Wireless phone handset

A phone designed for connection with a local wired service, not using tranditional mobile phone networks, most commonly used digital technologies being DECT, 2.4GHz unlicensed spectrum or standards based 802.11a/b/g standards based wireless LAN technology. The wireless phone handset does per definition need to connect to a wireless access-point or base-station that supports the same technology. Also required is a call management function and a gateway to the public switched telephony network (PSTN), this may or may not be integrated in the base-station. Analog equivalents do exist and can provide better reach, but with potential suffering confidentiality and voice quality. Most digital systems have inherent encyption or offer optional encryption.