Sipura Technology
Encyclopedia
Sipura Technology, Inc. was a Voice over IP
(VoIP) startup company based in San Jose, California
founded in 2003 with its siblings VideoCore
and Komodo Technology, Inc.. Sipura made VoIP telephone adapters including the Sipura Phone Adapter SPA2100, SPA3000, SPA9000, as well as SPA series IP phones, like the SPA941. Cisco Systems
acquired VOIP maker Sipura Technologies for its Linksys
division on April 26, 2005. Ever since, Sipura has been releasing its SPA series equipment under the Linksys brand.
Voice over IP
Voice over Internet Protocol is a family of technologies, methodologies, communication protocols, and transmission techniques for the delivery of voice communications and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol networks, such as the Internet...
(VoIP) startup company based in San Jose, California
San Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
founded in 2003 with its siblings VideoCore
VideoCore
VideoCore is a low-power mobile multimedia processor architecture originally developed by Alphamosaic Ltd, now owned by Broadcom. Its two-dimensional DSP architecture makes it flexible and efficient enough to decode as well as encode a number of multimedia codecs in software, while maintaining low...
and Komodo Technology, Inc.. Sipura made VoIP telephone adapters including the Sipura Phone Adapter SPA2100, SPA3000, SPA9000, as well as SPA series IP phones, like the SPA941. Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, United States, that designs and sells consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology and services. Cisco has more than 70,000 employees and annual revenue of US$...
acquired VOIP maker Sipura Technologies for its Linksys
Linksys
Linksys by Cisco, commonly known as Linksys, is a brand of home and small office networking products now produced by Cisco Systems, though once a separate company founded in 1995 before being acquired by Cisco in 2003...
division on April 26, 2005. Ever since, Sipura has been releasing its SPA series equipment under the Linksys brand.
Products
- SPA2000: Basic phone adapter that allows two plain old telephone servicePlain old telephone servicePlain old telephone service is the voice-grade telephone service that remains the basic form of residential and small business service connection to the telephone network in many parts of the world....
(POTS) phones or fax machines to be connected to an Ethernet network in order to make and receive telephone calls or faxes. - SPA2100: Similar to the SPA2000 with the addition of an Ethernet router. Functions of the built-in router include QoS.
- SPA3000: The SPA2000 has one phone adapter port (FXS), one FXO port and can be used for POTS backup for strictly VoIP systems.
- SPA3102SPA3102The SPA3102 is a VoIP gateway and router powered by Linux. It is sold by Cisco under the Linksys brand.- Hardware :The SPA3102 has:* One RJ-11 POTS Foreign exchange station port....
: Similar to the SPA3000, it includes a single LAN output that can be used to connect to a computer. This is handy if the user only has an ISP modem and no router. The SPA3102 connects to the LAN socket on the ISP modem. The computer, which is traditionally connected to the modem, now connects directly to the LAN connection on the SPA3102. The SPA3102, effectively, is an ATA and single output router in one box. - SPA9000: An IP PBX system that allows an auto-attendant to be configured, hunt groups, multiple IP phone extensions, and POTS connectors. The SPA9000 also has basic router functions, port forwarding, quality of serviceQuality of serviceThe quality of service refers to several related aspects of telephony and computer networks that allow the transport of traffic with special requirements...
, and DTMF functionality. - SPA901: A basic IP phone with only one line. It's often referred as a warehouse or kitchen phone.
- SPA921: A single line phone with LCD display screen.
- SPA922: A single line phone with LCD display screen, but adds a single port built in switch.
- SPA941: The flagship of the SPA phones, it incorporates a 4-line IP phone and an LCD display.
- SPA942: Similar to the 941 aside from the additions of power over EthernetPower over EthernetPower over Ethernet or PoE technology describes a system to pass electrical power safely, along with data, on Ethernet cabling. The IEEE standard for PoE requires category 5 cable or higher for high power levels, but can operate with category 3 cable for low power levels...
ability, back-lit screen, and a single port built-in switch. - SPA962: Similar in appearance and functionality to the 941/942, it features a six line, 2-inch color screen.