MCI Unveils Next-Generation VoIP Portfolio for Business
September 20 2005 - 9:06AM
PR Newswire (US)
New Expanded Suite Gives Customers Unprecedented Choice and Greater
Simplicity in Moving to Converged Environment BOSTON, Sept. 20
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FALL 2005 VON -- Helping companies
simplify the move to IP Telephony, MCI, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCIP) today
announced it has expanded its Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
suite of services to include two new solutions-Managed IP PBX and
IP Trunking Services. With MCI's newly-extended Advantage
portfolio, companies can now choose the VoIP solution that best
matches their business and technical needs, while taking advantage
of their existing voice and data infrastructure. Solutions can be
hosted within MCI's network, located at the customer's premise or a
hybrid of the two, giving customers far greater flexibility. MCI's
next-generation VoIP portfolio consists of four enterprise
solutions and includes its newest additions-Managed IP PBX and IP
Trunking - to its flagship Hosted IP Centrex and IP Integrated
Access offerings. The new solutions are ideal for a broad range of
companies and MCI Advantage customers, such as Officescape, already
are experiencing the same reliability, quality and calling features
they have come to expect from traditional business telephone
services, with the cost savings opportunities and multimedia
applications that VoIP makes possible. "MCI is helping customers
transition to a converged IP environment at their own pace and
path," said Nancy Gofus, MCI senior vice president of IP Services.
"We know that one-size-doesn't-fit-all and with our new portfolio
MCI is well-positioned to help customers simplify the complexity of
deploying and operating VoIP services, while eliminating the
traditional constraints of migrating to a converged IP
environment." According to industry experts, the adoption of VoIP
is now just beginning to gain critical mass. Infonetics Research
forecasts the North American market for business VoIP services will
grow from $1.8 billion in 2005 to $11.4 billion in 2009. With
savings opportunities in cost and resources, voice over IP enables
companies to realize more value from their current infrastructure
while deriving new functionality. With IP convergence, enterprises
can expect to pay for less bandwidth overall, reduce management
complexity, procurement issues and billing headaches, all of which
translate into lower costs and better utilization of resources for
enterprise customers. As MCI's latest addition to its portfolio,
Managed IP PBX Services allow customers such as Danka to offload
the management of their premise-based IP telephony systems. From
WAN to LAN, MCI is extending its networking capabilities and
combining its global networking, voice and security offerings to
deliver a comprehensive managed IP telephony solution with high
levels of performance, reliability and restoration. MCI's new
offering is based on Cisco's cost efficient and highly scalable
CallManager platform with assistance in the design and
implementation from NEC Unified Solutions, a leader in converged
voice and data solutions. MCI will provide the ongoing management
and continuous optimization of the IP PBX solution, as well as aid
in the planning, designing, and implementation phases of the
service, delivering a true end-to-end solution for enterprise
customers. "At Danka, we partnered with MCI to run our critical
communications infrastructure," said Michael Wedge, CIO of Danka.
"With MCI's Private IP infrastructure and IP PBX management, we are
able to achieve high levels of performance yet gain additional
functionality through the use of IP, all while significantly
reducing our communications costs." MCI's other new addition to its
portfolio is its Advantage IP Trunking Service which uniquely
enables customers to use converged access to carry local, long
distance and data traffic, eliminating the need for multiple access
facilities for each separate service, greatly simplifying the
deployment and management of enterprise VoIP services. MCI's new
service also performs the conversion and termination of VoIP calls
via its network-based IP gateways. As a result, customers no longer
need to purchase and manage costly premise-based IP to PSTN
gateways, traditionally used to terminate calls to non-VoIP
locations. MCI's IP Trunking offering is initially available with
Cisco CallManager with plans to roll-out additional IP PBX
platforms in 2006. This service is the perfect complement to MCI's
new Managed IP PBX offering. With MCI's VoIP portfolio, benefits to
customers are many. With all of its offerings, customers can tap
into enhanced voice and data applications, helping to increase
employee productivity both in and out of the office with an array
of Web-based features. With the expansion of its IP Telephony
capabilities, MCI offers customers integrated functionality,
including call screening, simultaneous ring, auto attendant,
third-party conferencing, and Web-based receptionist services. This
enables MCI to offer large enterprise customers and their
teleworkers the voice features they demand in a consolidated
package, while delivering cost-effective new communications
capabilities to smaller organizations. MCI's Advantage Services
also are available with the company's MPLS-based offering and
fastest growing service, Private IP. MCI's Private IP delivers an
ideal VPN environment for high-priority applications like voice
while enabling customers to achieve greater functionality and
efficiencies from their current network operations and streamlined
network management. Private IP's advanced MPLS platform allows
businesses to gain better control over their networks and enhance
efficiency by leveraging the inherent security and traffic
management capabilities of MPLS along with Quality of Service (QoS)
to deliver an ideal surround for carrying voice traffic. MCI's new
dedicated team of IP Telephony experts work closely with each
customer to understand their individual business and technical
requirements to design, develop and implement a solution tailored
to their specific communications environment. Available
immediately, MCI's Advantage portfolio is backed by
industry-leading service level guarantees. MCI will demonstrate its
Advantage suite at Fall 2005 VON in Boston, Booth #1315. About MCI,
Inc. MCI, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCIP) is a leading global communications
provider, delivering innovative, cost-effective, advanced
communications connectivity to businesses, governments and
consumers. With the industry's most expansive global IP backbone,
based on the number of company-owned points of presence, and
wholly-owned data networks, MCI develops the converged
communications products and services that are the foundation for
commerce and communications in today's market. For more
information, go to http://www.mci.com/. DATASOURCE: MCI, Inc.
CONTACT: Janet Brumfield of MCI, +1-800-644-NEWS, or Web site:
http://www.mci.com/
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