Cordless Phones.

Cordless phones are very popular with the land line phone users. They provide wireless phone usage facility with speed dialing facility. In the meantime these kinds of cordless phones are very popular with the elderly people in the USA. They used to place this handset next to them when they are watching TV programs or cooking food. So they don't need to get up and go to the phone base when it is ringing. They are tired of walking to the phone when it rings from the room corner of their homes. You don't need to stay any more next to a land line when you have this Cordless phone while you are waiting for an important call from your family members. These phones are actually landline phones that can operate without connecting it to the handset with the wire. Actually it is a two piece unit. The base part is connected to the land line.

Some of the Bases may need power from an adaptor or must have batteries inside of them. The handset is free to take calls without the wire connection, It is operated by batteries and radio signals. The base is designed to keep charging the handset. So if you keep the handset on a table for long hours it may lose its power. In this case you can use the internal speaker of the Base to receive calls. This kind of cordless phones' usage is increasing in Sri Lanka homes where the user doesn't have to stay next to the land line to attend the call.

They can call or receive calls at any convenient place within the 50 meters range of the cordless phone's base. Most of the companies promise that their cordless phones will provide clear voice up to the range of 50 meters to 300 meters. You can find such phones with long range (50 Miles) operation. But be warned that long range phones are prohibited in many countries. When buying a cordless phone, check with your Government authorities about the allowed range of the operation distance of that cordless phone.

In Sri Lanka, it is better to buy your Cordless Phone from the SLTMobitel's Teleshop. This will save you from unwanted troubles as these kinds of phones should be certified ones by the Authority. Furthermore if there is any technical problem you can report it through the SLT Hotline and their service people will contact you as soon as possible to solve the issue. It can be over the phone and if necessary they will visit your home/Office to repair it. Cheap cordless phones may get you in to legal problems here. Actually this coedless phones are very popular with rich people of Sri Lanka. They keep this as a status symbol in their homes.

Note: Due to Sri Lanka's import policy, these cordless phones, adaptors and battery price had gone up. Lot of people had stopped using these phones as they can't find suitable spare parts for them.

They are small Cordless phones with less weight, illuminated keypad, LCD display screen with easy access buttons for quick operations. Backlit display screen of the cordless phone makes to view easily the incoming phone call numbers, the dialing numbers, dialed numbers or phone's call history. These phones come in different colors to suit your home and the interior. The device should be certified by the telecom authorities. So if you are buying one such device check it is certified one or not. It is better to purchase the cordless device from the service provider like SLT for your home.

The other common features of the cordless phones in Sri Lanka as follows.

• Caller ID with 50-name & number call log.
• 50-name & number phone book.
• display.
• 17-hour talk time.
• 150-hour standby time.
• 10-redial memory (number only)
• One touch dial up to 9 numbers.
• Call restriction.
• Navigator key for easy operating.
• 14 ringer melodies/6 ringer tones on handset.
• Intercom (handset to handset)
• Any key answer.
• Key lock / Clock / Alarm
• Multiple language display.
• Handset Locator.
• 6- Step ringer volume.
• 3- Step ear receiver volume.
• 4- Step battery display
• 7- Hour charge time.
• Wall mountable (base unit and charger)

Phone Card Sri Lanka

AT&T Cordless Telephones.