Alcatel Maintains #3 Position in North American Medium to Large IP-PBX Market for Third Consecutive Quarter; Alcatel Sees Steady Demand for the Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 in North America.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CALABASAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 18, 2002 Alcatel today announced that it holds number 3 market share by attaining 14% of 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+ lines), according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the first-quarter 2002 IP-PBX market share results published in InfoTech's InfoTrack for Enterprise Communications. Alcatel has maintained this number 3 position over the past three quarters, as its sales have kept pace with industry growth. According to InfoTech, the IP-PBX market includes Telephony-enabled LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. , IP-enabled PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). , and Converged Systems. "First-quarter 2002 results shows that Alcatel holds the number 3 position in IP-PBX systems greater than 400 lines," said Frank Stinson, senior product manager, InfoTrack Programs, InfoTech. "Alcatel's position in the U.S. medium to large IP-PBX market has been recently enhanced by developing new relationships with key distributors." "There is a strong demand from businesses to deploy the Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 for IP communications A general term for networks that use the IP protocol for voice (VoIP) and video traffic. See IP telephony. projects," 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. "Besides possible cost savings from implementing 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. , businesses also look at enabling applications such as web-enabled call centers and universal dial-plan to improve customer support and employee communications." An open, standards-based architecture enables the Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 to inter-work with voice and data switches from other vendors as well as third-party applications. The Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 is designed to interoperate with third-party PBX (legacy or IP). This vendor-interoperability proposition also ensures that businesses can retain existing LAN and WAN infrastructure while migrating to the Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 for IP telephony. About the Omni family of convergence-ready network solutions Alcatel delivers standards-based IP communications solutions to meet the needs of enterprises converging voice and data networks. Based on a robust 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. , the Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 scales from 50 to 50,000 users offering a rich set of enterprise-level telephony features from a range of legacy and IP telephones as well as powerful, integrated applications, such as messaging, mobility and multi-media contact centers that can be centralized or distributed over many locations. Alcatel Omni-family of network infrastructure equipment and security appliances provide the network foundation that supports the quality of service, security, and management requirements of highly available networks. About Alcatel Alcatel (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ALA) designs, develops and builds innovative and competitive communications networks, 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 (EURO 25 billion) in 2001 and 99,000 employees, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. In 2001, the United States was the largest single market served by Alcatel. For more information, visit Alcatel on the Internet: http://www.alcatel.com |
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