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Cisco's New Unified Communication System to Reduce Mobile Airtime Costs for Small Businesses

admin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:09:25 +0000

June 30, 2009 -- BT has today announced plans to integrate the BlackBerry® Mobile Voice System (MVS) technology from Research In Motion (RIM) with BT Communications Complete (based on the Cisco Unified Communications 500 Series platform).

The planned new offering will enable BlackBerry® smartphone users to take advantage of Wi-Fi® networks in the office for voice calls. The solution enables users to switch from Wi-Fi to cellular networks, even in mid-call, allowing small to medium-sized business to reduce mobile airtime costs and be more productive.

Business users will be able to enjoy all the out-of-the-office conveniences of their BlackBerry smartphone – access to contacts, calls, applications and email anywhere – when they are in the office, but without the usually higher mobile airtime costs.

With features like a single voicemail box, the development will also eliminate the time wasted listening to and answering messages on multiple voicemails – making users easier to contact and potentially giving them quicker response times to customers and colleagues' queries. » read more »

BlackBerry Mobile Voice System Server for Cisco Unified Communications Manager Unifies, Controls Corporate Voice Services

admin — Tue, 05 May 2009 06:50:20 +0000

ORLANDO, FL, April 4, 2009 -- Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM, TSX: RIM) today announced BlackBerry® Mobile Voice System (BlackBerry MVS) Server for Cisco® Unified Communications Manager - an enhanced version of BlackBerry MVS that is optimized for use with Cisco Unified Communications Manager version 6.1 or later.

BlackBerry MVS Server for Cisco Unified Communications Manager can make employees more accessible and productive by phone both in and out of the office and empower organizations to manage and control corporate voice services on BlackBerry smartphones.

BlackBerry MVS, through integration with Cisco Unified Communications Manager, supports a rich set of BlackBerry smartphone features, including:

* One "reach me anywhere" corporate phone number, one caller ID and one voice mailbox for both a Cisco Unified IP phone and BlackBerry smartphone

* Simultaneous or sequential ringing of up to four devices, including BlackBerry smartphones and Cisco Unified IP Phones » read more »

Cisco Enhances Contextual Collaboration with New Interoperability, Mobility and Video Capabilities

admin — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:53:32 +0000

Cisco Puts Collaboration in Context with New Application and Mobile Device Integration Capabilities

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 30, 2009 -- Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) today announced enhancements to the company's Unified Communications system that enable mobile access, improve video collaboration and extend interoperability across applications and devices such as Cisco WebEx® Connect, Cisco TelePresenceTM, Microsoft Office Communicator and the Apple iPhone. For businesses, the new Cisco® Unified Communications solutions streamline workflows, optimize collaboration and accelerate decision making. For all customers, the solutions enable collaboration anywhere, on any device and any network.

Today's news builds on the Cisco collaboration portfolio announcement in September, when Cisco entered the $34 billion collaboration market. The Cisco collaboration portfolio comprises unified communications, Cisco TelePresence and Web 2.0 applications built on an open, interoperable architecture that enables people to connect, communicate and collaborate in any workspace.

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Cisco's Linksys Division Empowers Mobile Operators to Offer New Consumer Experiences with Fixed Mobile Convergence

admin — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:33:54 +0000

New Wireless-G UMA Router from Linksys by Cisco Supports Innovative T-Mobile @Home Service

LAS VEGAS, – April 1, 2008 – Linksys®, a Division of Cisco, and the recognized leading global manufacturer of voice, wireless, and networking hardware for home, Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) and the small business user, today expanded its portfolio of products created for mobile operators with the introduction of the Linksys by Cisco Wireless-G Router with Two Phone Ports (WRTU54G). Designed specifically to meet the growing needs of mobile operators, the new router is the first in the Linksys by Cisco product family to bring Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA), an IP-based protocol, to support operator deployment of fixed and mobile services over a common infrastructure. The new device meets the desire from consumers for flexibility in selecting the voice services and devices for their unique lifestyles. » read more »

Cisco Makes Strategic Investment in ip.access

admin — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:24:16 +0000

CAMBRIDGE, January 23, 2008 - ip.access, the award-winning market leader in femtocell and picocell technologies, today announced that Cisco® has made an investment in the company. Terms of the investment were not disclosed.

Already cash-positive with its existing 2G picocell business, ip.access has secured funding from an impressive array of industry supporters for its breakthrough Oyster 3GTM femtocell, which is currently in trials with major mobile network operators globally. Existing ip.access investors include Scottish Equity Partners, Rothschild Gestion, Intel Capital, Amadeus Capital Partners, ADC and Motorola Ventures. » read more »

Cisco Completes Acquisition of Navini Networks

admin — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:48:57 +0000

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 19, 2007 - Cisco® today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Navini Networks, Inc., a leader in the Mobile WiMAX 802.16e-2005 broadband wireless industry. Navini is a pioneer in the integration of "Smart Beamforming" technologies with Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) antennas, a combination that improves the performance and range for WiMAX services and lowers the overall deployment and operational costs for service providers.

Navini's WiMAX products will extend Cisco's market-leading Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi-Mesh portfolios, allowing Cisco to uniquely address the rapidly growing markets for portable broadband services. The acquisition will also help extend and enhance Cisco's Internet Protocol Next Generation Network (IP NGN) vision and will help drive broadband penetration to consumers and businesses in emerging countries. » read more »

Mobility and Unified Communications: Cisco Q&A

admin — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:15:15 +0000

Paul Fulton discusses the importance of mobile integration with enterprise-wide unified communications

March 5, 2007 -- Mobility is no longer a niche technology for sales and field service teams in businesses; it is becoming an indispensable tool for all employees. According to IDC, 28 percent of enterprise employees use their mobile phone as their primary business phone. But until recently mobile phones were used largely as consumer devices and were not well integrated into the unified communications systems at many enterprises.

Cisco's recent acquisition of mobile software company Orative has added a powerful new dimension to the Cisco Unified Communications system. In this interview, Cisco's Senior Director of Mobile Unified Communications Paul Fulton sat down to talk about Cisco's strategy, products and vision for mobile unified communications.

Before we discuss the impact of mobility on enterprise communications, let's start by defining Unified Communications. » read more »