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Hardware that outlives the warranty.

IP phones, headsets, GSM gateways, SBCs, ATAs, and the rack-mount gear that connects it all. Specified against your workflow, procured at the right margin, provisioned before it leaves our bench, and refreshed on a schedule you can plan around.

  • Vendor-neutral procurement across Yealink, Grandstream, Cisco, Poly, Snom, and more
  • Pre-provisioned on our bench, delivered ready to plug in and work
  • Lifecycle managed, so you know what retires and when, before it fails
  • GSM gateway specialists for mobile-cost arbitrage and SIM-based failover
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Hardware is where most VoIP projects quietly fail, or quietly succeed.

The dirty secret of voice projects is that the platform work is the easy part. Carriers, PBXs, call flows, all of it eventually settles into something that works. Where projects actually go wrong is at the edges: the IP phone that was ordered in bulk because it was cheap and now disconnects randomly, the GSM gateway with the wrong firmware that drops every third call, the SBC that was never actually hardened, the headsets that were procured through a general office supplier and arrived in six different models.

We handle VoIP hardware the way an actual telecom shop does. Specification before procurement, so the gear you buy matches the workload you will put on it. Pre-provisioning on our bench, so the device arrives at your office with your extension plan already loaded, your firmware baseline applied, and your custom ringtones in place. Lifecycle tracking, so when a device hits its EoL date you hear about it from us with a replacement plan, not from your users when the device finally dies.

And GSM gateways, which deserve their own paragraph. Done right, a GSM gateway cuts your mobile-to-mobile call costs by 40 to 70 percent and gives you a cellular failover path when your SIP trunk has a bad day. Done wrong, it is a fraud liability and a dropped-call generator. We have deployed hundreds, we know which models work, and we know which SIM plans to pair them with.

What we supply

Six categories, every endpoint you need.

From the handset on an agent's desk to the rack-mount gateway that bridges your legacy PRI to SIP. Specified, procured, provisioned, and lifecycle-managed as one engagement.

Who it's for

Four scenarios where this engagement pays back fast.

Not every business needs a dedicated hardware partner. These are the situations where it genuinely saves time, money, or both inside the first year.

Office refresh

You're outfitting a new office or renovating

You need 20 to 100 endpoints landed in a specific window, all pre-provisioned, all identical, all working on day one. We spec the right model mix for your floor plan, procure in a single purchase order, provision at our bench, and show up on move day with devices labelled by desk.

Mobile cost control

Your mobile bill is out of control

Your sales team's mobile-to-mobile calls are costing more than your SIP trunk. A multi-SIM GSM gateway reroutes those calls through SIM plans you own, cuts the per-minute cost dramatically, and gives you a cellular backup when SIP has an outage. We spec, procure, and install.

Legacy bridge

You have PRI or analog you're not ready to retire

You have a legacy PBX, PRI circuits, or analog fax lines that cannot be ripped out in a single project. Media gateways and ATAs let you move voice to SIP in phases, with the legacy equipment still working on day one of the migration and retiring on your schedule, not the vendor's.

Compliance posture

You need SBCs for Microsoft Teams Direct Routing

You're moving voice onto Teams and your Microsoft rep said you need a certified SBC. We handle the AudioCodes or Ribbon procurement, the Teams certification pairing, the SIP trunk configuration, and the ongoing security hardening, so your voice path has the audit trail your compliance team needs.

How we deliver

Four phases, from spec to retirement.

Hardware does not end at delivery. We treat every device as a lifecycle commitment, not a line item on a purchase order.

PHASE 01

Spec

Device-by-device specification against your workflow, user count, feature requirements, and growth plan. Vendor-neutral and documented, with alternatives shown for every line item.

PHASE 02

Procure

Single-PO procurement at distributor pricing with our margin disclosed. We hold stock on common models to compress lead times for refresh and expansion orders.

PHASE 03

Provision

Each device unboxed on our bench, firmware baselined, configured against your PBX, labelled by user or desk, and repacked for delivery. Zero-touch for scale, hands-on for exceptions.

PHASE 04

Manage

Serial-number register, firmware tracking, EoL dates monitored, warranty RMAs handled by us. Refresh plans built on a schedule you can budget around.

Vendor-neutral by design

Every major voice-hardware brand on the market.

We hold distributor accounts across the voice ecosystem. If you have a brand standard, we work with it. If you want us to pick, we recommend based on your workload, not our margin.

IP phones & DECT

Yealink Grandstream Cisco Poly Snom Fanvil Alcatel-Lucent

Headsets & conference

Poly Jabra EPOS Sennheiser Logitech Neat Yealink Rooms

Gateways & SBCs

AudioCodes Ribbon Patton Dinstar OpenVox Yeastar Portech
Common questions

What buyers ask before they commit.

Direct answers to the six questions we hear in nearly every hardware conversation.

Why not just buy phones from Amazon or a reseller?
For a 5-phone office with a vanilla PBX, you probably can. For anything larger or more complex, the trap is that the phones arrive in retail packaging, un-provisioned, with factory firmware that may or may not match your PBX. You spend a day configuring each one. If anything is wrong, the RMA is yours to chase. We land devices ready to plug in, with the vendor relationship, firmware baseline, and warranty handling as part of the engagement.
What margin do you make on hardware?
We disclose it in writing. On most endpoint hardware we add a flat per-device provisioning fee rather than a percentage markup, which means the fee is the same whether you buy a 100 dollar phone or an 800 dollar executive handset. On racks of SBC or gateway equipment we add a project margin that is quoted up-front. No hidden rebates, no vendor incentives steering our recommendations.
Can you source gear we already standardised on?
Yes. If you have a corporate standard (Cisco for phones, Poly for headsets, whatever it is), we work within it. We only push back if the standard is costing you meaningfully more than an equivalent for your workload, and even then it is a one-time conversation, not a crusade.
How does GSM gateway pricing actually work out?
A 4-SIM gateway costs under 1,000 dollars. Four unlimited mobile plans cost between 60 and 100 dollars each per month. If your current mobile-to-mobile call volume is more than about 2,000 minutes a month across the business, the gateway pays for itself inside 90 days and keeps saving every month after. We model the specific numbers for your call pattern during the spec phase.
What happens when a device fails?
If it is under warranty, we handle the RMA with the vendor and ship a replacement from our stock while the swap is in flight, so your user is not waiting on a courier. If it is out of warranty, we quote a replacement at current pricing and your old device enters our refurbishment pipeline. Serial numbers are tracked throughout.
Can you handle shipping to multiple sites?
Yes. Multi-site procurement with per-site delivery is common for us. Each box ships labelled with the destination site, with devices inside further labelled by user or desk. For large rollouts we can stage shipments to arrive in the right week for each site's cutover schedule.
Start with a conversation

Tell us what hardware you need to land.

Thirty minutes with a practitioner, not a sales rep. We will scope the devices, the counts, the sites, and the timeline, then come back with a line-item quote and a provisioning plan.