Oki Electric Delivers Mobile Centrex System to Caritas Educational Institution
Deploys wireless voice and data communication with Oki's "MWINS™ BR2102"
Tokyo, Japan, April 6, 2006 -- Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (TSE: 6703) today announced the delivery of a mobile Centrex system based on its IP telephony server "IP CONVERGENCE® Server SS9100" to Caritas Educational Institution, a private educational institution in Japan. The system was installed at the new building for Caritas Junior and Senior High School, the junior and high school section of Caritas.
"We believe Oki's SS9100-based mobile Centrex system is the perfect solution for Caritas, as it is flexible for future expansions and can add voice data onto their existing LAN cables, which were used for data communication in their older building," said Masashi Tsuboi, President of IP Systems Company at Oki Electric. "Leveraging the successful system installation at Caritas, Oki will promote SS9100-based IP telephony solutions to various enterprises that are planning to change their work style and improve productivity."
Caritas' former building used a wireless LAN for data communication, and to add voice communication onto the existing wireless LAN, Caritas selected Oki's MWINS™ BR2102, the wireless LAN access point. Oki's BR2102 units were installed throughout the school, enabling faculty to talk anywhere within the school premises using the FOMA® Wireless LAN Dual Network Handset, without worrying about phone charges. The combination of BR2102 and FOMA enables faculty to communicate anywhere within the building, eliminating the need to page them through conventional announcing systems using interphones.
The new system is based on an open network and a closed network. The open network, which is for students, faculty and administrators, allows them to communicate via wireless LAN from any location in the premises. The network includes PC data terminals, 36 sets of multifunctional IP phones, 199 units of BR2102 throughout the school, and 70 sets of FOMA phones. The FOMA phones include 66 sets of phones with blank ROM, in which students and faculty can insert their own FOMA cards to keep the same phone number as their personal mobile phone. The closed network, which is physically separated from the open network, is used only for faculty to manage sensitive content such as grades and class lists.
Going forward, Caritas plans to use higher function information servers and install soft phones and thus converge the institution's information and telecom equipment.
Endorsement from Intel K.K.
Intel K.K. is pleased that Oki Electric Industry has delivered Caritas Educational Institution with a mobile centrex system that uses the Oki MWINS BR2100 Series wireless LAN access point. Along with the announcement of the Oki MWINS BR2100 Series last year, Intel has formed technical and promotional collaborations with Oki. The high performance and low-power consumption Intel® IXP425 network processor equipped in the Oki MWINS BR2100 Series does not require a digital signal processor (DSP) for voice processing while also integrating security and QoS control features. Intel expects that the new mobile centrex system from Oki that uses the MWINS BR2102 will contribute to secured, smooth voice communications over wireless LAN network.
Tsuyoshi Abe
General Manager, Marketing Headquarters
Intel K.K.
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About Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
Founded in 1881, Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. is Japan's first telecommunications manufacturer, with its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. With the corporate vision, "Oki, Network Solutions for a Global Society," Oki provides top-quality products, technologies and solutions to its customers through its info-telecom system business, semiconductor business and printer business. All three businesses function as a collective force to create exciting new products and technologies that satisfy a spectrum of customer needs in various markets. Visit Oki's global web site at http://www.oki.com/.
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