Babblevoice Phone Accreditation
Babblevoice maintains three levels of accreditation for phones:
- Partial Accreditation: Ensures the phone works with babblevoice, but may not offer the best user experience.
- Full Accreditation: Provides better overall support and sound quality.
- Higher Full Accreditation: Offers an even higher standard. Phones with Full or Higher Full Accreditation also receive a Sound Quality mark.
Full Accreditation + ZTP
Phones must meet the Full Accreditation standard plus:
- Support for babblevoice Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP)
Full Accreditation
Phones at this level meet our stringent quality and integration standards. They must satisfy the Partial Accreditation criteria plus:
- Deployable via the babblevoice provisioning system
- Built-in directory with sync capability with babblevoice
- Support for multiple lines for multiple SIP accounts
- Voice Quality score of 7 or more
Partial Accreditation
Phones with Partial Accreditation must support SIP with SRV records to connect with babblevoice and have published instructions on our site. They must also meet these standards:
- Voice Quality score of 5 or more
- Support for either G711, iLBC, or G722 (HD) codecs
Sound Quality
Sound quality is assessed by a babblevoice Engineer based on:
- Codec Support: Support for 1, 2, or all 3 codecs listed above (up to 3 marks)
- G722 Codec: Phones supporting G722 can receive an additional mark (1 mark)
- Microphone and Speaker Build Quality: Evaluates the quality of sound produced and recorded by the handset (up to 4 marks)
- Handsfree Speaker and Microphone Build Quality: Evaluates the sound quality for handsfree operation (up to 2 marks)