AVAYA VOICE AND DATA CONVERGENCE ROADSHOW HELD IN DUBAI

 

FOR RELEASE: MONDAY, MAY 28, 2001

 

ARABIAN GULF  – Avaya Inc. (NYSE:AV), a global leader in corporate networking solutions and services, hosted an Avaya Voice and Data Convergence Road show at the Metropolitan Palace Hotel, in Deira, Dubai recently.  Senior Avaya executives discussed how the communications revolution is transforming the way businesses communicate, compete and succeed in the e-Business age.  The event demonstrated how companies in the United Arab Emirates can benefit from implementing converged communication solutions, which integrate voice, video and data traffic onto a single communications line.

The Dubai stop was part of a wider initiative covering a number of Middle Eastern and North African countries.  "Participants were given the opportunity to learn about Avaya's comprehensive communications solutions created by our research and development engine,  Avaya Labs. These have been designed to help companies succeed in a customer-driven economy and the current e-Business climate," said Walter Koenig, regional managing director, Middle East, North Africa and South Eastern Europe, Avaya.

During a draw at the road show, Seven Seas Computers' Regional Manager for Sharjah and Northern Emirates, Hasan Zaheer, won an Avaya Wireless Residential Gateway (RG I), which is part of Avaya's Small Office & Home (SOHO) solution. The  RG I enables small office users and family members to share network services such as Internet access from anywhere in the home or small office environment.

The RG I acts as a central base station for multiple wireless users using the Avaya Wireless PC Card or USB Client. Remote Network Access can be provided via the built-in 56K modem or by the Ethernet port which connects to broadband cable, xDSL or ISDN services.

Avaya, headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., is a leading global provider of communications solutions and services that help businesses, government agencies and other institutions -- including more than 75 percent of the Fortune 500 -- excel in the customer economy.  Avaya offers Customer Relationship Management Solutions, Unified Communication Solutions, Hosted Solutions, MultiService Networking Infrastructure, and Converged Voice and Data Networks -- including the company’s no-compromise Enterprise-Class IP Solutions (ECLIPS) -- all supported by Avaya Services and Avaya Labs.  Avaya is the worldwide leader in unified messaging, messaging systems, call centres and structured cabling systems.  It is the U.S. leader in voice communications systems.  For more information about Avaya, visit its Web site at http://www.avaya.com or contact or call Biba Miletic on +9714 3304050, Ext. 2028 or email: salesinfo@avaya.com

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