Alcatel's OmniPCX 4400 Wins IEC's Prestigious InfoVision Award; Eighth Product Award in North America for Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 Since Launch Last Year.Business Editors CALABASAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 15, 2001 Alcatel (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ALA) today announced that the Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 won the 2001 InfoVision Award from the International Engineering Consortium (IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iec.ch) An organization that sets international electrical and electronics standards founded in 1906. It is made up of national committees from over 60 countries. IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission ). The award will be presented during the IEC's annual event, the National Communications Forum (NCF See National Cristina Foundation. ) InfoVision 2001, to be held Oct. 29-Nov. 1, 2001, at the Hyatt Regency Regency, in British history, the period of the last nine years (1811–20) of the reign of George III, when the king's insanity had rendered him unfit to rule and the government was vested in the prince of Wales (later George IV) as regent. O'Hare, Rosemont (Chicago), Ill. The InfoVision Awards recognize technologies, applications, products and services judged to be the most unique and beneficial to the industry. The committee that chose the Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 in the Private Networks category was composed of senior technical and research professionals within the IEC staff. Award winners were selected from hundreds of nominees, based on the following criteria: innovation, uniqueness, market impact, customer benefits and value to society. "The InfoVision Awards are committed to recognizing and applauding those companies that not only strive for and achieve excellence, but also whose vision results in a positive impact on the growth and advancement of the industry," said John Janowiak, IEC senior director. "The Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 is an example of a product that has achieved a level of excellence well-deserving of this recognition." Since its launch in early 2000, the Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 IP-PBX has won multiple products awards. Based on a client/server UNIX architecture A Unix architecture is a computer operating system system architecture that embodies the Unix philosophy. It may adhere to standards such as the Single UNIX Specification (SUS) or similar POSIX IEEE standard. for 99.999 percent reliability, the OmniPCX 4400 can scale from 50 users up to 50,000 users. The OmniPCX's unique ability to support TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. connections as well as IP on a single platform allows customers to protect existing investment and migrate to IP at their own pace. The Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 allows users to expand beyond the existing 500+ features through easy integration with third party applications such as call accounting software and pre-packaged solutions such as Alcatel's OmniTouch contact center suite. "The InfoVision award is the latest in a string of product awards given to Alcatel since it launched the OmniPCX 4400 in early 2000," said Tom Wilburn, senior vice president, Alcatel North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Enterprise business. "Alcatel is honored hon·or n. 1. High respect, as that shown for special merit; esteem: the honor shown to a Nobel laureate. 2. a. Good name; reputation. b. to receive the InfoVision award for the OmniPCX 4400 from a well-known professional education organization like IEC that applauds products for both technical superiority and business value." About IEC The International Engineering Consortium (IEC) is a non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. dedicated to catalyzing positive change in the information industry and its university communities. Since 1944, the consortium has provided high-quality educational opportunities to industry professionals, academics and students. To support a worldwide need, the IEC has developed free online Web-based tutorials, and the organization conducts industry-university programs that have substantial impact on curricula. For more information, see the IEC's Web site at www.iec.org. About Alcatel Alcatel builds next-generation networks, delivering integrated end-to-end voice and data networking solutions to established and new carriers, as well as enterprises and consumers worldwide. With sales of $29 billion (EURO 31 billion) in 2000 and 110,000 employees, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. For more information, visit Alcatel on the Internet: http://www.alcatel.com. |
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