Mitel Advances to Leaders Position in Latest Gartner Magic Quadrant for Corporate Telephony Report
Only Brand Across Five Gartner Magic Quadrant Reports for Business Communications
- Mitel recognized as a leader in the 2015 Magic Quadrant for Corporate Telephony
- Mitel is the only brand to appear in all five Gartner Magic Quadrants for business communications
OTTAWA, Oct. 27, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mitel® (Nasdaq:MITL) (TSX:MNW), a global leader in real-time business, cloud and mobile communications, has been recognized as a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Corporate Telephony.
Mitel leads the market in the shift from hardware to software-based business communications, and was the first vendor to virtualize voice and deliver it as an application. According to Gartner, "The corporate telephony market is evolving from a focus on innovation in proprietary hardware to use of commodity hardware and standards-based software."
In addition to the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Corporate Telephony, Mitel was previously selected for inclusion in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications; the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications for Midsize Enterprises, North America; the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Contact Center Infrastructure, Worldwide; and the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications as a Service, Worldwide.
Quotes
"Mitel's MiVoice MX-ONE platform has allowed San Diego State University (SDSU) to protect their telecom investment over the last 20+ years while moving to a platform that can provide the latest unified communications and collaboration (UCC) technologies and capabilities. The addition of Mitel's MiCollab to the MX-ONE portfolio will enable us to provide UC, mobility and video capabilities to our users beginning in 2016," said Riny Ledgerwood, director of Communications, ETS Voice Services, SDSU.
"Customers today are increasingly looking for vendors to simplify their communications solutions and to remove the seams that have previously resulted in siloed, separate and proprietary systems that have trapped them," said Rich McBee, president and CEO of Mitel. "We feel being recognized as the only vendor to appear in five critical Gartner Magic Quadrant reports is a testament to the strength of the Mitel portfolio and our unique ability to offer customers the full suite of business communications solutions they require."
Important Facts
- Mitel is globally recognized as a Leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications
- More than 1.6 million users around the world rely on Mitel for cloud communications
Related Materials
- Learn more about real-time communications and collaboration
- Download information on Mitel's MiVoice MX-ONE solution
- Read Mitel's vision for "Mobilizing Real-Time Communications"
- Discover "How Cloud Communications Is Opening Up Possibilities"
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Gartner Magic Quadrant, business communications, corporate telephony, unified communications, UCaaS, midsize UC, enterprise UC, San Diego State University
1 Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications, October 7, 2015
2 Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications, August 10, 2015
3 Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications for Midsize Enterprises, North America, May 5, 2015
4 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Contact Center Infrastructure, Worldwide, May 18, 2015
5 Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications as a Service, Worldwide, September 3, 2015
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About Mitel
A global market leader in enterprise and mobile communications powering more than 2 billion business connections and 2 billion mobile subscribers every day, Mitel (Nasdaq:MITL) (TSX:MNW) helps businesses and mobile carriers connect, collaborate and provide innovative services to their customers. Our innovation and communications experts serve more than 60 million business users in more than 100 countries, and 130 mobile service providers including 15 of the top 20 mobile carriers in the world. That makes us unique, and the only company able to provide a bridge between enterprise and mobile customers. For more information, go to www.mitel.com and follow us on Twitter @Mitel.
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