Citel Announces New Suite of Features for Flagship Portico TVA.Feature Pack 3 Adds Siemens Handset Interoperability and Robust Productivity-Enhancing Tools SEATTLE -- Citel, The VoIP Migration Company(TM) (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor AIM:CITE.L), today announced general availability of Feature Pack 3 for its award-winning Portico[TM] Telephone VoIP Adapter (TVA TVA: see Tennessee Valley Authority. [TM]). Feature Pack 3 introduces several features that will speed installation and configuration, enhance user productivity and enable more enterprises to migrate to VoIP using Portico TVA and their existing handsets. Portico TVA, first introduced in March of 2007, enables enterprises to quickly and affordably connect digital (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). ), P phone (Centrex) and analog phones to a hosted or premise-based IP platform, over existing wiring. With Portico TVA, advanced VoIP features and applications pass through to the existing handsets or, for features requiring a larger screen, to a browser window. Enterprises obtain the cost savings and productivity enhancements of VoIP without the expense, complexity and disruption of a typical "rip and replace" migration solution. Feature Pack 3 is the most robust and comprehensive set of features developed for the Portico TVA since its introduction. It includes: * SIP (session initiation protocol (protocol) Session Initiation Protocol - (SIP) A very simple text-based application-layer control protocol. It creates, modifies, and terminates sessions with one or more participants. Such sessions include Internet telephony and multimedia conferences. It is described in RFC 2543. ) parallel forking enables the simultaneous ringing of multiple devices sharing an AOR AOR The ISO 4217 currency code for Angolan Reajustado Kwanza. (address of record), whether one user with multiple devices, or multiple users, assigned to one AOR. * The updated Portico Installation and Configuration Tool (PICT) which allows the bulk configuration of discontinuous discontinuous /dis·con·tin·u·ous/ (dis?kon-tin´u-us) 1. interrupted; intermittent; marked by breaks. 2. discrete; separate. 3. lacking logical order or coherence. extension numbers. * New graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to (GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. ) access allows end users to map their own handset buttons, either in a standard configuration or customized to individual preference, before the Portico TVA goes live. * Also accessible as part of the end-user GUI, users may select any ringtone The audible sound made by a telephone to announce that a call is coming in. The traditional ringtone was in the 440-480 Hz range, but as cellphone usage grew, it became obvious that ringtone differentiation would become important. for their handset that was available in the legacy PBX environment. * Compatible Nortel Meridian([R]) or Norstar([R]) handsets will be auto-detected and default-configured by the TVA. * Siemens optiset[R] and optiPoint[TM] handsets and add-on modules now interoperate with Portico TVA. All features in Feature Pack 3 are backward compatible, and existing units can be updated in the field through Citel's Support Wizard. Feature Pack 3 will be pre-loaded on all newly manufactured Portico TVA units. "Portico TVA is revolutionizing VoIP migration by eliminating common enterprise objections - migration complexity and expense, disruption and retraining re·train tr. & intr.v. re·trained, re·train·ing, re·trains To train or undergo training again. re·train requirements," said Michael Burke, senior vice president, Citel. "Feature Pack 3, with its productivity-enhancing features and Siemens handset interoperability, adds tremendous value to enterprises looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to further streamline voice network configuration. With this new suite of features, Portico TVA will drive even greater enterprise VoIP migration." Beta customers have been testing Feature Pack 3 for several months, ensuring its performance and integrity. Teldisco, Inc., a telecommunications equipment broker based in the Toronto area, deployed two Portico TVA units with Feature Pack 3 to one of its customers, InternetSecure, Inc., early in the beta period. "We've been very impressed with the performance of the TVA units," said Paul Chapman, Teldisco's president. "Our customer, a 60-person credit card processing center, has been running VoIP with Portico TVA and Nortel handsets since June. The Installation and Configuration Tool enabled us to quickly set up the TVA units on the network, and the Nortel handset auto-detect feature further simplified the configuration process. We'll definitely continue to recommend Portico TVA to our customers migrating to VoIP." The Citel Portico TVA is available with 12 or 24 ports and interoperates with IP call control platforms from Asterisk, Avaya, BroadSoft, Cisco, MetaSwitch and Sylantro. It supports more than 100 handset types including Avaya Definity, Ericsson, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. DTERM, Nortel Meridian([R]), Norstar([R]), and P phone, Panasonic DBS (Direct Broadcast Satellite) A one-way TV broadcast service from a communications satellite to a small round or oval dish antenna no larger than 20" in diameter. , Siemens optiset[R] and optiPoint[TM], and Toshiba Strata DK. About Citel plc. Citel enables SMBs, large enterprises and service providers to realize the cost and productivity benefits of IP telephony while at the same time leveraging their existing PBX infrastructure. Businesses with single or distributed locations and PBX vendors can now deploy next-generation IP applications and services at their own pace, with little business disruption. Service providers can deploy hosted IP telephony services quickly, without having to "rip and replace" existing enterprise PBX handsets and 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. cabling. Citel is a publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. with corporate headquarters in Seattle, and development offices in Calgary, Alberta (Canada) and Nottingham, England (UK). For more information, visit www.citel.com. The contents of this Press Release may contain forward-looking statements which can be generally identified as such because the context of the statement will include the words such as Citel plc "expects," "should," "believes," "anticipates" or words of similar import. Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties including the financial performance of Citel plc which could cause actual results, performance or achievements of Citel plc to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. This Press Release does not constitute or form any part of any offer or invitation to sell or issue or any solicitation of any offer to purchase or subscribe for any securities in any jurisdiction, nor shall it (or any part of it) or the fact of its distribution form the basis of, or be relied upon in connection with, or act as any inducement to enter into, any contract or commitment therefore. Copyright 2007, Citel plc. All Rights Reserved. Citel, The VoIP Migration Company, Portico, and TVA are trademarks of Citel. All other product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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