The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing the world to find new ways to stay connected and work together. Organizations of all shapes and sizes are looking for technology solutions that allow them to connect remote teams and collaborate as if they were sitting next to each other.

Grandstream would able to offer and create remote work and collaboration solutions for businesses of all types, a wide variety of remote and mobility solutions that can be scaled to support any organization, including small-to-medium businesses, enterprises, schools, hospitals, governments and more.

1. Web Meetings & Video Conferencing

Grandstream IPVideoTalk cloud collaboration platform provides everything that a business, school, hospital, or government organization needs to hold remote meetings, trainings and classes with up to 150 participants and 25 video feeds. IPVideoTalk Meetings can be attended on nearly any mobile device, PC or laptop, and we have plans for all types of organizations. Grandsteam even offering a completely free plan.

2. Telephony: Virtual Communications Platform to Support Remote Users, Voice and Video Phones for Remote Use

UCM series allows organizations to build virtual communication solutions that can support remote users. The UCM series offers a centralized network that can be managed by IT departments and allows them to deploy remote devices and provision them instantly. Grandstream award-winning IP PBXs offer a fully license-free UC platform that supports up to 500, 800 or 2000 users with hundreds of advanced features and integrations. As UCM series supports video, it allows businesses to support video calls between devices, like GXV series of Android IP Video Phones or GVC series Conferencing Devices, with no additional software or add-ons. It is fairly easy to build VPN tunnels from home offices to the central UCM network (where countries allow) to maximize the security of remote connections. 

• Grandstream Free Mobile: Grandstream Wave app is a great solution for allowing remote or roaming staff to make/receive work calls on their personal mobile devices, without having to use their personal wireless plans. Available for Android and iOS, Grandstream Wave is very easy to setup. If the organization uses a UCM series IP PBX, the UCM series will email a barcode to the user to scan for their app to be configured. This free softphone app works with any SIP account, and we have built pre-configured settings for hundreds of service providers into the app as well.
  
  
• Grandstream GXV series of Android IP Video Phone is one of the best remote communication tools out there, especially for the desktop. These powerful Android devices have built-in cameras and offer full access to the millions of Android apps, offering a plethora of video calling, chatting, and collaboration options. They have built-in Wi-Fi support for easy deployment and they also have built-in support for 3-way video conferences with other GXVs or SIP video devices. Aside from being great for remote staff, the GXV series is a popular tele-health solution, as we told you about last week.
  
  
• Grandstream DECT and Wi-Fi cordless IP phones allow remote staff to stay connected to the main IP PBX while offering the convenience of roaming within a home. These compact, light-weight devices are easy to transport and can be brought back to the office later on. Grandstream DP series of DECT solutions offer the most cost-effective solution, while WP series of Wi-Fi IP phones offers the best quality, roaming and simplicity. As most home offices will already have Wi-Fi, Grandstream WP series will often be the best and easiest choice for remote staff.
  
  
• Grandstream Desktop IP phones can be deployed remotely and connect back to the main SIP/VoIP platform. Staff can bring their office desktop phones home and it is easy to configure them with any network from any remote location by adjusting the settings of their SIP account. GRP series devices are ideal for such usage as most models support Wi-Fi and can therefore be installed and used wirelessly. If the remote phones are connected back to the main platform with a VPN connection, staff would even have access to presence features such as BLF, speed-dial, DND and more.
  
  

3. Wi-Fi Networks

Grandstream offer wide range of affordable Wi-Fi APs allow organizations to help employees deploy home Wi-Fi networks. APs can be managed and deployed remotely using GWN.Cloud, and then the APs can be integrated back with the office network later on. The GWN series is ideal for creating voice/video-over-WiFi deployments with Wi-Fi IP phones as they offer built-in QoS to prioritize these devices and include advanced roaming support. GWN.Cloud is Grandstream free cloud Wi-Fi management platform. This allows a business to configure and manage an unlimited number of APs from a cloud-based interface accessible on a mobile device or PC. GWN.Cloud is ideal for setting up and managing remote Wi-Fi networks and APs.

4. Remote Device Management and Facility Access System

Grandstream Device Management Software (GDMS) is the ideal solution for managing and monitoring remote Grandstream devices. It provides a cloud interface that can be accessed from anywhere to control device management, account management, device configuration, firmware upgrades, device monitoring, statistical analysis - individually or in batches of devices by site, group and model. Even if the organization runs their business on Grandsteam UCM series of IP PBXs, GDMS offers the best solution for on-going management as it requires no port forwarding to enable remote access, is more flexible with real-time alerts and offers additional maintenance tools and reports.

Grandstream Door System, the GDS series of Facility Access Systems tracks and manages access to any physical building and provides a dedicated audio and/or video intercom. Thanks to its integration with other Grandstream endpoints the GDS series offers a complete end-to-end solution for access control, video/audio intercom, and security needs.