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Hitachi Cable's AquaVocal all-in-one IP-PBX now supports the N902iL FOMA(R)/wireless LAN dual terminal Hitachi Cable announces AquaVocal all-in-one IP-PBX*1 support for NTT DoCoMo's N902iL FOMA(R)*2/wireless LAN dual terminal (N902iL hereafter).

Hitachi Cable has offered package solutions for small and mid-sized offices, integrating AquaVocal, FOMA(R)/wireless LAN dual terminals, wireless-LAN access points, and other devices. With demonstrated support for N902iL, AquaVocal users will now be offered the N902iL FOMA(R)/wireless LAN dual terminal in these solutions packages, instead of the N900iL. These new solutions packages will be commercially available from June 13, 2007.

In recent years, falling prices and the advancing functionality of data communication networks have led to rapid growth in IP telephony systems, creating growing demand for dual-use terminals that can be used as mobile phones outside the office and as wireless IP phones inside the office via the company's wireless LAN. But for small and mid-sized offices, the introduction of dual-use terminals has posed problems involving high initial cost and depreciation burdens.

The AquaVocal single-unit all-in-one IP-PBX manufactured and sold by Hitachi Cable provides a wide array of functions*3 for fully implementing IP telephony systems in small and mid-sized offices of 200 users or less, allowing sites to introduce an IP telephony system at modest cost. Hitachi Cable has provided solutions packages for small and mid-sized offices since June 2006, integrating AquaVocal, FOMA(R)/wireless LAN dual terminals, wireless-LAN access points, and other devices to allow small and mid-sized offices to take advantage of AquaVocal and introduce dual-use terminals easily.

AquaVocal users will now be offered the N902iL FOMA(R)/wireless LAN dual terminal in these solutions packages, instead of the N900iL. Sales of the new package are slated to begin June 13, 2007.

Hitachi Cable's solutions packages for small and mid-sized offices are available by numbers of users (20, 50, or 100). Each package includes an AquaVocal unit, licenses for the corresponding number of users, an Apresia *4 Ethernet switch, wireless LAN access points from Aruba Networks, Inc., and a selection of handset terminals to match the working styles of the users at the site in question. In addition to the N902iL, customers can select Hitachi Cable's WirelessIP5000 wireless IP phones and fixed-line IP phones from SAXA, Inc.

Although costs depend on the actual combination of terminals and numbers of access points, prices for systems including wireless LAN access points start at approximately 500,000 yen.*5

The solutions packages will be sold via Hitachi Infonet Co., Ltd. and Hitachi Mobile Co., Ltd.

By pursuing further progress in linking the AquaVocal system to IP phones and IP telephony applications, Hitachi Cable intends to expand its share of the IP-PBX market for small and mid-sized offices.

*1	PBX stands for Private Branch Exchange. IP-PBX refers to a Private Branch Exchange for an IP telephony system.AquaVocal is a registered trademark of Hitachi Cable, Ltd.
*2	FOMA is a registered trademark of NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
*3	In addition to IP-PBX functions, AquaVocal provides various gateway functions (protocol conversion for connecting different networks, including communications carriers, IP telephony networks, public telephone network, and internal phone network); PPPoE (Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet: permits use of PPP over Ethernet networks; the PPP protocol is used to link computers to networks over telephone lines); and a survival function that allows sending and receiving between analog phones and the public network, even in the event of power failures.
*4	Ethernet is a registered trademark of Xerox Corporation. Apresia is a registered trademark of Hitachi Cable, Ltd. in Japan.
*5	This price is an estimate. It does not include installation and setup fees, maintenance costs, line charges, or consumption tax.

Solutions packages for small and mid-sized offices

Model name and other information Quantity Phone terminal FOMA(R)/wireless LAN dual terminal "N902iL" (NTT DoCoMo, Inc.) May be combined to suit needs and budget WirelessIP5000 (Hitachi Cable, Ltd.) IP NetPhone SX (SAXA, Inc.) IP-PBX AquaVocal2004-FXSO (Hitachi Cable, Ltd.) 1 IP-PBX user licenses 20, 50, or 100 licenses Ethernet switch Apresia3124-GT (Hitachi Cable, Ltd.) 1 Wireless LAN mobility controller Aruba 200 Mobility Controller (Aruba Networks, Inc.) 1 Wireless LAN access point Aruba 65 (Aruba Networks, Inc.) 1 - 6*6 depending on number of users and signal reception conditions

*6	Installing more than six wireless LAN access points requires the purchase of additional wireless LAN mobility controllers.
*	Package prices exclude installation and setup fees, maintenance costs, line charges, and consumption tax.