Cisco IP telephones bring state of the art technology to voice communication solutions. Cisco Systems, the worldwide leader of networking for the Internet, now brings to market new opportunities for rapid deployment of classic and New World voice applications by providing high-quality voice instruments that leverage IP as the transport technology. This allows the consolidation of voice and data into a single network infrastructure, including a single cable plant; a single switched Ethernet fabric for campus or branch offices; and unified operational systems for management, Operations, Administration and Management (OA&M) for voice and data.The Cisco 30 VIP voice instrument is a full-featured IP telephone for executives and managers. It provides 30 programmable line and feature buttons, an internal, high-quality, two-way speakerphone with microphone mute, and a transfer feature button. The 30 VIP also provides a large 40-character LCD display consisting of two lines of 20 characters each. The display provides features such as date and time, calling party name, calling party number, and digits dialed. An LED associated with each of the 30 feature and line buttons provides feature and line status.