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IP Relay expands the Nokia End to End IP Telephony Solution
September 28, 1999
Unique two-line personal gateway provides the ultimate entry point for businesses looking to leverage IP Telephony
Further extending its comprehensive family of IP Telephony products, Nokia announces IPRelay, the first two-line personal gateway network peripheral that allows a connection from an IP network to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) or an existing Private Branch Exchange (PBX).
IPRelay is a compact cost-effective way of bridging an IP network to a company's existing PBX. Because remote users appear to the corporate PBX as extensions, they have access to all the PBX's extension features, such as dial-0 for operator, extension dialing, access to voicemail, etc. IPRelay can also act as a two-line personal IP Telephony gateway to the PSTN offering local calling access while still being connected to the corporate IP telephony network.
IPRelay is a user installable device designed for the global market. It is easy to install, and maintain, it does not require a PC as it connects directly to ethernet, and it is remotely upgradable and configurable using the Nokia IPClient central administration server.
"We continue to witness the growing adoption of IP Telephony client devices," said Dan MacDonald, VP Marketing Nokia Internet Communications, "These devices have evolved far beyond the original IP Telephony PC Client software offering and now rival the function and form factor choice of traditional circuit switched telephony."
IPRelay complements the Nokia IP Telephony client portfolio, providing customers with client devices including fully functional IP business telephones with optional 4 port hub, IP to standard analog telephone adapters, PC Client software and computer attached handsets. These products recognize the tremendous growth in Internet infrastructure and respond to the increase in IP traffic by creating a fully functional telephony solution for businesses and consumers.
Delivering Telephony Solutions for IP Networks
Nokia's complete IP Telephony solution - consisting of advanced call control, residential to carrier gateways, comprehensive portfolio of desktop client solutions and specialized service delivery technology enables Service Providers to quickly and easily provision new services including intelligent voice and fax services over geographically distributed, large-scale networks.
About Nokia
Nokia is paving the way to the mobile information society with its innovative products and solutions. Nokia is the leading mobile phone supplier and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed and IP networks including related services. It also supplies multimedia terminals and computer displays. In 1998, net sales totaled EUR 13.3 billion (USD 15.7 billion). Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on the New York (NOK), Helsinki, Stockholm, London, Frankfurt and Paris stock exchanges and employs more than 51 000 people.
Contact information:
Laurie Armstrong, Nokia Internet Communications
Tel. +1 613 271 6756, laurie.armstrong@nokia.com
David Donahue, GCI Group
Tel. +1 415 974 6200, DDonahue@gcigroup.com
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