Friday, 2 May 2008

Cisco & Nokia See Increase in Momentum for Mobile UC

Cisco and Nokia said they have seen a gain in momentum for their combined mobile unified communications (UC) solution amongst their customers and partners.

The Mobile Business Solution from Cisco and Nokia extends the rich Cisco Unified Internet Protocol (IP) Phone capabilities to Nokia Eseries smartphones over Cisco Unified Wireless Networks to offer users a seamless mobile experience in the enterprise environment and public cellular networks.

“Voice and data connectivity with best-in-class devices – that’s what organizations want for their increasingly mobile employees and operations,” said Tom Furlong, senior vice president, Services & Software, Nokia.

“The combined number of large enterprises and small-medium businesses who have either deployed this solution or are trialing it – coupled with the distribution footprint that we have to bring this solution to the market – is testimony to its success and acceptance by our customers.”

With such success behind them, both companies have announced that they will begin to deploy each other’s mobile solutions. Cisco is beginning to deploy Nokia Eseries smartphones for its sales organization in the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific theaters, while Nokia will begin with Cisco Unified Wireless Network in its offices, labs, and manufacturing sites.

The Mobile Business Solution from Cisco and Nokia is an IP-based Cisco Unified Communications solution, featuring Nokia’s latest dual-mode business-optimized Eseries smartphones and Cisco Unified Wireless Network family of wireless LAN controllers and access points. The Cisco and Nokia combined mobile unified communication solution helps businesses improve productivity and efficiency across their enterprise and mobile workspaces by extending the rich set of communications features from the Cisco Unified Communications family of products to Nokia Eseries smartphones.

The Solution is currently being commercially deployed with more than 100 customers, including the city of Biel, Switzerland; the city of Maastrich, The Netherlands; Millipore, United States; Omicron, Austria; SESCAM, Spain; Tifco Hotels, Ireland; and University of Arizona, United States.