The Cisco SPA525G IP Phone is a 5-Line Business IP Phone with with Color Display, Enhanced Connectivity and Media. The SPA525G is an excellent choice for businesses that require a more enhanced user experience with a hosted IP telephony service, an IP PBX, or a large-scale IP Centrex deployment.

The Cisco SPA525G uses SPA voice over IP technology with high-quality hardware that provides additional connectivity via Bluetooth for headset connectivity, Power over Ethernet (802.3af), or a Wireless-G client (802.11g).

Cisco SPA 525G Key Features

• Full-featured and stylish 5-line business IP phone supporting up to two SPA500S (32 button) expansion modules
• Enhanced connectivity, with Power over Ethernet, 802.11g Wi-Fi client mode, and Bluetooth headset support
• Graphic-rich, high-resolution 3.2-inch QVGA 320 x 240 color screen
• Simple, easy, and highly secure wireless setup with industry-standard push-button WPS and quick provisioning capabilities for mass-scale service provider activation
• Embedded SSL VPN client for secure phone connectivity to your IPPBX over any public internet connection
• Support for multimedia functions, such as playing MP3's, displaying digital photos, viewing RSS feeds, and displaying video surveillance camera streams
• Multi feature support, such as caller ID, call forwarding, call transfer, 3-way conferencing, call parking, call history, phonebook, and built-in full-duplex speakerphone
• Supports both SIP with SPA9000 or leading third party call control platforms and SPCP Protocols with Cisco Unified Communication 500 Series

Extended Networking Capabilities

The SPA525G IP Phone from Cisco continues to improve the user experience with VPN and video surveillance applications. The Cisco SPA 525G IP Phone comes with an embedded VPN client that allows remote users to securely connect to their phone system and make calls over the Internet, without the need of additional hardware. The Cisco SPA 525G IP Phone also provides users the ability to view video feeds from Cisco PVC2300 video surveillance cameras, allowing users to quickly see different locations around the business in order to improve physical security.

Comprehensive Interoperability and SIP-Based Feature Set

Standard features on the Cisco SPA 525G IP Phone include five active lines, VLAN-capable dual switched Ethernet ports, 802.3af PoE support, a 3.2-inch QVGA color display, a full-duplex, high-quality speakerphone, a Bluetooth interface for headset connectivity, a Wireless-G (802.11g) client, a 2.5-mm stereo headset port, and a USB 2.0 host port. Each line can be configured independently to use a unique phone number (or extension) or can use a shared number that is assigned to multiple phones.

Carrier-Grade Security, Provisioning, and Management

The Cisco SPA 525G IP Phone provides encrypted signaling, media, and provisioning information, using state-of-the-art technologies such as Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) over Transport Layer Security (TLS), Secure RTP, and HTTPS/SSL to secure communications between the user and service provider. Cisco SPA Secure Remote Provisioning provides a highly secure mechanism for the service provider to remotely manage the phone/user configuration and the device software upgrades.