The Holding Company Blitz-Inform in Ukraine deploys Alcatel-Lucent’s solution to transform services delivery with advanced communication system

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) announced today that it has implementedan advanced voice over IP system for The Holding Company Blitz-Inform (Blitz-Inform), the national leader of publishing and polygraphic industry in Ukraine.

The project is implemented by Incom Corporation, Alcatel-Lucent’s Premium Business Partner in Ukraine, to transform the business-critical telephony and mobility features of Blitz-Inform communication network. The new network will increase employees’ effectiveness and boost productivity as it supports a wide range of advanced communication services such as dial-by-name, conferencing, mobility and more, and interconnects over 30 offices and branches throughout Kiev and outlying regions, making Blitz Inform one of the largest VoIP telephony networks in the Ukraine.

The end-to-end integrated system connects 2,500 employees in Kiev with each other and with 600 colleagues in regional branches, providing full transparency of telephony features and services as well as seamless user experience across all the company’s sites. The whole solution includes the Alcatel-Lucent OmniPCX Enterprise IP Telephony solution, the OmniVista 4760 network management applications, and mobility functionality with DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunication) MobileTouch solution.

Business flexibility is supported by DECT roaming between sites for mobile users and mobility features for remote out-of-the-office users. The new network also connects to the public switched telecom network (PSTN) through various telecom service providers that transparently assign numbers to subscribers across the network, guaranteeing reliability and cost-efficiency of advanced services. “Alcatel-Lucent solution due to its wide functionality equipped us with a wide range of exciting new communication capabilities. Employees across all our sites have access to the same rich set of features and can respond more quickly to each other, allowing them to be more productive,” said Alexander Laptev, technical Director of Blitz-Inform. “The new communications system from Alcatel-Lucent is ideal for our rapid business growth and provides us a top quality business communications system that helps us serve our customers better.” “Alcatel-Lucent provides fully integrated, easy-to-use communication platforms that help companies focus on generating new business by effectively using advanced technologies to communicate internally and with their customers, seamlessly and with higher efficiency than in the past,” said Ivan Makharine, Director of Alcatel-Lucent enterprise activities in CIS. “Our OmniPCX solution not only enhances employees’ productivity and collaboration, but also delivers cost savings from inter-office calls and services.”

The contract has been deployed by Incom Corporation, a system integrator in Ukraine, which provided the full range of services for the project including solution engineering, equipment delivery, installation and integration work involved in the project. The Alcatel-Lucent OmniPCX Enterprise is an integrated, interactive communications solution for medium-sized businesses and large corporations.

The solution combines traditional telephone functions with support for Internet-based telephony and multimedia communication.

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