Mitel Recognized by CE Pro

Inter-Tel 3000 receives High Impact Product of the Year Award

PHOENIX, AZ – February 2008 – Mitel®, the provider of unified communications for the real world, has received the CE Pro High Impact Product (CHIPs) award for 2007 for the Inter-Tel 3000.

“The CHIPs are unlike any other awards in the industry,” says Jason Knott, editor-in-chief of CE Pro. “The winners are exclusively nominated, and then voted on, by integrators. The winners really do represent the best among the rank-and-file of custom installation.”

Products are gauged on criteria such as whether they help a dealer open up a previously “untapped” market segment, boost an integrator’s efficiency by making installations faster and less complicated, or increase a custom installer’s profitability by offering a solid margin. Products from categories such as audio, video, control / automation, installation, power management, phone systems, screens and more are recognized.

“The Inter-Tel 3000 enhances communications of busy households, small office / home offices (SoHos) and micro-businesses by managing a complete range of unified voice and data requirements over a single network,” said Steven De Korne, VP of marketing, Mitel U.S. “Simplicity is a hallmark of Mitel communications products. We are very pleased that integrators recognize the ease of installation, management, and use of this system.”

The Inter-Tel 3000 provides residences and small offices with advanced features such as conferencing, centralized voice mail and an automated attendant for greeting and routing of incoming calls to make communications more efficient. More information on the Inter-Tel 3000 can be found at http://tinyurl.com/333vdu.

CE Pro Magazine, the leading trade publication for custom residential integration professionals who install consumer electronics, features the Inter-Tel 3000 in its January issue. To see comments from integrators that nominated the Inter-Tel 3000, go to http://tinyurl.com/2ophno.