Yealink

Yealink is a Chinese communications-technology brand focused on business voice, video, and collaboration equipment. Established in 2001 and headquartered in Xiamen, the company develops hardware and related solutions for organizations that use IP telephony, unified communications, and hybrid or distributed-work environments. Its portfolio spans SIP desktop phones, conference phones, video-conferencing endpoints, collaboration devices, headsets, and associated meeting-room equipment. The brand’s products are designed to connect with enterprise communications and collaboration platforms rather than operate as purely consumer electronics. This has positioned Yealink in the business communications market, where interoperability, deployment simplicity, device management, audio and video quality, and compatibility with service-provider or software ecosystems are central purchasing considerations. Its offerings are used across office, meeting-room, contact-center, home-office, and other professional settings. Yealink operates internationally and states that it serves more than 140 countries and regions. The company presents itself as a global provider of video conferencing, voice communications, and collaboration solutions, combining hardware design with platform compatibility and user-oriented product development. Its product families include IP desk phones for individual users and reception or common-area deployments, conference phones for group audio meetings, video systems for meeting rooms, personal and room-based collaboration devices, and professional headsets. The company is publicly listed in China under stock code 300628. Yealink’s international market position has been associated particularly with SIP phone shipments: the company cites a Frost & Sullivan report recognizing it as the global market-share leader in SIP phone shipments in 2019. That recognition is a market-share claim for a defined product category and period, not a statement that Yealink leads every segment of business communications. Yealink’s business scope reflects the convergence of traditional telephony and software-led collaboration. As organizations have adopted cloud calling, hosted unified communications, video meetings, and flexible work arrangements, hardware vendors have increasingly competed on integration with collaboration platforms as well as on standalone device specifications. Yealink’s positioning is therefore centered on enterprise communications infrastructure that is accessible to channel partners, service providers, IT administrators, and end users. The available reference material does not establish a complete account of its corporate ownership, executive history, founding personnel, revenue, or current geographic sales breakdown.

Yealink was established in 2001 in China and developed as a specialist in business communications equipment. Its early and continuing field of activity has been IP-based voice communication, a market built around the replacement or supplementation of traditional telephone systems with network-connected endpoints. SIP and IP phones became an important foundation of the brand’s portfolio, serving individual employees, reception areas, common spaces, and other enterprise use cases. Over time, Yealink broadened its scope beyond desktop telephony. Its business communications portfolio came to include conference phones, video-conferencing devices, professional headsets, and broader collaboration equipment. This expansion followed the convergence of voice and video communications with unified-communications software, hosted telephony, and cloud collaboration platforms. In that environment, business hardware increasingly needed to work with multiple communications ecosystems and to provide a straightforward experience for users and administrators. The company built an international presence through sales and channel activity outside China. Yealink states that its products and solutions are available in more than 140 countries and regions. Its international proposition has been based on communications hardware intended for enterprise, service-provider, meeting-room, and professional collaboration environments. Rather than being limited to a domestic telephone market, the brand has presented itself as a worldwide supplier across voice communications, video conferencing, and collaboration. A significant external recognition cited by Yealink concerns SIP phone shipments. The company identifies a 2019 Frost & Sullivan report, titled the Global IP Desktop Phone Growth Excellence Leadership Award Report, as recognizing Yealink as the number-one brand by global SIP phone shipment market share. This recognition helped articulate the brand’s position in its original core category, although it should be understood as applying to SIP phone shipments and the reporting period covered by that study. Yealink later operated across a wider unified-communications landscape in which meeting rooms, personal workspaces, remote employees, and traditional office desks all became connected parts of enterprise communications. Its product architecture consequently spans personal voice devices, group conference equipment, room-based video systems, headsets, and collaboration peripherals. The available sources do not provide sufficient verified detail for a full chronology of product introductions, acquisitions, management changes, financial performance, or individual corporate decisions. Yealink remains an active public Chinese communications-equipment brand, listed under stock code 300628.

• 2019

  Recognition for SIP phone shipment market share

  [1]Yealink official websiteyealink.com

  Yealink cites a Frost & Sullivan report recognizing it as the global leader in SIP phone shipment market share for the period covered by the report.

• 2001

  Yealink is established

  [1]Yealink official websiteyealink.com

  Yealink is established in China and begins its corporate development in the business communications-equipment sector.

A global business communications hardware provider emphasizing interoperable, user-friendly voice, video-conferencing, and collaboration equipment for enterprise and professional environments.

• Business telephony

  SIP and IP desktop phones

  Network-connected desktop phones for enterprise voice communication. These products form one of Yealink’s core categories and are intended for business users, reception areas, common spaces, and other professional deployments requiring IP-based telephony.

