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WA Dept Education Goes IP With Panasonic |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Friday, 09 November 2007 |
The
West Australian Department of Education and Training has chosen
Panasonic for the upgrade of all future school telephony systems to
IP-capable solutions.
The Department will implement Panasonic KX-TDA 30, KX-TDA 100
and KX-TDA
200 IP-PBX systems in WA schools to augment existing telephony systems.
The new gear will also manage public address systems, voicemail,
outbound calls and re-route inbound calls. The Panasonic KX-TDA30
supports up to 52 extensions while the KX-TDA 200 is designed for
medium to large businesses with up to 256 extensions.
The of 780 schools spread across WA educates more than 250,000
students and the new IP-capable telephone systems are to be
progressively installed in schools and offices throughout the State by
Command A Comm. The location range in size from 6 - 100 extensions.
"Our mission at Department of Education and Training is for everyone to
have the opportunity to reach their learning and skills potential and
contribute to society," said GerryLigtermoet, Telecommunications Voice Administrator.
"It's
important that schools are provided with the best possible core
infrastructure to facilitate and administer this goal, but that we meet
the Department's requirements. We needed a product that worked with our
future strategy, offered quality and was future-proofed."
"Bidding
for a long-term contract with such a high profile organisation meant
that we really had to focus on offering the best solution possible
within the tender requirements, to communicate our ability to partner
with the Department of Education and Training," explained ErinLittlefair,
Senior Communications Consultant at Panasonic distributor Command-a-Com, which won the implementation deal.
"It was clear that Panasonic IP-capable TDA30, TDA100 and KX-TDA200
Telephony Solutions would provide the best quality, within the
specifications needed, together with a clear upgrade path as and when
required."
"We're proud to win this strategic telephony contract at the Department of Education and Training," said Jerry Ng,
Product Manager at Panasonic. "Panasonic solutions are always designed
with price and quality in mind and we're committed to designing and
providing future-ready products and developing new hardware and
software for the Education market. It's these cornerstones of our
product development that help us to work with our channel partners to
win the deals that support their business."
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