- BellSouth Expands Voice over IP Portfolio to Include Avaya Solutions -
ATLANTA, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- BellSouth (NYSE: BLS) announced today
that it has entered into an agreement with Avaya (NYSE: AV) to resell Avaya
IP telephony solutions to businesses. Customers can now work with BellSouth
as a single point of contact to address telephony, messaging and contact
center requirements using Avaya's broad portfolio of IP-based solutions.
"BellSouth has a history of delivering outstanding customer service and
unmatched breadth of technology options for businesses," said Dick
Anderson, vice chairman and president - Business Markets, BellSouth. "Avaya
is a global leader in IP communications applications, systems and services
and its solutions add substantial strength to BellSouth's business product
portfolio."
BellSouth will market and sell Avaya IP telephony including the
following product suites and services:
- Avaya MultiVantage(R) Communications Applications - includes Avaya
Communication Manager IP telephony software and contact center,
messaging, mobility and business continuity applications.
- Avaya MultiVantage(R) Express - designed specifically for mid-sized
businesses, this single-server solution provides the power of Avaya
Communication Manager with built-in communications, messaging, mobility
and management applications.
- Avaya IP Office - flexible, converged voice and data system designed
for small and mid-sized businesses. IP Office enables businesses to
deploy an infrastructure that supports full-featured traditional voice
functionality today with the option to migrate to IP telephony in the
future.
- Avaya one-X(TM) Mobile, Desktop and Deskphone Editions - unique family
of devices provides consistent business features and one number access
to and from users with cellular, PC-based or desktop phones.
- Avaya Professional and IP Support Services - deliver pre- and post-
installation consulting and management services for IP telephony
customer support.
"With Avaya, BellSouth can deliver standards-based business IP
solutions that provide the resiliency, security, mobility and emergency
services support that customers demand," said Ralph Nimergood, vice
president - Systems Integrator/Service Provider Channel, Avaya. "BellSouth
has a broad portfolio of Avaya solutions that enable them to meet the needs
of any size business and deliver IP telephony in the way customers feel is
right for them."
BellSouth has delivered voice over IP solutions to businesses for five
years and supports a full range of professional and managed services on
Avaya and other leading manufacturers' platforms.
For more information about BellSouth voice and data solutions for
business customers, visit http://www.bellsouthlargebusiness.com.
About Avaya
Avaya Inc. designs, builds and manages communications networks for more
than 1 million businesses worldwide, including over 90 percent of the
FORTUNE 500(R). Focused on businesses large to small, Avaya is a world
leader in secure and reliable Internet Protocol (IP) telephony systems and
communications software applications and services.
Driving the convergence of voice and data communications with business
applications - and distinguished by comprehensive worldwide services -
Avaya helps customers leverage existing and new networks to achieve
superior business results. For more information visit the Avaya website:
http://www.avaya.com.
About BellSouth
BellSouth Corporation is a Fortune 500 communications company
headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. BellSouth has joint control and 40
percent ownership of Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless voice
and data provider with 57.3 million customers.
Backed by award-winning customer service, BellSouth offers the most
comprehensive and innovative package of voice and data services available
in the market. Through BellSouth Answers(R), residential and small business
customers can bundle their local and long distance service with dial-up and
high-speed DSL Internet access, satellite television and Cingular(R)
Wireless service. For businesses, BellSouth provides secure, reliable local
and long distance voice and data networking solutions. BellSouth also
offers print and online directory advertising through The Real Yellow
Pages(R) and YELLOWPAGES.COM(TM) from BellSouth.
BellSouth believes that diversity and fostering an inclusive
environment are critical in maintaining a competitive advantage in today's
global marketplace. More information about BellSouth can be found at
http://www.bellsouth.com/.
SOURCE BellSouth Corporation
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http://www.avaya.com
http://www.bellsouthlargebusiness.com
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CONTACT:
Media, Todd Smith of BellSouth,
+1-404-829-8723, or todd.smith@bellsouth.com ; or Deborah Kline
of Avaya, +1-908-953-6179, or klined@avaya.com
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