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(Updated: January 16, 2017) From a recent photo from the Oval Office, we learn that, probably last May, new telephones for non-secure calls have been installed in the White House. They replace older ones, that were used there since 1996. The new devices are IP phones , which means they run over an internal packet-switched IP network, instead of a traditional circuit-switched telephone network. The new Avaya 9608 The new device is a dark gray office phone, model 9608 , made by Avaya , which is a leading American manufacturer of telecommunications equipment. Avaya was previously part of Lucent Technologies, which was a spin-off of AT&T. This model is relatively simple, it's one that is commonly used in offices all over the world. It just has an average monochrome display - not a fancy color touch screen, like other high-end executive models from Avaya's 9600-series . Although that may look nice, for the president such features would not be of much use, as most of his calls