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Polycom, Inc.: Polycom DECT Offerings Round Out ShoreTel's Portfolio of High-Quality Wireless Voice Communications Solutions

^{Published on 2009-07-21 05:45:29, Last Modified on 2009-07-21 05:45:38 - Market Wire}
 

PLEASANTON, CA--(Marketwire - July 21, 2009) - Polycom, Inc. (NASDAQ: [ PLCM ]), the global leader in telepresence, video, and voice communications solutions, today announced that its digital enhanced cordless telephony (DECT) wireless voice systems have been certified for use with ShoreTel's Unified Communications (UC) solutions.

The solutions now certified for use with ShoreTel include the Polycom [ KIRK® Wireless Servers ] (KWS) 6000 and 300, as well as the full portfolio of KIRK handsets. The addition of the KIRK products to the ShoreTel-certified portfolio offers more flexibility and choice for customers deploying ShoreTel's UC solutions.

The Polycom wireless IP DECT solutions are popular among businesses of all sizes:

 -- The KWS300 is a SIP-based wireless telephony system that is ideal for smaller sized businesses. The KWS300 is a single-cell system that can support up to 12 handsets and four simultaneous calls. A total of six KIRK repeaters can be added to extend the coverage area. -- The KWS6000 is a SIP-based wireless telephony solution that can fulfill the wireless needs of more than 4,000 mobile employees. It is a multi-cell solution that is extremely scalable, whether an end-user needs radio coverage of a large geographical area or a large number of mobile employees need the flexibility of wireless telephony. Since it can grow as the business grows, it provides strong investment protection and is ideal for midsize businesses and large enterprises looking to support a rapidly evolving wireless strategy. 

Polycom also offers a full range of KIRK wireless handsets that targets both carpeted environments and industrial facilities that need durable and ruggedized handsets. Organizations can choose a combination of handsets in the wireless DECT solution to meet the individual needs of every employee.

"With the addition of Polycom's DECT solutions to our portfolio of certified products, we're offering organizations the flexibility and choice of a best-in-class end-to-end solution," said Kevin Gavin, vice president of marketing at ShoreTel. "ShoreTel certification of Polycom's SIP-based products reinforces ShoreTel's commitment to open standards and support for SIP-based solutions that drive the mainstream adoption of UC across all sectors."

"ShoreTel is an important player in the Unified Communications market, "Jim Kruger, vice president of marketing for Polycom Voice Communications Solutions. "As a certified partner of ShoreTel's Technology Partner Program, we're able to team with ShoreTel to deliver a broad range of standards-based, full-featured communications endpoints to meet the diverse communications needs of our joint customers worldwide."

Earlier this year, ShoreTel and Polycom announced interoperability of ShoreTel's UC solutions with Polycom's SpectraLink® wireless telephones and SoundStation® IP conference phones. The full press release is available by clicking [ here ].

Pricing & Availability

All of the solutions above are available through ShoreTel certified resellers. Pricing for the KIRK solutions varies depending on the configuration and number of handsets, which start at a price of U.S. $140.

About ShoreTel

ShoreTel, Inc. (NASDAQ: [ SHOR ]) is the provider of brilliantly simple Unified Communication (UC) solutions based on its award-winning IP business phone system. We offer organizations of all sizes integrated, voice, video, data, and mobile communications on an open, distributed IP architecture that helps significantly reduce the complexity and costs typically associated with other solutions. The feature-rich ShoreTel UC system offers the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) and the highest customer satisfaction in the industry, in part because it is easy to deploy, manage, scale and use. Increasingly, companies around the world are finding a competitive edge by replacing business-as-usual with new thinking, and choosing ShoreTel to handle their integrated business communication. ShoreTel is based in Sunnyvale, California, and has regional offices in Austin, Texas, United Kingdom, Sydney, Australia and Munich, Germany. For more information, visit [ www.shoretel.com ].

About Polycom

Polycom, Inc. (NASDAQ: [ PLCM ]) is the global leader in telepresence, video, and voice solutions and a visionary in communications that empower people to connect and collaborate everywhere. Please visit [ www.polycom.com ] for more information.

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