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Toshiba and MCK Announce Technology and Marketing Agreement for Seamless Interoffice Telephony

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Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. and MCK Communications, a leading provider of remote access products, have announced a technology and marketing agreement to combine Toshiba's Strata DK Family of Digital Business Telephone Systems with MCK's Branch Office EXTender 6000 for a total interoffice telephony solution. This combined solution will provide mid-sized and small companies with a cost-effective way to seamlessly extend telephony capabilities, including interoffice dialing, voice mail, unified messaging, ACD, and call accounting programs from a corporate location to small remote offices.

Key Takeaways:

  • The combined solution will provide a total interoffice telephony solution for mid-sized and small companies, enabling them to extend their corporate voice system over any current or next-generation Wide Area Network (WAN) infrastructure.
  • The Branch Office EXTender 6000 will sit at the corporate PBX location and remote units will be housed at the branch offices, each connecting up to 12 digital telephone sets.
  • All system administration and management will be easily performed from the corporate site, eliminating the need to maintain disparate phone systems and separate voice and data networks.
  • The solution will provide a substantial cost savings and improve overall business operations.
  • Toshiba's business telephone system customers will be able to enhance their current hardware investment and more easily manage one business telephone system, one set of telephones, and one set of applications throughout their organization.
  • MCK's Branch Office EXTender 6000 will be available through Toshiba's dealer network in Q1, 2000, in 8-port and 12-port configurations, for a suggested retail price of $3,895 and $4,895 per unit, respectively.
  • The combined solution will provide a seamless extension of telephony capabilities, including interoffice dialing, voice mail, unified messaging, ACD, and call accounting programs from a corporate location to small remote offices.

Statistics:

  • Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. has annual sales of approximately $2.5 billion.
  • MCK Communications, Inc. has R&D facilities in Calgary, Alberta.
  • MCK's Branch Office EXTender 6000 will be available through Toshiba's dealer network in Q1, 2000, in 8-port and 12-port configurations, for a suggested retail price of $3,895 and $4,895 per unit, respectively.
  • The combined solution will be available in 8-port and 12-port configurations.
  • The solution will provide a substantial cost savings and improve overall business operations.

Sources:

  • Business Wire
  • Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.
  • MCK Communications, Inc.
  • Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-73153) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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