Financial Times

Metropolitan Communications Ltd., sole distributor for Ericsson enterprise systems in Sri Lanka, last week launched the new Ericsson MX-One IP-PBX server-based communications system in Sri Lanka.

Ericsson also unveiled the latest range of Data communication products that includes a comprehensive range of Data switches and routing solutions at the launch ceremony. The new solutions allow Metropolitan and Ericsson to provide enterprises a complete end-to-end data communication solution as well as a cost-effective IP telephony solution, according to a Metropolitan statement.

"The Ericsson MX-One IP-PBX solution has been hailed as the future of enterprise communications. The MX One is a server based communication system running on the open source Linux platform, with more than 500 advanced communication features and the power to connect people across separate geographic locations. The Ericsson MX One IP-PBX solution offers complete mobility, so that workers who are out of the office can be contactable and have access to information and systems at head office while on the move," said General Manager Metropolitan Communications, Mr Anil Goonewardene.

He said the Ericsson MX One shares the stability and reliability of the time-tested Ericsson MD110 PBX platform that has been successfully used for many years in mission-critical installations implemented for some of the most demanding customers in Sri Lanka, such as the defense communication networks, Sri Lankan Airlines and all the National Hospitals in Sri Lanka.

Explaining some of the applications that the Ericsson MX-One enables, Goonewardene said it included Mobile Extension - where a mobile GSM phone can be used as an extension of the corporate telephone system. "A mobile extension user can use the GSM phone as a extension within the PBX and have access to all the features such as Call Back, Call Back on Busy, Conference, Directory Search, Name and Number Display and Access to the Communication Profiles," he said.