NetLink PRI Gateway Provides Cost-Effective PBX Interface for Wireless VoIP
BOULDER, Colo., May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SpectraLink Corporation (NASDAQ:SLNK) , an industry pioneer in enterprise wireless communications, introduces a new voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) gateway for interfacing NetLink Wireless Telephones with traditional enterprise PBX systems. The NetLink PRI Gateway connects to a PBX utilizing an ISDN primary rate interface (PRI) supporting 100 or more NetLink Wireless Telephones through a single interface, significantly reducing the total cost of providing real-time voice communication to enterprise mobile workers.
The NetLink PRI Gateway provides the interface between a traditional PBX and an enterprise local area network (LAN), converting circuit-switched telephone channels to IP packets. Wireless LAN access points connected to the enterprise LAN provide wireless connectivity to the NetLink Wireless Telephones. The NetLink PRI Gateway takes advantage of the efficiencies of a trunked PRI interface to maximize PBX resource utilization. NetLink PRI Gateways can be combined with NetLink Telephony Gateways, which connect to a PBX through digital station interfaces to provide all the features and capabilities of a proprietary wired telephone. The NetLink PRI Gateway supports 23 simultaneous calls, sufficient for 100 or more users depending on traffic requirements, and provides basic business telephone features such as hold, transfer, and multiple line appearances.
"We are seeing widespread adoption of wireless LAN technology, but many enterprises still want to maintain their existing PBX rather than migrate to IP telephony," said Mike Cronin, vice president of sales and marketing for SpectraLink. "Our NetLink PRI Gateway gives customers a cost-effective way to leverage their investments in both wireless LAN and PBX technologies to bring mobility into the workplace."
The NetLink PRI Gateway is priced at $7,950 and will be generally available in June 2003.
Product Overview
SpectraLink's NetLink Wireless Telephone portfolio is designed to meet the communication needs for enterprises of any size in an array of industries. NetLink Wireless Telephones operate as client devices on wireless LANs utilizing the IEEE 802.11b global standard, allowing converged mobile voice and data applications on a single wireless infrastructure. SpectraLink Voice Priority (SVP), a quality of service (QoS) mechanism, is employed on the wireless LAN to ensure excellent voice quality with minimal impact on data throughput. NetLink Wireless Telephones integrate with the best-selling PBX systems, and support proprietary IP protocols as well as H.323 for enterprise wireless VoIP solutions.
About SpectraLink
SpectraLink Corporation's (NASDAQ:SLNK) Wireless Telephones are changing the way companies communicate in the workplace. In businesses large and small, SpectraLink's Wireless Telephones are designed to free workers from desks and workstations, increasing productivity, efficiency and employee satisfaction. SpectraLink, headquartered in Boulder, Colo., has more installed systems, and more experience and application knowledge than any other provider. SpectraLink distributes its products through industry-leading service, equipment, and application providers, cultivating a vast customer base. For more information, call 1-800-676-5465 or visit www.spectralink.com .
Portions of this release contain forward-looking statements regarding future events based on current expectations. These forward-looking statements and other statements, such as statements regarding the future financial performance of SpectraLink, are subject to risks and uncertainties. SpectraLink Corporation wishes to caution you that there are some factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results indicated by such statements.
These factors include, but are not limited to: the ability of SpectraLink to develop and introduce new products and the impact on demand for existing products; the inability to close several large orders in the sales pipeline; continued weakness or further deterioration in the general economic conditions that may reduce demand for, or delay orders for, SpectraLink's products; adverse changes in economic and business conditions affecting SpectraLink's customers; the failure of the market for on-premises wireless telephone systems to grow or to grow as quickly as SpectraLink anticipates; the intensely competitive nature of the wireless communications industry, and a customer preference to buy all telephone communications systems from a single source provider that manufactures and sells PBX or key/hybrid systems; SpectraLink's and its resellers' ability to develop and execute effective marketing and sales strategies; SpectraLink's reliance on sole or limited sources of supply for many components and equipment used in its manufacturing process; the risk of business interruption arising from SpectraLink's dependence on a single manufacturing facility; customer concerns over security issues in the 802.11 technology; SpectraLink's ability to manage potential expansion of operations in the U.S. and internationally; SpectraLink's ability to respond to rapid technological changes within the on- premises wireless telephone industry; SpectraLink's ability to attract and retain personnel, including key technical and management personnel; changes in rules and regulations of the FCC; SpectraLink's ability to protect its intellectual property rights; and SpectraLink's reliance on its 802.11 technology partners to continue to provide the wireless local area network for SpectraLink's NetLink product, and to provide access points which support SpectraLink Voice Priority.
Prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. Further, SpectraLink undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements contained herein in order to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this press release. We refer you to the documents SpectraLink files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically the section titled Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002, the section titled Forward- Looking Statement Factors in our Form 10-Q for quarterly period ended March 31, 2003, and other reports and filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Source: SpectraLink Corporation
CONTACT: Michelle Greene of SpectraLink Corporation, +1-303-583-5321,
mgreene@spectralink.com ;
or Michael Lane, +1-212-651-4230,
michael.lane@fusionpr.com ,
or Ruth Suarez Zane, +1-212-651-4227,
ruth.zane@fusionpr.com , both of Fusion Public Relations for SpectraLink Corporation
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