Nortel Networks yesterday claimed to be the first company to be able to offer data upgrades to networks without the need to scrap existing systems. Known as the Succession Network, the data networking and telecoms company has already launched...
But while Nokia continues to lead the handset market and also plays a commanding roll in the cellular infrastructure market, where it is marginally ahead of players such as Siemens, Nortel and Lucent, but trails Ericsson, according to Dell'Oro...
The new deal sees the replacement of existing Nortel kit, Meridian-branded PBX and call routing technology, and the rollout of Nortel Communication Server 1000 at five sites, along with IP handsets and call centre specific software.
The hub of a contact centre is much more than a glorified PBX. Although IP contact centre deployments are lagging general IP PBX projects, some vendors are seeing contact centre functionality being deployed off the back of general telephony projects.
Under the deal, Alcatel will snap up Nortel's UMTS radio access technology and product portfolio, associated patents and tangible assets as well as customer contracts. Instead of concentrating on UMTS access, Canadian telecoms equipment-maker...
In the fourth quarter, the companies will integrate Nortel's Multimedia Conferencing product with Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 to deliver a single client experience for voice, instant messaging, presence, and audio and videoconferencing.