iiNet, Polycom partner with new SMB hosted telephony offering

Peter Dinham
Thursday, 29 September 2011 00:01

Australian ISP, iiNet and global unified communications vendor, Polycom have teamed up to offer small and medium businesses a new, hosted telephony solution called Business Voice which the two companies say enables a business to easily adapt to its ever-changing needs without the hassles and cost of maintaining a physical telephone infrastructure.
{loadpositon peter}According to the head of iiNet Business, Greg Bade, Business Voice combines iiNet's world-class infrastructure and customer support with Polycom's industry-leading voice solutions to offer 'businesses on-demand access to local and national calls, conferencing facilities, advanced call routing, music-on-hold and other features, for a simple, monthly cost per user.'

Bader said Business Voice is the latest product in a range of iiNet Business solutions that takes advantage of cloud computing technologies, and he said Polycom was chosen to partner with iiNet Business because of its 'broad offerings, product vision and commitment to the small and medium business market.'

'Polycom is the industry leader for a reason, and its robust and innovative technologies make it an ideal fit for iiNet's plans in the hosted business telephony space.  We're dedicated to offering small and medium sized businesses advanced technology and support - and Polycom's innovative solutions help us do just that,' Bader added.

Polycom's, Vice President Asia Pacific Michael Chetner at said that as one of Australia's largest Internet service providers, iiNet has built a reputation for quality service.

'Polycom shares a vision with iiNet to create business environments where individuals and teams can collaborate anywhere, anytime.  Small businesses want solutions that increase productivity and when customers choose Polycom, they can be assured that's what they'll get.

'Our communications systems are easy to use and cost-effective, and even more cost-effective over time as Polycom's commitment to open standards-based interoperability ensures that as a customer's business grows and its communication environments expand to include multi-vendor systems, it all works together seamlessly.'