A European format for digital transmission. E1 supports signals at 2 Mbps (32 channels at 64Kbps, with 2 channels reserved for signaling and controlling), versus the T1, which carries signals at 1.544 Mbps (24 channels at 64Kbps).
Voice over IP gateway VG200 was specially created for Cisco AVVID (Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data) Call Manager. This device was not meant to support add-ons, such as toll bypass using H.323 protocol or SIP gateways.