AinaCom Picks Nokia for Fixed Mobile Convergence Offerings to Enterprises

Nokia and AinaCom, a Finnish regional operator, have sealed a deal to provide an operator hosted solution for convergent business voice services. The Nokia Business Communication solution enables AinaCom to offer enterprise users the same voice services on any device, over any access, Nokia said in a statement."Enterprises need to solve the challenge of combining mobility with the emergence of Voice over Internet technology. The Nokia solution provides us with a way to meet that challenge," says Kari Tavisalo, Director of Networks and Service Production, AinaCom. "The Nokia Business Communication solution has been designed to meet the requirements for business voice services," says Sakari Kotola, Director, FMC Marketing, Networks, Nokia. "In particular, our focus lies on providing hosted business voice services that free enterprises to outsource their PBX system, either partly or completely, to AinaCom." Nokia's Business Communication solution provides seamless enterprise services for SIP fixed/mobile phones, as well as for circuit switched 2G/3G mobiles. Nokia's solution provides PBX-like call handling features for personal users and enterprise groups, including attendant services, virtual private numbering, call diversion, multiparty calls, call transfer, call hold, voice-mail integration, and hunt groups, Nokia claimed.