Originally Posted by phadob29
My questions is exactly as above: can the Cisco phone system handle (run) non-cisco, 3rd party SIP phones? I have a new branch office opening soon in Europe, and for a small office like that, our IT dept decided to go with Cisco phone system. But then the designer goes "those phones don't go with my design", and she has more say than the IT dept in this question. So me being the phone expert (I manage a different brand of system and never worked with cisco) got landed with the job: find a nicer phone that works with cisco. So all I need to know is can I go out shipping any 3rd party SIP phones?

If it was me i would tell them functionality is far more important than looks and have them over ride the designer.