C H A P T E R1-1Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7925G, 7925G-EX, and 7926G Administration Guide1Overview of the Cisco Unified WirelessIP Phone 7925G, 7925G-EX, and 7926GThe Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7925G, 7925G-EX, and 7926G provides wireless voicecommunication over an IP network. Like traditional analog telephones, you can place and receive phonecalls and access features such as hold, transfer, and speed dial. In addition, because the phone connectsto your wireless local area network (WLAN), you can place and receive phone calls from anywhere inyour wireless environment.This chapter includes the following sections:• Understanding the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7925G and 7926G, page 1-1• Understanding the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7925G-EX, page 1-2• Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7925G, 7925G-EX, and 7926G Components, page 1-3• Understanding Bluetooth Technology, page 1-6• Features Supported on the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7925G, 7925G-EX, and 7926G,page 1-8• Understanding Security Features for Cisco Unified IP Phones, page 1-10• Overview of Configuring and Installing the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7925G, 7925G-EX,and 7926G, page 1-15Understanding the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7925G and7926GThe Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7925G and 7926G is an 802.11 dual band wireless device thatprovides comprehensive voice communications in conjunction with Cisco Unified CommunicationsManager and Cisco Aironet 802.11b/g and Cisco Aironet 802.11a Access Points (APs) in a privatebusiness communications network.The phone is a qualified Bluetooth wireless device (Qualified Device ID [QDID] B014396). The phoneprovides voice communication over the same wireless LAN that your computer uses, allowing you toplace and receive phone calls, put calls on hold, transfer calls, make conference calls, and so on.This phone model, like other network devices, must be configured and managed. This phone encodesG.711a, G.711u, G.729a, G.729ab, and G.722/iLBC codecs, and decodes G.711a, G711b, G.711u,G.729, G729a, G729b, and G729ab codecs. The phone also supports uncompressed wideband (16 bits,16 kHz) audio.