• Video collaboration

  Video-conferencing systems

  Video-conferencing endpoints and systems designed for professional meetings and collaboration. The category addresses room-based and organizational video communication, with emphasis on connecting users across offices, remote locations, and hybrid work settings.

• Audio conferencing

  Conference phones

  Dedicated conference-room audio devices intended for group meetings and business calls. They extend Yealink’s voice portfolio from individual desktop phones to shared meeting environments.

• Professional audio

  Headsets

  Professional headsets for business calling, unified communications, and collaboration workflows. They support personal communication use cases in offices, home offices, and other work environments.

• Unified communications

  Collaboration devices

  Devices and systems that combine voice, video, and meeting functions for unified-communications environments. They are intended to make enterprise collaboration more integrated across personal workspaces and meeting rooms.

• 2023

  Fined by Greek Competition Commission for Restricting Dealer Pricing and Sales

  The Greek Competition Commission found that Yealink implemented minimum advertised prices and restricted dealers’ active and passive sales in its selective distribution system, in violation of competition law, and fined it about €83,000; its Greek distributor was separately fined about €22,800. Yealink committed to rectifying its distribution terms.

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• 2021.06.09

  Zoom announces Zoom Phone Appliances[7]Zoom宣布推出Zoom Phone Appliancesnewbusinessethiopia.com

  Zoom announced the launch of Zoom Phone Appliances, an all-in-one desk phone solution combining Zoom technology with hardware from Poly and Yealink for video meetings, phone calls, and interactive whiteboarding.

• 2020.02.01

  Reported2020.02.01

  Yealink opens its cloud video collaboration platform for free during the outbreak[8]亿联网络疫情期间免费开放云视讯平台net.zol.com.cn

  Yealink Network said it was making its cloud video collaboration platform available free of charge during the outbreak so employees could work remotely.

• 2019.12.20

  Reported2019.12.23

  Unisound and Yealink sign strategic cooperation agreement[9]云知声与亿联网络签署战略合作协议tech.sina.com.cn

  Unisound and Yealink signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Xiamen to combine their technology and solutions for artificial intelligence applications in enterprise communications.

• 2019.11.08

  TalkLine announces three ecosystem partners[10]TalkLine宣布三家生态合作伙伴finance.qianlong.com

  At the TalkLine launch event, ZEGO held a cooperation ceremony with Yealink, Migu Video, and China Mobile International, officially launching the TalkLine ecosystem strategy.

• Unconfirmed

  Reported2019.10.25

  Yealink video conferencing system receives Tolly Security Five-Star certification[11]亿联视讯系统获得泰尔安全五星认证finance.sina.com.cn

  Yealink's video conferencing system received the first Tolly Security Five-Star certificate in its industry from the Tolly Laboratory, according to the article.

• 2019.10.24

  Reported2019.10.25

  Yealink launches cloud video conferencing platform[11]亿联视讯系统获得泰尔安全五星认证finance.sina.com.cn

  Yealink Network held a product launch in Beijing on October 24 and introduced Yealink Cloud Video Conferencing, a cloud video conferencing product built on an upgraded architecture for enterprise communications.

• 2019.10.24

  Reported2019.10.25

  Yealink Network and Tencent Cloud sign strategic cooperation agreement[12]亿联网络与腾讯云签署战略合作协议finance.sina.com.cn

  Yealink Network and Tencent Cloud signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Beijing to advance enterprise communications cloud-and-endpoint solutions and connect Yealink's smart terminals with Tencent Cloud's platform.

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1. 1Yealink official websiteyealink.com
2. 2Yealink Products A-Zyealink.com
3. 3Yealink Awardsyealink.com
4. 4Yealink Company Profileyealink.com
5. 5Yealink - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
6. 6Fined by Greek Competition Commission for Restricting Dealer Pricing and Salesepant.gr
7. 7Zoom宣布推出Zoom Phone Appliancesnewbusinessethiopia.com
8. 8亿联网络疫情期间免费开放云视讯平台net.zol.com.cn
9. 9云知声与亿联网络签署战略合作协议tech.sina.com.cn
10. 10TalkLine宣布三家生态合作伙伴finance.qianlong.com
11. 11亿联视讯系统获得泰尔安全五星认证finance.sina.com.cn
12. 12亿联网络与腾讯云签署战略合作协议finance.sina.com.cn
13. 13Zoom Launches Zoom Phone Appliances with hardware from Poly and Yealink | iTWireitwire.com
14. 14Zoom Launches Zoom Phone Appliances, Empowering the Hybrid Workforcebusinessghana.com