QuesCom, manufacturer of IP/GSM gateways and advanced telephony applications, today announced a ground-breaking partnership with Innovaphone that ensures full compatibility between its QuesCom 400 IP/GSM Gateway and Innovaphone’s IP PBX – thereby removing end-user concerns about IP migration costs, the major obstacle to adoption across Europe. The high levels of interoperability are the result of the close relationship and strategic alignment between both companies, and a testament to the extensive testing programme that took place to prior to market delivery.
Customers adopting both solutions will benefit from the flexible, secure and efficient approach to IP-based communications offered by Innovaphone‘s IP PBX, and the rapid return on IT investment delivered by the QuesCom 400 IP GSM – to the extent that an entire IP migration can be justified through the unit’s strategic cost saving capacity.
The QuesCom IP GSM Gateway delivers immediate reductions of between 50 and 90 per cent on corporate phone bills to users of Innovaphone’s IP PBX, by converting costly landline-to-mobile calls to less expensive mobile-to-mobile calls. This creates a strong business case for companies looking to migrate to an IP environment, as these savings can be offset against the price of the PBX and other IP hardware – such as handsets and switchboards.
Users also have the option to deploy QuesCom’s ground-breaking call management software, which extends the functionality of the entire IP network and allows users handle their communications with an increased level of organisation and effectiveness.
Phillippe Oros, Founder and President, QuesCom, comments: “Partnering with Innovaphone provides QuesCom with an exciting opportunity to expand significantly our European reach. By aligning our market leading technology with that of Innovaphone, we have created a seamless solution that helps companies realise the full promise of IP-based communications, while also providing a safe, secure and cost-effective framework in which they can migrate to IP technology.”
Dagmar Geer, CEO at Innovaphone, concludes: “IP-based communications have undoubtedly come of age and businesses are much more open to its benefits. However, some barriers to adoption do remain in place, particularly around cost sensitivity. By partnering with QuesCom, we are able to remove this obstacle and deliver secure and scaleable IP communications to a much wider base than was possible before.”
Both products are available with immediate effect from selected reseller and distributor partners across Europe. For local availability, please visit http://www.quescom.com or contact QuesCom office on +33 (0)4 97 23 48 48 or by email at sales@quescom.com.
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About QuesCom
QuesCom is the leading provider of IP/ISDN to GSM gateways. Founded in 1999, the company has more than 100 European resellers and is a Cisco (TDP) partner, as well as Innovaphone recommended solution. The QuesCom 400 product family allows immediate cost savings by cutting the monthly phone bill with savings of up to 90 per cent of calls to GSM phones. As a standalone, device the QuesCom 400 may be dropped into existing voice solutions without any downtime as well as being part of a migration strategy towards IP Telephony.
As well as providing immediate tangible cost-savings the QuesCom 400 GSM is able to significantly enhance a traditional PBX. In addition to built-in SMS handling and eFax capability option packs are available to enhance both user productivity and customer. These packs include a sophisticated Interactive Voice Response system as well as CTI Applications and voicemail to email capabilities.
For more information visit the QuesCom website at: www.quescom.com
About Innovaphone
innovaphone AG supplies businesses with leading technology for IP-telephony solutions. In contrast to both manufacturers of traditional telephone systems and suppliers of network equipment, innovaphone concentrates exclusively on the development, production, and distribution of IP-telephony solutions. The company is one of very few suppliers who implement IP telephony uncompromisingly. Every IP solution by innovaphone supports the independent convergence standards H.323 and SIP. This ensures that all the advantages of IP telephony - flexibility, investment security, and efficiency - come to full fruition.
In several years of intense development, innovaphone has created a product family of the highest technological standard. The first IP gateway (IP 400) was introduced in 1998, one year after the company was founded. It was followed by the IP gateway IP 3000 in January 2000, and the IP telephone tiptel innovaphone 200 two months later. The core of the product spectrum is the IP telephone system innovaphone PBX, developed by innovaphone.
innovaphone AG was founded in 1997 by five pioneers hailing from an ISDN background. The company's main offices are located in Sindelfingen. Approximately 40 employees do currently work at the innovaphone branches in Sindelfingen (headquarters), Hanover (training center), Berlin, Bozen (Italy), and Eskjö (Sweden). The company is developing business activities all over Europe. The list of companies and institutions using innovaphone's IP solutions includes, among others, Heinrich Bauer Publishers, the VW training center, The Ruhr University in Bochum, Swiss Television, the Fraunhofer Institute, and the Sparkasse Stralsund.
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