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NEC Unified Solutions -  Elite IPK II  2U VoIP Telephony Solution

Key Features:

• Six Slot 19" Stackable Chassis Architecture
• Simple setup, Installation, and Maintenance
• Elite IPK II Functionality for an IP  Environment
• Multiple Configuration Options
• Fully Expandable  Modular System

NEC has a 2U form factor KSU with all the robust IPKII features that makes it the preferred solution for small and medium size businesses in a design that reflects NEC's tradition of quality and reliability. And now, for the first time, the IPK II feature set is rack mountable to fit a standard multi-slot stackable chassis architecture.

Nortel announces General Availability (GA) of Business Communications Manager release 4.0

BCM 4.0 provides a number of new applications capabilities that further enhance the solutions that can be created to meet individual customer needs.  These include Ad-Hoc conferencing capabilities for up to 40 simultaneous users, restructuring the Call Center offerings to provide greater flexibility in solutions development, supporting Unified Messaging in the Citrix environment, and Call Pilot enhancements including expanded greeting tables and CCR trees.

To support the rapidly growing deployment of VoIP solutions on BCM, the following capabilities will be included with the 4.0 release: Proactive Voice Quality Monitoring (PVQM), Voice enabled WAN, and expansion of the IP Telephone portfolio to include the IP Conference Phone (2033), 1120E, 1140E, and the IP Key Expansion Module.

With BCM 4.0, SIP support will be expanded to include SIP interoperability with the CS1000 and MCS5100, support for MCDN features on SIP trunking and T.38 FAX support on SIP trunks.

          NATG achieves Advantage Partner Status with Nortel

North American Telecommunications Group has recently attained Advantage Partner status with Nortel Networks. The Advantage Partner designation assures you that NATG has focused expertise on Nortel Enterprise data, voice, and applications portfolios. We have qualified Sales Professionals, certified design and support personnel and offer support services in accordance with Nortel's requirements for Advantage Partners.

NEC Electra Elite IPK II . . . More Power, More Features!

NEC Expands on it's successful line of Key/Hybrid products with the Electra Elite IPK II. The new IPK II, with a processor four times more powerful than it's predecessor, supports on-board applications like ACD and voicemail, larger configurations (456 ports), and seamless IP deployment. The IPK II CPU comes equipped to support up to 256 IP phones and offers existing Electra Elite 48/192 and IPK customers a very affordable migration path. Contact your sales rep or call us at 604-856-9155 for further details.

Nortel 1100 Series IP Phones

The Nortel IP Phone 1100 Series encompasses a sleek, cutting-edge, ergonomic design with delivery of innovative capabilities including high resolution, backlit, monochrome greyscale pixel-based, graphical displays, support for data and web-based applications, Universal Serial Bus peripheral support** for enhanced user navigation, an integrated phone switch with Gigabit Ethernet PC and LAN ports**, a local secure tools menu for simplified administration along with tight integration leveraging the robust suite of features as delivered from Nortel Communication Servers. The IP Phone 1100 Series will be available beginning Q4, 2005.

Nortel BCM50 Communication Server

The newest member of the BCM portfolio of converged communications systems for business and enterprise.

• Focused on the smaller office / branch office market place. Optimized for < 20 user market segment
• Extends the value of convergence to small businesses
• CallPilot VoiceMail, Auto Attendant and Custom Call Routing (CCR Trees), Unified Messaging, Call Center and CTI built in with Key Code activation
• Centralized Management via a browser interface
• Supports all legacy digital telephone sets
• DHCP server included for management of IP sets
• BCM50 provides VoIP Interworking on H.323 V4 with the following Nortel products:
  • BCM 3.5 and BCM 3.6
  • CS1000 / CS1000M Rls 3.0 and Rls 4.0
  • M1 IP Trunk 3.0.1
  • MCS5100 Rls 3.0
  • Supports MCDN
• BCM50  Main Unit supports:
  • max 4 Analog Trunks
  • max 12 Digital Stations
  • max 4 Analog Stations
  • max 32 IP Stations
  • max 12 IP Trunks
    • H.323 V4
    • MCDN
    • Internal H.323 routing table or external gatekeeper
    • G711 A law, G729,A,B
    • T.38 fax
    • G.168 echo cancellation
  • 3 - RJ-45 LAN ports
  • Dedicated OA&M port
• BCM50e  Main Unit with Ethernet Router based on Contivity 221
• BCM50a  Main Unit with ADSL Router based on Contivity 251
• Both models above support IP Sec VPN with Triple DES encryption (5-Tunnels)
• The BCM50 will be the first LPS product built on Linux. Advantages include:
  • Improved security environment
  • Direct developer access to the OS layer for fast issue resolution
  • Allows ownership of the strategic direction and ensures an effective, long term support strategy
  • Huge community for OS support and functions designed for the Linux OS

   

NEC Digital Signage Control

NEC was an early pioneer in communications and has been an industry leader in display technology for many years as well. The BlueFire® VC Digital Signage Controller takes advantage of NEC’s expertise in both of these areas. The BlueFire VC is an IP/Ethernet network addressable device that is collocated with the display signage such as large Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs) and Plasma Display Panels (PDPs). Being LAN connected enables the BlueFire VC to receive content, scheduling and other instructions from a central site for controlling and monitoring multiple individual display systems. Each BlueFire VC has an 80 GB hard drive for storing multiple messages for playback according to schedule.

The BlueFire VC’s wireless option enables the deployment of digital signage in areas that have AC power access but no networking infrastructure, making it possible to take advantage of the benefits of digital signage while avoiding a costly investment in premise re-wiring.

When used with NEC LCDs and PDPs and NEC BlueFire data networking solutions, a total digital signage solution can be implemented with the assurance of NEC quality, performance and reliability throughout. In addition, BlueFire networking solutions support state-of-the-art encryption and authentication providing the highest levels of communications security available.

The BlueFire VC Digital Signage Controller is built on open standards and supports a wide variety of other vendors’ PDPs, LCDs and projectors. It is likewise interoperable with other vendors’ standard Ethernet/IP connectivity products facilitating integration into a multi-vendor networking environment.