NEC Introduces New Versatile LAN Integration Key Telephone System
November 3, 1998
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE) via NewsEdge
Corporation --
New Electra Elite(R) Key System Designed to
Provide Powerful
and Reliable Telecommunications Solutions
NEC America, Inc. (NEC) today announces
the addition of the new Electra Elite(R) to its
family of powerful and affordable telephone
systems.
The Electra Elite is a feature rich
telecommunications solution designed to give
businesses the tools they need to compete.
The feature list combines all of the traditional
communications capabilities of the preceding
Electra systems with powerful new advanced
capabilities including local area network (LAN)
integration, softkey functionality, unified
messaging system, internal voice mail, PC
attendant console and SOHO (small
office-home office) remote communications
capabilities.
Coreline(TM), the Electra Elite's Voice/Data
Hub interface, converges voice and data
traffic over the same local area network.
Using an 8-port digital telephone/ethernet
hub card, Coreline eliminates the need to
manage separate networks. Voice/Data
adapters installed on digital telephones allow
computers and voice terminals to share the
same Ethernet cable. By using standard LAN
cable for voice and data communications,
installation and maintenance costs are
reduced.
The Electra Elite promotes computer
telephony integration with architecture based
on a 32-bit processor, ISA-bus interface, and
four standard COM ports. The system
supports a TAPI adapter and PC card for
TAPI based applications. This allows users to
answer calls, scroll directories and databases
or call up files of those they are talking to.
The Electra Elite's migration path promotes
flexibility allowing it to evolve from a
64-port/8 telephone system to a maximum
192-port/120 telephone system. PC
programming provides customized end-user
programming for approximately 60 different
features. A PC Attendant Console allows
operators to process a high volume of calls
quickly and efficiently by performing features
such as answer, transfer, dial, hold, page
and conference with one simple key stroke or
mouse click. When used in conjunction with
NEC's Dterm(R) Extender, the Electra Elite
provides SOHO users the ability to access
the features of the main system network
including automatic call distribution (ACD)
and call accounting features as well as LAN
access.
Voice processing options include an internal
voice processing card or a unified messaging
solution to integrate various modes of
electronic communications including e-mail,
fax and voice mail.
"Advanced communication systems are a
necessity for the growth of today's small
businesses," said Robert Talty, marketing
vice president, NEC America, Inc. Corporate
Networks Group. "The Electra Elite is
designed to provide companies with
cost-effective CTI capabilities, and an
evolutionary growth path to better manage
resources and empower technology." |
