Mitel has announced the  Mitel Series X, building on the Mitel Communications Director software. This new fixed-mobile convergence capability in their IP Communications Platform allows users to set up simultaneous ringing to multiple phone lines and enables PBX functionality from remote phones.
“Mitel’s Series X software provides location independence for employees, enabling a true ability to ‘work where you are.’ This allows [...]

OK, I apologise for the head-line, but it was just there to be typed. You know you industry is in a mess when it is permanently in the WSJ. Yesterday is was Sun and IBM, today it’s Nortel and Nokia Siemens Networks.
Nokia Siemens Networks, seeking a bigger foothold in the U.S. market, has offered to buy large pieces of Nortel [...]

Big news in the Wall Street Journal (must be big!) - Skype gets SIP. Picked up on GigaOM, it looks as if the service is in limited Beta initially. Combined with OCS recent SIP capabilities and even Digium getting in on the game (i.e. count Asterisk in), that means Enterprise VoIP is getting even more an more [...]

Microsoft Office communications Server is going from strength to strength, building on its SIP capabilities,with last week’s OCS R2 launch. Features now include Attendant, ACD and SIP trunking support.
TechNet is hosting a session that will cover the Voice Capabilities in Office Communication Server 2007 R2 features on March 11th at 4pm (thanks to Eileen’s blog for the heads [...]

Nortel could emerge from bankruptcy as a top UC vendor, says TechTarget:
Nortel Networks’ bankruptcy may ultimately doom its strategic unified communications alliance with Microsoft, but the Canadian company still has the potential to remain a viable vendor for enterprises
Of course, Nortel were a key part of Microsoft’s OCS strategy, providing the Linkage to the old [...]