Articles tagged with: Avaya
Canada to review Nortel-Avaya deal
Canada's industry minister said Thursday he will review the sale of Nortel's enterprise division to U.S. telecom company Avaya to determine if the deal significantly benefits Canada. more
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Nortel Confirms Avaya Buying its Enterprise Solutions Division
Nortel has confirmed that avaya is to be the buyer of its global Enterprise Solutions business after paying US$900 million in cash to Nortel, with an additional pool of US$15 million reserved for an employee retention program. The transaction also includes the shares of Nortel Government Solutions Incorporated and DiamondWare, Ltd. more
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Cisco Systems and Avaya Sued for Visual Voicemail Patent Infringement
Klausner Technologies says that it has filed suit against Cisco Systems and avaya, for alleged patent infringement. The lawsuit asserts that Cisco's and avaya's Visual Voicemail services infringe Klausner Technologies' Visual Voicemail patents. more
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Nortel Gets Approval for Enterprise Networking Division Sale
Nortel Networks has received approval from the courts managing its bankruptcy to sell off its enterprise networking business. The company already has an offer from avaya for US$475 million, under the same "stalking horse" system it used when selling off its wireless networking business to Ericsson. more
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Nortel Sells Enterprise Unit to Avaya for $475 Million
Nortel Networks has inked a deal to sell its phone systems business to avaya for US$475 million. The transaction is being structured as a "stalking horse" sale, which allows counter-bids from other companies, although Nortel would have to pay a break-up fee to avaya should a higher offer emerge. more
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Unified Communications Market Tops $3 Billion in the Third Quarter
A recently published report from Dell'Oro Group reveals that the Unified Communications market surpassed $3 billion during the third quarter of this year, driven in large part by the marketÃ's top two vendors - avaya and Cisco. more
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VoIP infrastructure boosts role in vendor sales
At the end of the first half 13% of the country's 10mn corporate lines were running over VoIP platforms, according to Select. more
Avaya Agrees To Be Taken Private For $8.2 Billion In Cash
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones) -- avaya has agreed to be acquired by two investment firms in an $8.2 billion deal that would take the developer of corporate-phone systems private. more
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Sprint Offers Office PBX Integration with Mobile Phones
The USA based, Sprint has launched product which extends customers' premises-based PBX features and functionality to their mobile phones. Sprint Wireless Integration features include providing users with one phone number that simultaneously rings both the desk phone and mobile phone, along with one converged enterprise voicemail inbox. more
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KPN Appoints Libor Voncina As New CEO Belgian Unit Base
AMSTERDAM -(Dow Jones)- Dutch telecommunications company Royal KPN NV (KPN) Wednesday said it has appointed Libor Voncina as the new CEO of KPN's Belgian mobile unit BASE. more
