Today's business cards tell the story: one person, many phone numbers. But they don't speak to the wasted productivity, lost cycles and total cost of ownership that come with managing all of those numbers and devices across an enterprise. Siemens Communications addresses these issues with its HiPath MobileConnect solution, offering end-to-end Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) that delivers seamless roaming between WLANs and cellular networks.
It has two elements. One is an appliance located between an enterprise's IP-PBX and WLAN which monitors and manages a mobile user's device continuously, whether on the corporate or public network. The other is a dual-mode handset client that provides access to IP-PBX features. Based on open standards, MobileConnect can interoperate with virtually any SIP-supported IP-PBX, WLAN and dual-mode handset.
Part of the Siemens Open Communications architecture, it combines fixed enterprise VoIP, WLAN and cellular mobility in a single device. Users can roam across WiFi and cellular networks without dropping calls. One phone number, one voicemail and a broad feature set offers a unified communications experience plus colleagues can reach them by dialing direct corporate extensions. A single phone number also allows clients and customers to quickly and more easily reach users, resulting in enhanced efficiency and greater responsiveness.
"MobileConnect can help boost business productivity and keep today's increasingly mobile workforce in touch with each other, customers and clients," said Eve Aretakis, CEO, Siemens Communications. "At the same time it has the potential to help cut costs and gain greater control over the proliferation of hand-held devices among employees."
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