The benefits to Inter-Tel customers since the merger are significant and abundant:
The merged company will be the top North American SMB networking player (1), second in the Western Europe IP PBX market (2), and the overall leader in the UK communications market (3).
Combined revenue in excess of $800 million USD
Combined market coverage in excess of 90 countries
Increased R&D activity benefiting both brands
A shared commitment to open standards
Greater product choice from two trusted brands
A commitment to existing product lines and customers
A commitment to ‘open’ industry standards, such as SIP, XML and CSTA
Extensive portfolios, covering unified communications, networking, management and networked applications
A broad choice of solutions from the very small to the very large, from IP-enabled to pure IP unified communications, from standard solutions to tailored, from single site to multi-site
Mitel will maintain Inter-Tel's Arizona headquarters, which will become the centre of operations for the combined US business and serve as an important centre of R&D excellence.
Sources:
(1) Infotech: InfoTrack for Unified Communications – April 2007
(2) MZA: Corded IP lines shipped - Quarterly Reporting - Q1 2007 - Europe
(3) MZA: Corded PBX/IP PBX - Quarterly Reporting - Q1 2007 – Europe