Multiple sets
Multiple sets
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I am impressed that this system can support several different manufacturers handsets. My questions is, how is this possible without ruffling the features of these companies, for example Avaya. I would think that they own the rights to these phones and the software that makes them work. I thought that they would be be considered proprietary.
Just asking. I would hate to find out after installing several of these systems that one day Avaya comes along and sues Emetrotel and forces these handsets too their systems. It has happened before with technology.
Are these handsets open to use anyway any other manufacturer wants to . For example could NEC or Panasonic start allowing lets say the M and T series Nortel sets to be used on their systems?
I am interested in everyone's input.
Thanks!
Just asking. I would hate to find out after installing several of these systems that one day Avaya comes along and sues Emetrotel and forces these handsets too their systems. It has happened before with technology.
Are these handsets open to use anyway any other manufacturer wants to . For example could NEC or Panasonic start allowing lets say the M and T series Nortel sets to be used on their systems?
I am interested in everyone's input.
Thanks!
RE: Multiple sets
As for digital sets, I don't see how they can stop it either or why they would wnnt to. It's their set sitting on a customers desk displaying their name but I suspect there is no patent on any of the stuff anyway. Why would there be? In the past, all systems talked different languages anyway.
It's a new world out there in telecommunications and it's all based on open source protocols that nobody owns. The only requirement is that if you want to claim it's protocol compliant, you must make it work the way the protocol was designed.
Good for customers, not so good for manufacturers.
RE: Multiple sets
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RE: Multiple sets
RE: Multiple sets
They still make/made money on the sale of the handsets. They should be happy people are willing to use their phones on a non Avaya/nortel system. On a sip platform, it doesn't much matter who makes the phone on the desk.
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RE: Multiple sets
Nortel had relatively small margins on telephone switches (such as BCM) - on the other hand, their margins on handsets were huge. I don't see how that could change in any significant way after the acquisition of Nortel Enterprise Solutions by Avaya.
Based on that, it appears logical that Avaya manufacture discontinued the switches, but not the phones. Avaya by itself can sell phones to the installed base of Nortel switches. By supporting their phones, E-MetroTel is actually doing Avaya a favor - they are helping Avaya's phone sales.