BT, Siemens to deliver converged communications solution

New Delhi

May 9, 2008

BT and Siemens Enterprise Communications have entered into a global sales
agreement to offer a converged communications solution for large multinational
enterprises. The solution aims at helping enterprises reduce costs, remove
complexity and risk, improve collaboration and enhance business processes. It
leverages existing investments in currently separate voice and data
infrastructures and offers a transition path to a centrally managed IP-based
communications platform.

The BT and Siemens converged communications solution enables enterprises to
consolidate and converge their voice and data communications at their own pace.
They are able to migrate from an existing multi-technology environment to a
centrally managed converged communications platform upon deployment. The
solution offers a single service level agreement as well as a flexible pricing
model with a single point of contact for end-to-end managed services.

This solution combines Siemens OpenScape suite of communications software
applications and OpenScale services with BT's MPLS network. “The dilemma for
CIOs is that the demands of maintaining their existing IT infrastructures
command so much of their budgets that little is left for true innovation,”
said Wu Zhou, Senior Analyst, IDC. “So while CIOs now recognize the clear
advantages of IP-based converged communications, they cannot see how to get
there without a lot of cost and complexity that can adversely impact the
business,” he added.

The complementary portfolios of BT and Siemens Enterprise Communications are
ideally suited to deliver a complete range of solutions and services including
voice, data, telephony, mobility and collaboration applications.