Avaya taps into Philippine-based ISVs

24.03.2006
Avaya Inc. is looking to tap into Philippine-based application developers to create vertical solutions for some of its new products, including its one-X line of SIP (Session Initiated Protocol)-based IP telephony solutions.

As part of its ASEAN roadshow, the company gave a preview of its one-X products during a local briefing, including one-X Quick Edition that resulted from Avaya's acquisition last year of Nimcat Networks, which makes peer-to-peer communications software.

One-X Quick Edition can connect up to 20 SIP-based IP phones and does not require a central server or a PBX. It also has a mobile edition that works on Nokia S60 smart phones and allows users to be accessible via a single number and voicemail system.

Avaya introduced one-X during the recently held VoiceCon Spring 2006 in the U.S. Targeted at the SMB (small and medium-sized businesses) market, the company announced one-X products will be available locally second half of 2006.

'These products are crucial to the ASEAN market,' said Rosemary Durand, Avaya's regional director for product management in Asia Pacific.