Alcatel Grabs #2 Position In North American Medium to Large IP-PBX Market; Alcatel and Cisco Lead Market Segment.Business Editors CALABASAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 2002 Alcatel (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ALA) today announced that it is the second leading vendor in the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. medium to large IP-PBX market (400 plus lines), based on the second-quarter 2002 IP-PBX market share results published in InfoTech's InfoTrack for Enterprise Communications. Alcatel has increased its overall IP telephone line shipment by 30 percent from the previous quarter and 73 percent from the same quarter in 2001. "As the IP-PBX market gains momentum, market share results show that Alcatel has been successful in targeting large enterprise users with its OmniPCX 4400," said Frank Stinson, program director, InfoTrack Programs, InfoTech. "Alcatel's competitive advantage lies in its ability to offer a rich and consistent feature set in multi-site, multi-vendor environments." InfoTrack for Enterprise Communications tracks the sales of IP-based PBXs that InfoTech predicts will exceed those of conventional PBXs and key/hybrid equipment in 2005. This allows the industry to view Alcatel alongside vendors with IP-based products, rather than against the install base of traditional PBXs that will be abandoned in the future for full IP capabilities. Alcatel's #2 position in the IP-PBX segment demonstrates that medium to large enterprises are choosing Alcatel over incumbents and over data vendors who have developed voice solutions that are tied to their switches. "Alcatel's focus has been on providing large enterprises with a product that is IP at its core, but that allows customers to migrate to IP at their own pace," said Tom Wilburn, general manager, Alcatel North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. enterprise business. "As some vendors waiver in their commitment to the enterprise and the industry puts closed, proprietary solutions under heavy scrutiny, Alcatel continues its mission of building best-of-breed products that are independent of the underlying data switching infrastructure and provide a smooth migration path to IP." The Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 IP-PBX recently won TMC TMC Technology Marketing Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) TMC Texas Medical Center (Houston, TX) TMC Traffic Message Channel TMC The Movie Channel TMC Traffic Management Center Labs' Innovation Award, specifically focused on the voice-over-IP industry. The OmniPCX 4400 was chosen from almost 200 applicants to win this prestigious award based on its standards-based platform and rich feature set, especially its integrated in-building wireless capabilities and multimedia contact center solution. About Alcatel enterprise networking The networking infrastructure in a large enterprise with multiple computer systems and networks of different types is extraordinarily complex. Due to the myriad of interfaces that are required, much of what goes on has little to do with the real data processing of the payroll and orders. solutions Alcatel delivers standards-based IP communications A general term for networks that use the IP protocol for voice (VoIP) and video traffic. See IP telephony. solutions to a global customer base of over 500,000 small, medium and large enterprises, government agencies, healthcare facilities, and educational institutions. Alcatel's award-winning Omni family of IP Communications solutions consists of an extensive portfolio of network switching infrastructure, security appliances Security appliances protect computer networks from unwanted data traffic, intruders, email spam, enforce policies, and may also be used to create and manage VPNs. There are a number of types of security appliances. , and IP telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. applications built to provide long-term value. About Alcatel Alcatel (NYSE: ALA) designs, develops and builds innovative and competitive communications networks The transmission channels interconnecting all client and server stations as well as all supporting hardware and software. , enabling carriers, service providers and enterprises to deliver any type of content, such as voice, data and multimedia, to any type of consumer, anywhere in the world. Relying on its leading and comprehensive products and solutions portfolio, stretching from end-to-end optical infrastructures, fixed and mobile networks to broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. , Alcatel's customers can focus on optimizing their service offerings and revenue streams. With sales of $22 billion in 2001 and 99,000 employees, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. In 2001, the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. was the largest single market served by Alcatel. For more information, visit Alcatel on the Internet: http://www.alcatel.com. --30--MW/la* TJJ/a
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