NEC Infrontia to Provide and Support Innovative Unified Messaging Solutions

SHELTON, CT — NEC Infrontia, Inc., a leading developer and provider of advanced key systems and point of sale (POS) solutions, announced that Active Voice, LLC has transitioned and is now a division of NECII. The restructuring allows NECII and Active Voice to consolidate their strength while continuing to innovate, develop and provide Active Voice products to its dealer channels and end users, including its Repartee and Kinesis Unified Messaging (UM) brands.

“We stand committed to the Active Voice product line,” said Kingo Tezuka, Vice President of NECII. “Together, we will continue to support our loyal dealer channel. The consolidation of NECII and Active Voice will strengthen the combined product offerings; this will be a direct result of joining the messaging and communication developers into one team. There are many advantages that will come from this change - the most important is our dedication to innovation and advancement of our market-leading messaging applications.”

Since 2001, Active Voice has led the charge as a rapidly growing, breakthrough innovator in the Unified Messaging (UM) marketplace—next to key players such as Avaya, Cisco and Microsoft. It launched major technology advancements, such as the industry’s first VideoMail for UM, Kinesis and Repartee 10.0. These products solidified the company’s ability to differentiate itself from other manufacturers. During this time, Active Voice also received industry recognition as a Unified Communications (UC) vendor of choice for global businesses by Intellicom Analytics; TMC Communications Solutions 2007 Product of the Year for Repartee; and ranked third worldwide as a leading UM provider for UM mailboxes shipped globally by the Telecom Intelligence Group.

With development efforts streamlined under one organization, NEC Infrontia expects to leverage the vast knowledge of its developers within the communications industry as well as its global strength and expertise to bring products to market faster while meeting customer needs.