TDM and VOIP

07.05.06 | Doug Mohney

Nortel and Polycom have announced IP phone support for Microsoft's Unified Communications Platform 2007.

LG-Nortel, a joint venture of LG Electronics Nortel, will develop and market a business-enabled IP desktop phone that will work with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 and incorporate presence-awareness, IP call management features, and enhanced instant messaging capabilities. Both Microsoft and LG-Nortel will market the new phones to Microsoft customers worldwide starting in 2007.

Polycom also announced support for Microsoft's plan for unified communication and will develop and market integrated business-class UC SIP "voice end-points," with the new products incorporating integrated desktop devices to leverage presence awareness, IM, and the new telephony and VoIP capabilities of Microsoft's unified communications platform. The new devices will also support wideband voice communications at 14 kHz, auto provisioning, management, and configuration.