Mitel extends its award-winning desktop enhancing ease of use, choice and flexibility
Ottawa, Ont., Canada - Mitel, the trusted innovator of IP communication solutions for the enterprise, unveiled today its new generation of IP phones and accessories designed to provide greater interoperability and desktop ease-of-use, along with more choice, flexibility, and convergence for the end-user.
Continuing its innovation and leadership at the desktop, Mitel has extended its award-winning desktop portfolio to include the Mitel 5330 and 5340 IP Phones, the Mitel Wireless LAN Stand (WLAN) and the Mitel Gigabit Ethernet Stand (GigE).
"Mitel is committed to providing innovative IP phones, applications and capabilities at the desktop that provide exceptional ease-of-use and enhanced user value," said Mitel's vice-president of product development, Ron Wellard. "Mitel's new additions to its desktop portfolio demonstrate our continued focus on the end-user experience by developing devices and standards-based applications that are easy to use, customizable to meet the unique communication requirements of diverse communities of users and can be seamlessly integrated into business processes."
Designed with large graphic displays and wideband audio, Mitel's new 5330 and 5340 IP phones come with 24 - 48 customizable, soft-labeling keys, respectively. Ideal for enterprise executives, managers or employees, the 5330 and 5340 IP Phones come equipped with wideband audio handsets (7 kHz) making them acoustically superior to many IP phones available today. The new Mitel phones are also designed for power conservation, operating at significantly reduced power consumption compared to many competitors' phones.
Also available, the Mitel HTML Toolkit for the 5330 and 5340 IP Phones provides an easy-to-use way to create graphical phone applications using a standard web-authoring tool such as Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 and Macromedia Dreamweaver 8. This application allows the phones to be easily integrated into key business processes. Additionally, Mitel has created templates designed specifically for particular vertical market sectors such as education, retail, finance and hospitality.
Both phones support Mitel's new GigE and WLAN stands as well as conference units and the Line Interface Module (LIM) that provides E-911 emergency dialing and survivability using the PSTN. They also support Mitel's proprietary MiNet and SIP protocols, as well as teleworker, automatic call distribution (ACD) and Hot Desking. The 5330 and 5340 IP Phones and HTML Toolkit will be available in July 2006.
Intelligent Evolution - Mitel Maintains Investment Protection
Mitel's Gigabit Ethernet Stand is a cost-effective solution that is designed specifically to meet the needs of customers with high bandwidth requirements. By building the GigE interface into the phone stand, users can GigE-enable legacy 5200- and 5300-series IP phones, rather than junk and replace. This enables enterprises to migrate its installed base over time, protect its investment and offer the user choice and flexibility in selecting an IP phone. The GigE Stand is currently available.
Mitel's Wireless Phone Stand enables many of Mitel's wired phones with 802.11 wireless connectivity. The WLAN Stand operates in two modes: client and access point. The client mode enables the phone to operate in a standard WLAN environment while the access point mode provides a wireless environment for multiple Mitel IP phones and wireless devices. The stand is ideal for customers with wiring constraints, wireless greenfield sites, temporary locations, and teleworkers with a wireless LAN at home, among other applications and benefits. The WLAN Stand will be available in July 2006.
To view the products please visit:
Mitel 5330 IP Phone: http://www.mitel.com/DocController?documentId=19422
Mitel 5340 IP Phone: http://www.mitel.com/DocController?documentId=19423
Mitel Wireless LAN Stand: http://www.mitel.com/DocController?documentId=19401
Mitel Gigabit Ethernet Stand: http://www.mitel.com/DocController?documentId=19404
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About Mitel
Mitel is a leading provider of integrated communications solutions and services for business customers. Mitel's voice-centric IP-based communications solutions consist of a combination of telephony hardware and software that integrate voice, video and data communications with business applications and processes. These solutions enable our customers to realize significant cost benefits and to conduct their business more efficiently and effectively by enabling enhanced communications, information sharing and collaboration within a business and with customers, partners and suppliers. Mitel is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, with offices, partners and resellers worldwide. For more information, visit www.mitel.com.
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