New Delhi:  Accord Communications Ltd, a leading telecom equipment manufacturing company in India have announced a strategic alliance with Mitel (Nasdaq:MITL), the Canadian-based leading provider of unified communications software solutions, that will enable businesses across India to communicate and collaborate in new and innovative ways, on any device. Accord will deliver solutions and services to market using the Mitel Freedom architecture, which provides a single, cloud-ready software stream that delivers an array of communications options for businesses looking to integrate a voice solution into best-in-class networks and applications. As a result, businesses can decrease operating costs by saving up to 45 percent in corporate mobility costs and reduce the number of required communications servers by as much as 85 percent.

Under the strategic alliance Accord will bring Mitel unified communications into verticals such as healthcare, IT / ITES, education, hospitality, retail, financial services, government, defense establishments and manufacturing, in addition to providing a pan-India presence, installation, maintenance support and training.

Mitel was looking for Indian partners who have extensive knowledge and industry experience among domestic enterprises. In addition, added Mr. P.K.Mohta Director, Accord Communications Ltd. “At Accord we understand well, in and out of Indian Consumers from last two decades. Our Product range includes PABX, KTS, (from 3 to 4500 ports), With more than 700 channel partners, 21 Branch offices & millions of satisfied users.

We understand well the in and outs of Indian consumers. With this association, ACCORD plans to bring a new technology to Indian market which will benefit corporates by cutting down on their capex and operational cost.”

Speaking of the benefit of the alliance, Mr. Gwilym Funnell,- Managing Director and Vice President Mitel Asia Pacific, commented “Indian businesses will now have the choice to migrate from legacy analog voice to unified communications or vault themselves into the latest cloud-based solutions” He added “Accord, over the last two decades has been serving the Indian marketplace and has built a strong network of distribution. At Mitel we understand the importance and expectation of customers to provide a pan-India reach and support which Accord can provide to Mitel and its customers.”

This alliance with Accord will benefit Mitel internationally by providing product awareness and partnerships with leading India companies as they expand in the global marketplace. More importantly, by providing leading-edge technology solutions such as voice virtualization, India companies can now provide unified communication services and solutions across the globe.

“The Accord and Mitel alliance combines Mitel’s advanced communication solutions with Accord’s India market know-how, to offer business across India new solutions and cost reduction”, said Mr. Sriram Srinivas, Vice President of Wesley Clover Communication Solutions Pvt Ltd, Mitel’s master distributor in India.