Mitel announced it has joined the BlackBerry Alliance Program as an Elite Member and announced plans to add Mobile Voice System 5 to its UC solutions. This will enable fixed and mobile voice communications and help to increase corporate efficiencies and promote employee responsiveness and productivity.

The planned solution will combine the telephony features of Mitel Communications Director (MCD) with the mobility features of MVS 5 across corporate networks.  Dynamic Extension allows for seamless call hand-off between devices, meaning employees can answer a customer call at their desk, continue it on their BlackBerry smartphone and complete it on a home phone.

“Mobilizing voice systems is a priority for enterprises as they continue to look for new ways to empower their workforce,” said Jeff McDowell, senior vice president enterprise marketing and alliances, Research In Motion. “We’re pleased to be working with Mitel as they evolve their solution for our smartphones to offer even greater benefits.”

The solution can enable users to access UC and collaboration information including corporate contacts and voicemail using Advanced Mobile Portal, and automatically update Dynamic Status using Advanced Dynamic Location, a recently-announced BlackBerry application which uses GPS and other location-based services.

The Mitel solutions simplify the user’s call experience and enable IT managers to consolidate and simplify datacenter management, combining voice virtualization and other business applications into a single virtual environment.
“We continuously hear from customers about the importance of mobility. We are offering them solutions to suit their business communications and mobility needs,” said Paul Butcher, Mitel president and COO.

More at mitel.com.