Mitel unveils Mitel Navigator at Gitex Saudi Arabia, 24-28 April Riyadh

In addition to recruiting new channels for the Saudi Market, Mitel will unveil the newNavigator which delivers an unrivalled user experience and can be personally tailored for specific horizontal and vertical market applications. "We are very pleased to demonstrate that convergence is no longer a soft advanced application of various media but now is a reality across the hardware as we now can see with the Navigator " said Abbas Osman, Head of Technical Support in GCC, Mitel.

"Mitel has captured the market with the Navigator, presenting a new class of desktop device and a breakthrough product, yet another example of Mitel's consistent innovation. said Mohammed Gaith, Mitel country Manager in Saudi. "Mitel are always the first to innovate, look at the history -'Electronic PBX', 'Call by Name', ' Fibber distributed PBX co-locations, 'Color PDA integration' and now the Navigator. All are indicative of Mitel commitment and leading position in the industry,'' summarises Mr. Gaith.

The new product is fully integrated with the Mitel Your Assistant and is securing new features, SIP functionality and a powerful user interface. Navigator can also be integrally linked to the award winning Mitel Your Assistant, which is a highly intuitive suite of tools delivering presence, collaboration, video and instant messaging with knowledge, call and directory management that improves efficiency through a single interface. The Mitel Navigator can also be used with Microsoft's Live Communications server and Instanbul client to enhance the telephony-enabled desktop experience

"The unveiling of Mitel Navigator at Gitex Riyadh 2005 is further proof of Mitel's thought leadership in providing our customers with a superior desktop communications experience," said Don Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Mitel. "This is the first of a new communications category, fuelled by the tangible business benefits that IP telephony brings today, that will radically change the way we work in the future. Mitel Navigator is all about making sophisticated communications as simple as a phone call but as powerful as a PC."

The Mitel Navigator can be seen during Gitex 2005 at the Mitel Stand 836 under the Dubai Internet City (DIC) Pavilion, April 24 - 28, 2005. The product will be available in the region after the official release in Gitex Dubai 05 in Sep/Oct.