(Updated: Jan 16, 2017)
From a recent photo from the Oval Office, nosotros larn that, belike final May, novel telephones for non-secure calls convey been installed inwards the White House. They supercede older ones, that were used at that topographic point since 1996.
The novel devices are IP phones, which agency they run over an internal packet-switched IP network, instead of a traditional circuit-switched telephone network.
The novel Avaya 9608
The novel device is a nighttime grayish component phone, model 9608, made past times Avaya, which is a leading American manufacturer of telecommunication equipment. Avaya was previously component of Lucent Technologies, which was a spin-off of AT&T.
This model is relatively simple, it's ane that is usually used inwards offices all over the world. It but has an average monochrome display - non a fancy color deportment upon screen, similar other high-end executive models from Avaya's 9600-series.
Although that may expect nice, for the president such features would non hold out of much use, equally nearly of his calls are made through an operator from the White House switchboard.
President Obama talks on his telephone for secure calls alongside Secretary of State
John Kerry. In front end of it there's the novel Avaya 9608, July 13, 2015.
(White House photograph past times Pete Souza - Click to enlarge)
The novel Avaya 9608 telephone has no exceptional safety features, equally it is used for all non-secure calls, both inside together with exterior the White House.
The Cisco 7975G
For secure calls that convey to hold out encrypted, the president uses the other telephone on his desk, which is a Cisco 7975G Unified IP Phone (with expansion module 7916). This is too a real widely used high terminate component phone, together with equally such non peculiarly secured itself, but hither it is connected to the dedicated Executive Voice over Secure IP (VoSIP) network, which connects the White House alongside but about of the nearly senior policy makers together with provides the highest degree of encryption.
Update: The novel IP telephone was too placed underneath the side-table inwards the seating expanse of the Oval Office, equally tin hold out seen inwards this picture:
President Obama together with FBI Director James Comey speak to members of
the media inwards the Oval Office of the White House, June 13, 2016.
(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais - click to enlarge)
The previous Lucent 8520
For non-secure calls, the novel Avaya replaces the Lucent 8520T on Obama's desk. This Lucent telephone was from the nearly widely used describe of piece of occupation concern telephone serial worldwide. It came inwards operate inwards 1996, when the White House got a completely novel telephone system, which was installed past times AT&T together with costed 25 1000000 US Dollar.
This novel organization consisted of an automated private branch exchange (PBX) alongside dark executive telephone sets models 8410 together with 8520 from Lucent, alongside the large 8520 on the president's desk inwards the Oval Office:
The previous Lucent 8520 together with the Cisco 7975 on Obama's desk, July 31, 2011
(White House photograph past times Pete Souza)
Before 1996, the White House withal used the manual switchboard from the days of president Johnson. On the president's desk at that topographic point was fifty-fifty the force clitoris version of the Western Electric 18-button Call Director dating dorsum to the 1960s. The installation of the novel telephone organization nether president Clinton is too discussed inwards this tv report:
NBC tv on the novel White House telephone organization (1996)
See also:
- The presidential communications equipment nether Barack Obama
- Does Obama actually lack cool phones?
- A White House staff phone
- Overview of older Presidential Telephones of the United States
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