Very simple VoIP calls

Gigaset C470 IP is a phone dedicated for fixed network and internet telephony (VoIP).

Changing from IP to fixed network calls is done at the touch of a button. Gigaset IP phone users have access to additional services, including an online phone directory, a weather service and a news service via RSS feed. Thanks to energy-saving power supply units found in the new Gigasets with ECO DECT technology, this phone saves up to 60% more energy compared with conventional Siemens Gigaset cordless phones and their transmitting power can also be variably reduced.

Very simple VoIP calls without a PC

VoIP can easily be adopted by businesses using the Gigaset C470 IP and without having to use a PC. By choosing an IP supplier, the corresponding settings for internet telephony are automatically loaded into the menu and the individual user data is entered using the keypad. Up to six SIP accounts from different providers can be installed. Two VoIP calls and a fixed-line call can be made simultaneously. The Gigaset C470 IP can be used with up to six handsets and thus can be used ideally as a small PBX.

New IP services such as a weather service or the latest news via RSS feed

Together with MeteoGroup, Siemens offers a new weather service with its IP phones: Instead of a screensaver in standby-mode, the phone shows the weather forecast. The weather forecast can be set through the internet site www.gigaset.net/myaccount, for certain cities, like the location of a holiday home for example. Alternatively, the latest news can be received on the display via RSS feed. New emails with sender, time, date and subject information can be also received over an implemented POP3 email engine and without a PC connection.

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• ● In December 2009 and January 2010, as in previous months in the second half of 2009, the Polish economy stood out against other countries in terms of GDP growth. Poland’s economic growth was higher than projected and higher than in other European countries.
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• In 2009 construction output increased by 3.7%.
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• Retail sales increase in most product groups.
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• On the Warsaw Stock Exchange, stock prices were very volatile in January 2010.
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• At the end of December 2009 the registered unemployment rate (claimant count rate) amounted to 11.9% versus 11.4% in November.
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• At the end of January the president signed the 2010 budget bill into law. The bill was adopted by the parliament on December 18.
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• In the fourth quarter of 2009 the Polish economy turned out to be more resistant to the global crisis than had been projected and than the economies of Polish neighbours, something which boosts optimism in forecasts for 2010 and the next years.
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Retail sales up again in June
Retail sales growth in nominal terms accelerated in June to 6.4% y-o-y from 4.3% y-o-y in May. The increase was higher than expected. In real terms, retail sales growth accelerated to 4.5% y-o-y from 2.0% y-o-y. June was a consecutive month with retail sales figures stronger than expected, which indicates that consumption is recovering after it slowed significantly at the beginning of the year. Private consumption is driven by an improvement on the labour market coupled with a rise in disposable incomes. In Q2 2010 retail sales grew by around 3% y-o-y in nominal terms and around 1% y-o-y in real terms. On the basis of retail sales and industrial production data, it can be estimated that the GDP growth rate was close to 3%.

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