Oki Electric Industry Co. introduced a high-end IP-PBX telephony server based on Microsoft .NET architecture for the Japanese market. The server integrates IP-PBX functions with mission-critical business applications and supports SIP and H.323. Oki Electric is also offering IP phones and softphones with its platform. http://www.oki.com
OKI Introduces IP-PBX telephony server based on Microsoft .NET
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