Melbourne, November 27, 2002 - Cisco Systems Inc. today announced that it hassupplied networking equipment to provide an Internet Protocol (IP) Telephonysolution to the Asian Pacific Building Corporation (APBC). The IPCommunications system will provide services for more than 3,000 buildingstaff and tenants in the APBC office complex at No.1 Queens Road, Melbourne.
APBC is one of Australia's leading commercial office development companies,providing leasing and a range of value-add services to tenants across fivesites in Melbourne.
At No.1 Queens Rd, APBC selected Cisco's IP Communicatiuons System, based onCisco's Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data (AVVID), toconsolidate the APBC building's entire communications infrastructure ontoone, IP-based network.
The Cisco solution will create increased network management efficiencies,flexibility and scalability through the deployment of IP-based networking.It will also remove the need for inefficient, traditional PABX technologyand will allow APBC to offer its tenants and staff access to buildingservices through the LCD display interface of the Cisco 7940 IP phone.
General Manager, Asian Pacific Telecommunications, David Sheridan said;"With Cisco's IP Communications system, we have turned the No.1 Queens Roadsite into a telephony hub center based on IP. With the Cisco solution, wecan offer our staff and tenants a range of value added, XML-based services on the Cisco IPphones."
Cisco Managing Director Terry Walsh said; "APBC understands the businessbenefits IP-based communications creates. IP Telephony has become mainstreamin the enterprise market across most Australian industries."
Cisco shipped its one millionth IP phone in August 2002 and in a recent IDCstudy, more than 75 percent of companies in Australia and New Zealandreported their IP Telephony installations met expectations in terms ofvoice, quality, reliability, scalability, functionality and featurerobustness.
Networking equipment in the Cisco solution for APBC is based on CiscoCatalyst 6500 Series switches, Cisco 4000 Series switches, Cisco VoiceGateways and Cisco 7940 IP Phones.
