECT version) are:
- DECT devices have up to 2-3 times the range of 5.8GHz phones.
- Significant improvement in sound quality
- Because they operate on a different frequency range, there is no interference with wireless network devices, a major problem with 2.4GHz and 5.8GHz phones.
- DECT devices are more resistant to interference from many sources of static and noise, such as microwaves, flourescent lights, and copiers.
- because of the separation of frequencies. rejection of interference and static from other wireless devices.
- Extended battery life and talk time due to DECT's improved efficiency
