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Picking Wireless Headsets for Business Phones is Tricky

Last week I was reviewing a design for a 150 user phone system, with a requirement for 35 call center agents, when I came across a request I had not seen before: The customer only desired phones that could use wireless headset adapters that did not use handset lifters. Having been in the phone industry for 10 years, I was feeling old at that point. I thought all wireless headsets required physical handset lifters. I was wrong and out of touch. There are many new features that make the new versions of wireless phone headsets much more useful than the previous versions.

The most notable feature is the use of the DECT wireless standard for communication from the headset to the base unit. DECT is sometimes called DECT 6 to emphasize that it works better than older units that use 900 Mhz, 2.4GHz, or 5.8GHz frequency bands. DECT actually uses the 1.9 GHz band in the United States, and has multiple channels that the units use within the band. This is important because DECT wireless units have a clear signal that has very little interference with any other device in a building, and can have a longer battery life as well since they usually use less transmit power.

With more and better applications on the PC and Mac available to either control the deskphone or act as a standalone softphone, the headset adapters can now connect to the PC also, using a DECT compatible USB key. The device drivers for the headset work with the PC based telephone application for seamless control.

Since many people use bluetooth mobile phones, there are also wireless headsets which use bluetooth to connect to both a PC and to a mobile phone. These dual-purpose headsets are of outstanding quality and permit the mobile worker to use the device of his choice for a phone call.

Another excellent feature is the development of electronic hookswitch adapters. Previously, for a user to be able to answer the phone while away from their desk, a physical handset lifter would have to be attached to the phone that would actually raise the handset off the hookswitch to start the call, and replace the handset to end the call. There are new phones that can work with new wireless headsets that can answer and hang up electronically. The difficult part is to determine which combinations work. Just like regular headsets require different adapter cords to function with different phones, so do the wireless versions. There are useful guides available online, especially for Cisco wireless headsets,

It is definitely worth the effort to conduct the research and put together a phone, headset, and adapter cord combination that can work, because it is possible to be much more productive when able to move around, look up files, and work with two hands and at the same time be on the phone. Unfortunately, it is sometimes difficult to work through all the information on a vendor's website to determine which combinations work. Just as with other selection processes, the organization I was working with determined that if he was going to spend a bunch of money on a new phone system, then the vendors should do the work of creating a system that would work.

For people that have completely made the switch and use their PC as their primary source of making and receiving phone calls, there are USB based speakerphone devices that are extremely useful for conference calls.

Finally, it is notable that almost all new VoIP phones support wideband audio, which makes it much easier to listen to and understand the caller. Right now this only works for phone calls that are on the same phone system. Outside calls are still at the traditional bandwidth and audio quality. It is definitely worthwhile to have a headset that has the same wideband audio capabilities as the phone that it is paired with.

Improved communication is one of the best ways to have better customer service and to work more easily with other people in the organization. Having a useful and comfortable telephone wireless headset, especially with all the new features available, can significantly help productivity.

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Cisco phone headset selection can be tricky, so use this Cisco wireless headset guide.

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