“The E20 has the potential to drive mass personalization of video communications in the enterprise,” said Fredrik Halvorsen, TANDBERG CEO. “The E20 brings natural communication into workplace conversations with the emotional connection and understanding that is only possible through video.”

The E20 features an ultra wideband 20 kHz speaker phone and 10 kHz handset. Other features of the E20 include familiar IP telephony functionality such as call transfer, message waiting and call forwarding. In addition, the E20 features intuitive directories and menus, and quick keys for access to advanced IP phone and video services. The E20 has the ability to receive multimedia presentations.

Equipped with standards-compliant video and audio, the E20 interoperates with all other standards-compliant major office communication devices from phones to video conferencing and telepresence systems. Calls from the E20 are secured with Advanced Encryption Standard (AES).

“The democratization of unified communications through the convergence of video and voice devices can help enterprises alleviate IT costs today,” said Nora Freedman, senior analyst at IDC. “What is needed are simple and comprehensive video and phone solutions that can be deployed across the organization for core internal and external business communications and collaboration.”