Mobility in the enterprise workforce is not simply a demand for a cellular phone. Aastra has inherited a leading mobile solution portfolio in the enterprise from the early days of pagers, then DECT to today when it is a range of options including DECT, WiFi, WLan, 3G Fixed and wireless solutions which need to work seamlessly together. The MD110/MX-ONE, Mobility Gateway and EMS platforms can provide a range of solutions that can meet the business need.
The mobile resources highlighted are not restricted to enterprise deployment only. We would encourage readers to take a regular look at the Aastra resource links to stimulate ideas as well as providing product information. Mobility is a key solution area for businesses in the enterprise, and it has always featured strongly with Aastra. Effective use of mobility solutions (voice and data) in-building is not just about features and cost, it is also about reception. With increasing volume of usage and the expectation to be contactable wherever you are, expected, comes the need for ensuring coverage capacity is adequate.
DECT has been a traditional mobile office solution and although the Ericsson solution is very functionally strong the fact remains it is often a tactical solution to meet a particular business need. Cellular and Wireless Lan technologies need to inter work with the fixed network seamlessly in order to enable true mobility. With MD110 / MX-One and the portfolio of products available Ericsson offers the best mobile solutions capability.
Cellular integration into the enterprise is usually through fixed network connections and closed number groups. These offer in the main short code dialling and reduced call rates for internal customer traffic. These solutions are provided via the operators (fixed and mobile) and really focus on reduced rates of calling rather than improved mobile communication. Likewise the in-house mobile solutions for voice using wireless lan technologies are simply offering a DECT type solution using IP and WiFi or Wireless Lan technologies.
The One-Phone Ericsson solution bridges the solution areas highlighted above and brings a uniform single solution under the clients control. One phone can bring substanciual reductions in cost to the enterprise business and with that saving it also brings more effective communications.
Understanding of in-building coverage issues is an important element in determining how you can provide business class performance where you need it.
One of the biggest challenges to many comms managers is controlling communication costs. The use of cellular devices by mobile workers has continued to grow and with it the difficulty in controlling costs. Despite a trend toward reducing cellular tariffs, spends keep increasing.
Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) has arrived, or has it? There is still general confusion about what exactly that is, and how it will really help. Aastra have the strong portfolio of solutions, the challenge is translating them into real business solutions.
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Mx-ONE 3.2 support for dual mode client. Included in the overview above. Dual mode means..
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