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Mitel Live Business Gateway honoured for outstanding innovation

Mitel receives Unified Communications Magazine's 2008 Unified Communications Excellence Award

Johannesburg, 18 Mar 2009

Mitel has announced that Technology Marketing Corporation's (TMC's) Unified Communications magazine has named the Mitel Live Business Gateway solution as a recipient of the 2008 Unified Communications Excellence Award.

Mitel's Live Business Gateway allows enterprises to integrate Mitel's suite of applications to Microsoft's Office Communication Server 2007 - a platform for presence, instant messaging, conferencing, and enterprise voice. The Live Business Gateway solution delivers advanced applications for global communication and collaboration.

"Mitel has proven they are committed to quality and excellence while addressing real needs in the marketplace. Unified Communications is pleased to grant a 2008 Unified Communications Excellence Award to the Live Business Gateway," said Rich Tehrani, TMC President and Editor-in-Chief of Unified Communications magazine.

"We're proud to honour their hard work and accomplishments and look forward to more innovative solutions from Mitel in the future," said Tehrani.

Through the provision of advanced Mitel telephony applications to the Office Communications Server 2007, the Mitel/Microsoft partnership solution enables better access to information and people, enhances mobility, and increases productivity.

"Mitel continues to lead the market with enriched presence-enabled voice applications through its collaboration and integration with Office Live Communications Server 2007 platform," said Andy Bull, director for Mitel South Africa.

"Combined, our solution provides for a full, rich, standards-based federated collaboration environment that supports business decisions and improved customer interaction."

Customers across the globe are deploying combined Mitel/Microsoft solutions for a complete unified communications experience that is simple to use, implement, and manage.

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Mitel delivers flexibility and simplicity in smart unified communications solutions and applications for organisations of all sizes. Combined with a full range of managed services that include voice and data network design and traffic provisioning, custom application development, and attractive financing options, Mitel is reinventing how successful organisations gain competitive advantage by easily collaborating and communicating over distance and time with customers, colleagues and partners. Mitel's (www.mitel.com) US headquarters are in Phoenix, Arizona. Global headquarters are in Ottawa, Canada, with offices, partners and resellers worldwide.

Editorial contacts

Alison Bull
Alison Bull Communications
(032) 946 1911
abcomms@iafrica.com