BlackBerry Mobile Voice System 5 announced
Research In Motion (RIM) today announced plans to make BlackBerry Mobile Voice System 5 (BlackBerry MVS 5) available to more corporate phone systems and unified communications applications.
BlackBerry MVS 5 with voice over Wi-Fi calling will soon be available for Avaya Aura 6.1, Avaya CS1000 Communication Server, as well as legacy phone systems such as Avaya Communications Manager and Nortel Communication Server.
It is also currently available for Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco Call Manager Express, and Mitel Communications Director.
BlackBerry MVS 5 has also been re-architected to be more extensible with third party applications and phone systems.
“Working with RIM, Avaya customers have expanded options to increase their mobile productivity,” said Eric Rossman, vice president, Developer Relations and Alliances, Avaya.
“By using BlackBerry Mobile Voice System 5 with Avaya Aura and Avaya CS1000, enterprises can more fully exploit investments previously made in BlackBerry solutions to benefit their IT organizations, end users and customers.”
BlackBerry MVS unifies corporate phone systems with wireless communications allowing employees to cost effectively make and take desk phone calls practically anywhere in the world on their BlackBerry smartphones.
BlackBerry MVS 5 supports calls over cellular or Wi-Fi networks with automatic, prompted or manual handoff between these networks based on employee or administrator preferences.
Employees can make and take desk phone calls on their BlackBerry smartphone directly from the same phone interface they use for cellular calls.
Calls are routed through the company’s phone system, with a set of IT policies and controls for administrators to set least-cost routing for savings on long-distance and international roaming charges.
Call routing through the corporate phone system also helps with adherence to company policies and regulatory compliance requirements.
“Using the right communication medium at the right time, whether it’s an email, an instant message or a phone call, is important to success in business, and voice communications through BlackBerry Mobile Voice System can play a fundamental role in providing a secure and cost-effective unified communications experience for mobile workers,” said Jim Tobin, senior vice president, software & services at Research In Motion.
“We are pleased to extend BlackBerry MVS to more corporate phone system brands like Avaya and Nortel and make BlackBerry MVS available to more businesses.”
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