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Nortel world’s first to achieve IP-PBX qualification to integrate with Microsoft UC solutions

Microsoft has recently qualified Nortel’s CS 1000 as the world’s first IP-PBX tested to work seamlessly with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. 

In October 2007, Microsoft formally introduced its Unified Communications Open Interoperability Program as part of its larger unified communications launch.  This exacting qualification program was created to ensure that customers have a seamless experience with setup, support, and use of qualified telephony gateways and IP-PBXs with Microsoft’s unified communications software.  

With Nortel’s official qualification (which you can see on Microsoft’s site here) the Nortel Communication Server (CS) 1000 is now the world’s first IP-PBX to be qualified Microsoft Unified Communications Open Interoperability Program for enterprise telephony infrastructure.  Not only that, but it has also been proven to support Dual Forking and Dual Forking with Remote Call Control (RCC).  

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