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Creating intelligent and manageable access security for your MDU or home 

Grandstream’sGSC3560 & GSC3565 Smart Outdoor Intercoms and GDS3720 Series Door Stations can be fully integrated with Home Assistant for smart MDU and home deployments. Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform that allows users to manage smart home devices from a centralized area. Some of the core capabilities of Home Assistant include centralized device management, an automation engine, and flexible configuration settings. The integration with Home Assistant allows users to create their own interconnected, private, smart living space. GSC3560/5 and GDS3720 Series become part of a smart ecosystem with the Home Assistant integration, which enhances operational efficiency and system security.  

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Grandstream SecureAccess is our cloud-based access control management solution compatible with the GDS3720 Seriesof Smart IP Video Door Stations. This solution enhances users’ interactions with a GDS3720 series Door Station and allows building admins to have more control and flexibility in their deployment. Users and residents can open doors, video call visitors, and create temporary passwords using the SecureAccess app. Administrators can also remotely manage users and residents, configure door stations, and view door logs using the SecureAccess app. In this blog post, we’ll cover the major features available to standard users and building admins, and how the app makes GDS management smarter and more secure.  

Grandstream's New UCM PBX Platform

Last Updated: 04/15/2026

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Based on our award-winning UCM Series of IP PBXs, SoftwareUCM is the newest addition to our line of PBX solutions. Being a software-based solution, it provides a scalable business communication and collaboration platform with comprehensive features and integrations that enable teams to be more productive. SoftwareUCM has the same features and functionality as all our UCM6300 series. In this blog post, we'll discuss some key features unique to SoftwareUCM and answer frequently asked questions about the software.

Since the creation of the UCM series, Grandstream has always been advancing the technology and availability of the onsite IP PBX. We are incredibly excited to take the consistent innovation and development of our UCM series and bring it to the cloud with the introduction of CloudUCM. This solution can be accessed, setup, and managed on the Grandstream Device Management System, our cloud-based device management and monitoring platform. Check out our blog post here if you are not familiar with GDMS. While CloudUCM has all the same capabilities as our UCM series of IP PBXs, it comes with a substantial amount of additional benefits. We will cover all of this and more in this blog post. 

More than three years after a pandemic shifted companies to remote and hybrid work overnight, businesses still struggle to support their employees with robust, flexible, and secure IT infrastructure. The problem is unlikely to go away any time soon. Gartner, for example, reports that 82% of business leaders intend to allow employees to work remotely into the foreseeable future.

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In every business, no matter the size, there is a need for the communication infrastructure for its employees and visitors. Oftentimes, each element of this infrastructure comes from a different place or manufacturer resulting in sometimes spotty connectivity and a variety of different platforms to control it all. With Grandstream Networks, the solutions you need are all in one place. From video conferencing to security and facility access, the Grandstream total solution keeps each element of your communications infrastructure affordable and accessible. 

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Features, Capabilities, and Deployment Scenarios

The newest addition to our GRP2600 series, the essential IP phone line, brings affordable and powerful devices to the desktop of any business or home office. As part of the GRP series of Carrier-Grade IP Phones, this line is also equipped with zero-touch provisioning for mass deployment and easy management. Built for the basic needs of desktop workers and designed for easy deployment by enterprises, service providers, installers, and other high-volume markets, the essential IP series is an ideal choice for easy-to-use and easy-to-deploy VoIP endpoints. Within this blog post, we’ll provide a brief overview of the features, capabilities, and deployment scenarios of our new essential IP phones.

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UCM RemoteConnect Overview

UCM RemoteConnect, a part of the UCM6300 Ecosystem, is a companion cloud service to the UCM6300 series IP PBXs. UCM RemoteConnect allows organizations to build a secure, easy-to-manage communications and collaboration solution for remote workers and devices. Network administrators can configure, edit, and manage every aspect of their UCM6300 device from the cloud through UCM RemoteConnect. The service provides automatic NAT firewall traversal that securely connects remote users to the IP PBX. The cloud service provides reliability by running on Amazon Web Services (AWS) while offering zero-touch configuration and IT-friendly management. As it is integrated with the Grandstream Device Management System, every business can control and customize their network in one central location. UCM RemoteConnect allows for users to just connect their devices to the internet to be linked with their organization, providing a hassle-free experience.

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Video conferencing has become a staple for collaboration in the modern workplace, allowing for versatility in the way we work together. With a greater emphasis on team collaboration, more and more companies are adopting a variety of applications and solutions to achieve a seamless communication and collaboration solution. Users can collaborate from anywhere in the world easily and efficiently, all through a comprehensive video conferencing solution. In this blog post, we’ll cover several examples of how businesses around the world are adopting these video conferencing solutions.

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2020 is here, and sometimes it looks like communication and collaboration platforms used in healthcare are not keeping up with the times. According to a study, nearly 80 percent of hospitals still use pagers and a survey showed that almost 52% of physicians said that these devices are one of their most significant sources of frustration. Pagers have existed since the 1950s, and because they work on a much higher frequency than cell phones, they allow doctors to be reachable despite x-ray proof walls and poor cell phone coverage, so it seems like pagers will still hang around at least for a few more years, but... how can we get healthcare professionals better communicated?