etisalat to trial Mitel's 3600 Hosted IP Key System

etisalat is exploring IP applications to provide enhanced telephony solutions for small businesses and large residential applications with Mitel. Upon completion of this trial etisalat will be able to provide its customers with a Hosted Key System Solution without the need to have expensive equipment located at the customer premises.

The Mitel 3600 Hosted Key System allows carriers to provide hosted IP systems for small business while low capital deployment and operating expenditures. etisalat plans on gradually rolling out a Hosted Key Service based on the Mitel product following the trial later this year.

The Mitel 3600 Hosted Key System provides all the features that small businesses use, without the up-front capital cost and the ongoing maintenance expenses inherent in owning a traditional phone system. Instead, the simple to-use functionality is delivered as a "pay as you grow" service that will never be obsolete allowing etisalat to offer a best of breed system to all of their customers.

"Our trial of Mitel's 3600 Hosted Key System solution is a demonstration by etisalat of its commitment and desire to provide the most advanced IP applications for our customers. We require a solution that reduces customer's capital expenses while at the same time offer high system availability and reliability, something the Mitel solution is effective at addressing," said Essa Haddad, Chief Marketing Officer at etisalat.

"etisalat and Mitel are an excellent fit for a trial of Hosted Key System solutions," said Sir Terry Matthews, Chairman of Mitel on a recent trip to etisalat HQ in Abu Dhabi. "We expect this opportunity will enhance our relationship and lead to further Mitel applications being deployed with etisalat. It is particularly gratifying that a world-class carrier such as etisalat has chosen to use a Mitel IP solution."