Aastra launches Microsoft-enabled phone system

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Concord Ont.-based Aastra Telecom has announced a newMicrosoft-enabled phone system aimed for small businesses.

The AastraLink RP uses a Microsoft Response Point phone system tosupport both IP and traditional analog calling. It also features avoice-enabled user interface, advanced call routing, and contactintegration with Microsoft Office Outlook.

The combination of Microsoft's unique voice-enabled telephonysoftware, and Aastra's robust feature rich phones, offers apowerful yet affordable telephone system for Small Businesses thathave 1 to 50 employees Yves Laliberte, executive vice-president atAastra, said in a press release. When you add the choice of threephone models to the mix, it allows Aastra to deliver the mostcomprehensive and complete end-to-end Response Point systemsolution available in the market today.

Three different enterprise-grade phones have been developed for theAastraLink RP system including the entry level 6751i RP, the 6753iRP, and the 6757i CT RP, which comes with a cordless handset.Aastra also said that setting up features such as auto-discoveryand auto-configuration can be done quickly with no special trainingor additional licence fees.

The AastraLink RP system is now available with the complete systembundle  which includes a base station, gateway and three phones priced at $2,400. Additional phones will range from $139 up to$399.