Inter-Tel Launches New Eclipse Business Communications System - Brief Article

Information Superhighways Newsletter, April, 2001

Inter-Tel Inc. announced the Eclipse product line, a new dependable, scalable business communication system, which is designed to protect a business' hardware investment by adding applications and upgrades via software.

The Eclipse system features a new line of phones that have a contemporary look and feel, and harness the powerful call processing capabilities Inter-Tel is known for in the telecommunications marketplace. Among other capabilities, the new product line offers sophisticated call processing, call center and computer telephony integration, unified messaging, and attendant call processing applications. With Eclipse, virtually all call-processing functions operate transparently across a network of up to 63 Eclipse systems. It provides transparent interoffices communications, across town or across the country over dedicated telecom circuits or over a company's IP network.

Since 1969, Inter-Tel has been offering communications systems designed to meet the communications challenges faced in building a business. Inter-Tel's Eclipse software-based, open architecture communications platform offers businesses a competitive advantage while protecting their investment.