Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices (SHC)
SHC develops and produces high-quality products for home communications – everything from cordless and fixed line phones, Voice-over-IP products and WIMAX devices to home media products and broadband devices. We also provide a broad array of associated software solutions.
In the fall of 2007, we migrated our Gigaset portfolio of cordless phones and broadband devices to ECO DECT and ECO broadband – thereby making a major contribution to environmental and climate protection. The new products, which are highly energy-efficient, allow a variable reduction in transmission power. Using innovative switched-mode power supplies, they consume up to 60 percent less energy than devices with conventional linear power supplies. Optimized display lighting, an intelligent battery-charging management system and ECO DECT functions also reduce energy consumption and guarantee substantially longer standby and talk times.
We’ve minimized the environmental impact of our energy-efficient Gigaset phones not only by reducing their power consumption but also by optimizing the processes involved in their production.
For several Gigaset generations now, the amount of transmission power required to operate our cordless phones has been directly proportionate to the distance between the base station and the handset. In our new phones, the power required decreases to almost zero when the handset is replaced in the base station. Some models also feature a user-activated ECO mode that can slash transmission power 80 percent. In our new broadband products, software supports the manual adjustment of transmission power by 25, 50 and 75 percent as well as the complete deactivation of the WLAN transmitter. As these innovations show, we’re continuing to rigorously implement our environmental program, which encompasses our manufacturing processes as well as our products. In September 2007, we received DIN EN ISO 14001 certification for our environmental management system.
Formed on October 1, 2005 from the Cordless Products Division of Siemens’ former Communications Group, SHC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens AG. Headquartered in Munich, we’re active in more than 69 countries. Our primary production facility is located in Bocholt, Germany, where Gigaset products are manufactured in accordance with the highest environmental and quality standards. We’re the world market leader in DECT phones and No. 2 in ADSL modems and gateways. We also have a leading position in user-friendly Voice-over-IP cordless phones and related services. Again in 2007, several of our Gigaset models received IF and Red Dot awards for their high-quality design.