New portal simplifies configuration of Clearspan Anywhere™
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Dallas, TX, November 2, 2009 – Aastra USA today announced new features for its Clearspan® Unified Communications solution, including enhancements to simplify configuration of Clearspan Anywhere™ for Fixed-Mobile Convergence (FMC).
Clearspan Anywhere allows users to make and receive calls via a single phone number regardless of what device they use - desktop phone, mobile phone, soft client, executive conference room phone, residential phone, hotel phone or any similar set of devices.
Clearspan Anywhere FMC features include:
- Call Termination via a single phone number (or multiple phone numbers, depending on user preference) on up to ten devices;
- Call Origination from these devices with a single calling line ID (CLID);
- Call Continuity from one device to another via a seamless handover of the call. For example, if a call is answered on a desktop phone and the user needs to leave his office, he can “move” the call to his cell phone with no interruption of the call or any indication to the connected party that he has changed devices.
- Service Consistency across all devices: all Clearspan services including calling features, access to directories, 4-digit dialing, and complex features such as Executive-Admin rules work whether the user is on their mobile phone, soft phone, or fixed phone.
With the latest software upgrade, Aastra has enhanced Clearspan’s desktop toolbars and added advanced configuration capabilities for additional customization to an individual’s needs. New scheduling capabilities allow greater flexibility in call routing and allow a user to determine when they want to accept calls “anywhere”. For example, between the hours of 7AM and 7PM, Clearspan can ring a desk phone, home phone, and mobile phone simultaneously or sequentially; otherwise calls will be delivered only to the desk phone. Alternatively, calls from specified incoming numbers (e.g., spouse or boss) might always be delivered to all devices. Another new feature is the ability to require answer confirmation. This feature provides added security to ensure that calls are only delivered to a real person or to the Clearspan voice mailbox, not a mobile or residential voicemail. All of these features can be easily accessed and changed from an Outlook or web browser toolbar.
“People want to call people, not phones,” said Tim Whittington, Sr. Vice President and General Manager, Aastra USA Inc. “When someone needs to reach me, they shouldn’t have to call five different numbers. Clearspan Anywhere gives me the ability to provide one contact number that can reach me wherever I am, at the times I choose to accept calls. Conversely, I can make calls from anywhere with the appearance of a single outgoing number. This provides true seamless mobility, customizable to my needs.”
Clearspan, which is targeted at large enterprises with 1,500 to over 100,000 users, is a SIP-to-the-core solution, with carrier-grade reliability and scalability. Clearspan’s Self-Paced Migration™ strategy allows enterprises to gain many of the benefits of unified communications today, while migrating at their own pace to the complete solution without business disruptions normally associated with deploying a new communications system. Clearspan can be deployed as an overlay for existing call managers to offer direct access to new advanced unified communications features, while still protecting their existing investment in hardware and endpoints.
About Aastra USA
Aastra USA Inc. is the US business unit of Aastra Technologies Limited, a company at the forefront of the enterprise communication market. Headquartered in Concord, Ontario, Canada, Aastra develops and delivers innovative communications products and applications for businesses. Aastra’s operations are truly global with more than 50 million installed lines around the world and a direct and indirect presence in more than 100 countries. Aastra USA is entirely dedicated to enterprise communications and offers IP telephony and Unified Communications solutions individually tailored to satisfy its customers’ requirements. These range from feature-rich call managers for small and medium businesses and highly scalable ones for large enterprises, integrated mobility, call center solutions to a wide selection of terminals. With a strong focus on open standards, Aastra USA enables enterprises to communicate and collaborate more efficiently. For additional information on Aastra, visit our website at www.aastrausa.com
Aastra® and Clearspan® are registered trademarks, and Clearspan Anywhere™ and Self-Paced Migration™ are trademarks of Aastra Technologies Limited.
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