Cisco Gets Serious About SMB Communications Now, any small business can get Cisco-grade deskset hardware for about $300 in the SPA525G , a five-line IP phone that connects to the network via Power over Ethernet or wirelessly over 802.11g. The revolutionary aspect of this offering from Cisco, though, is its VoIP support for SIP through open source PBX solutions such as Asterisk, through hosted PBX services such as Vocalocity , and even through hybrid call management solutions such as Fonality . The SPA525G has a hi-res 3.2 inch QVGA color screen with multimedia support for MP3s, digital photos, and RSS feeds, as well as Bluetooth and a high-audio-quality speakerphone. Set-up and configuration are a snap with an easy-to-understand web-based GUI and one-button, secure, WiFi protected network registration. The phone supports all the standard and many advanced business features such as caller ID, call forwarding, call transfer, 3-way conferencing, call history, phonebook, and MP...