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NEC Unified Solutions Receives Communications Solutions(TM) Magazine's 'Product of the Year' Award for 2005

Posted on: Monday, 22 May 2006, 09:01 CDT

IRVING, Texas, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- NEC Unified Solutions announced today that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC(R))'s Communications Solutions magazine (http://www.tmcnet.com/comsol ) has named NEC Unified Solutions as a recipient of two 2005 Product of the Year Awards.

The award-winning solutions, NEC's UNIVERGE(R) SV7000 MPS and the Electra Elite(R) IPK II are cost effective solutions designed primarily for the small-to-medium sized business (SMB) marketplace. The SV7000 MPS is a fully featured, SIP-enabled telephony server that provides call-control for up to 500 IP stations. In addition to delivering standard telephony features, the solution includes a variety of NEC's enterprise communications applications including the Dterm(R) SP30 softphone, the company's award-winning OpenWorX(R) Communications Portal, the UNIVERGE MA4000 management suite and NEC's unified messaging software platform. A wide range of other applications may be installed to meet the unique needs of today's businesses.

The IPK II is a converged IP communications platform that is designed to help customers adopt next-generation IP communications, as their business demands it. The IPK II is an attractive solution for small businesses looking for the functionality of a traditional key system, as well as for medium-sized organizations with hybrid IP/PBX operations or remote users. Enterprise-class features such as peer-to-peer video, enhanced mobility, built-in voice mail and Automatic Call Distributor (ACD) -- packaged with specialized vertical applications -- ideally position the IPK II for specific industries and business functions, including hospitality, financial services, call centers and automotive dealerships.

Both solutions are designed to deliver cost savings and increased productivity for the SMB marketplace. To that end, the SV7000 MPS provides more than 440 service features and includes innovative hardware and software that allows the solution to serve efficiently and grow incrementally, expanding from its minimum configuration to its maximum capacity with no loss of existing hardware. Similarly, the IPK II is built with the ability to scale to support high-end business applications in a digital, IP or mixed environment, in order to reduce costs, improve customer service and increase productivity.

"With thousands of SMB customers across vertical industries including healthcare, education and hospitality, NEC understands the need for enterprise functionality at a lower cost and with the flexibility for individualized needs," said David King, vice president of marketing, NEC Unified Solutions. "These awards demonstrate NEC's commitment to meet its customers growing needs by providing cost effective and efficient solutions that build upon their existing infrastructures."

"Each year Communications Solutions magazine bestows Product of the Year awards on companies that have demonstrated excellence in technological advancement and application refinements. NEC Unified Solutions has demonstrated to the editors of Communications Solutions that its products or services have gone the extra mile to help improve both the customer experience and the ROI for the companies that use them," said Rich Tehrani, TMC President and Group Editor-in-Chief of Communications Solutions.

The Product of the Year Award winners for 2005 will be published in the May 2006 issue of Communications Solutions magazine online (http://www.tmcnet.com/comsol ).

About NEC Unified Solutions, Inc.

NEC Unified Solutions Inc., a leader in converged communications solutions for the enterprise, delivers the industry's most innovative suite of products, applications and services that help customers achieve their business goals. With more than a century of communications and networking expertise, NEC Unified Solutions, Inc., an affiliate of NEC Corporation , offers the broadest range of communications services and solution choices, flexible product platforms and applications, and an open migration path to protect investments. NEC Unified Solutions, Inc. serves the Fortune 1000 and customers across the globe in vertical markets such as hospitality, education, government and healthcare. For more information, visit http://www.necunified.com/ , or call (877) 463-2267.

About TMC(R)

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) publishes four print publications: Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, SIP Magazine and IMS Magazine. TMCnet, TMC's Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. Ranked in the top 1,400 sites in the world by alexa.com*, TMCnet serves more than one million unique visitors each month. TMC is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labs. In addition, TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO, The VoIP Developer Conference, VoIP Demo, IMS Expo and Call Center 2.0 Conference. TMCnet.com publishes more than 15 topical online newsletters. For more information about TMC, visit http://www.tmcnet.com/ . (*alexa.com is an amazon.com company that ranks Web sites by their traffic levels. Neither alexa.com nor amazon.com is affiliated with TMCnet.)

UNIVERGE, Electra Elite, OpenWorX, and Dterm are registered trademarks of NEC Corporation.

Contacts: Dana Burger Alicia Dollard NEC Unified Solutions, Inc. Ruder Finn (214) 262-6059 (212) 593-6343 dburger@necunified.com dollarda@ruderfinn.com

NEC Unified Solutions

CONTACT: Dana Burger of NEC Unified Solutions, Inc., +1-214-262-6059,dburger@necunified.com; or Alicia Dollard of Ruder Finn, for NEC UnifiedSolutions, Inc., +1-212-593-6343, dollarda@ruderfinn.com

Source: PRNewswire

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