Usually an audio or visual signal that a voicemail or other type of message is waiting. Examples:
- Stutter dial-tone
- Flashing light on phone
- Vibration
- Periodic special ring
- etc.
Most IP phones support a MWI indicator, and most ATA's support stutter dial-tone.Asterisk also supports stutter tone on Zaptel FXS adapters.
The following ATA's can be configured to additionally light an LED on the base unit for MWI:
- Grandstream HT488
- Sipura SPA-3000
- Linksys PAP-2
The following IP phones are known have trouble displaying MWI:
- Budgetone BT-101/BT-102 claims to, but does not
Some analog phones also support MWI via a 90V neon lamp - requires hardware support on the FXS interface.Currently seems to only be supported by the Xorcom Astribank.
See also:
- SIP MWI
- Asterisk MWI
- Asterisk SIP Mailbox
- Mobile MWI
- Asterisk config zapata.conf mailbox keyword.
Not to be confused with: MBWA
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