AT&T has been one of the leading phone companies for 125 years, starting in 1875 with Alexander Graham Bell. In the 19th century AT&T became the parent company for the telephone monopoly, Bell System. In 1984 when the company was split into 8 parts, AT&T focused on integrated telecommunications and equipment. Now AT&T is focusing more on enterprise and government IP solutions with their AT&T business phone offerings, and they still offer VoIP to consumers and small businesses. If you are looking for a mobile phone, Cingular (Cingular.com) has merged with AT&T and is now completely phasing out the AT&T name. So be on the look out in the future for Cingular phones. If you want a phone with the AT&T name you'll be looking at VoIP phones or phones made by the new Avaya/Lucent Technologies. Also, be aware that AT&T still provides services for businesses and their telephone needs (ATT.com) Avaya/Lucent Technologies is the company that evolved from AT&T's equipment manufacturing units. Avaya/Lucent Technologies now produces business telephones and business telephone systems for AT&T. You can search for an AT&T business telephone at their website, AT&T store. They have cordless telephones, corded telephones, and answering systems. AT&T's SOHO (Small Office or Home Office) telephones range in price from $11.95 to $199.95. AT&T offers telephones with caller id/call waiting. The phone can also have additional handsets added to one jack and there are four line office phones. Since buying a phone can be such a complicated issue, AT&T has a phone buyer guide at Telephones.att.com. They have a cordless phone buying guide, a cordless phone finder, and a glossary with definitions of AT&T telephony products. AT&T also has an outlet store with brand new phones and phone equipment at Att.factoryoutletstore.com. There is free ground shipping within the US and they have a 30 day return policy. TWAcomm.com also has AT&T phones at Twacomm.com |
AT&T Business Phone
