Research and Markets: Sprint Nextel - IP Voice Connect, Managed IP Telephony Report Provides an Analytical Overview of the Product's Position within the Market

Business Wire, May 13, 2008

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c91618)has announced the addition of "Sprint Nextel - IP Voice Connect, Managed IP Telephony (Product Advisor)" to their offering.

Sprint offers network- and premises-based VoIP solutions for small businesses to medium enterprises. Lack of support for analog phones, limited support for PBX models, and no IP trunking put Sprint well behind its peers in the IP voice market. This report contains insight and analysis of the product or service strengths and weaknesses, list of buying criteria and how the product or service fares in each category, and a comprehensive table of product or service metrics and specifications. This report is useful for purchasers who need to evaluate products, or as a source of competitive intelligence for vendors.

Current Perspective

- Analytical overview of the products position within the market. Includes a competitive rating for the product ranging from Very Threatening, describing a product that is likely to make significant gains in market share because of its technology, features, functionality, and/or market presence; to Vulnerable, for products that are like to see decrease in market share due to competitive threats.

Strengths & Weaknesses

- Objective analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the product, with respect to competitors and alternative solutions. Covers key areas that are cited as downsides to the product when positioned against competitors, and key areas that are used as differentiators when selling the product. Provides the reader with an unbiased view of the product.

Buying Criteria

- Analysis of how well the product meets the customers' most important specifications, including: performance, price, functionality, availability, deployment and more. This section is helpful in situations where the reader needs to put together an RFI or RFP to compare competing products.

Product Metrics

- Updated regularly, product metrics provide the most recent relevant information and specifications for a product. Also useful for RFP and RFI purposes.

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