DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telephony) is a relatively new cordless telephony standard in the United States, but it has been successfully deployed in Europe from last 10 years.
not like Wi-Fi, which operates in unlicensed frequency band in the 2.4-GHz and 5-GHz bands but DECT operates in a licensed band (1,920 MHz to 1,930 MHz).
Siemens product announcement is a significant move towards some vendor providing an alternative to Vo-Fi (voice over Wi-Fi) in the home.
Siemens Home and Office Communications Devices this week said it is delivering an array of cordless phones–including VoIP models–based on DECT standards.
Siemens new Gigaset phones include models E450, S450 and S455, as well as new integrated VoIP devices, the S450 IP and the SX762 WLAN DSL gateway.
On the VoIP side, the S450 supports both regular telephone and IP-based service. The SX762 WLAN DSL gateway includes a wireless Internet router, an integrated ADSL2+ modem, a USB 2.0 host port, two analog phone interfaces and four Ethernet ports for networking PCs.