Nortel to extend services to SMB segment in India

Chennai, Oct 11: After creating a strong foothold in the Indian carrier and enterprise market, Nortel, a global leader in delivering communications capabilities, today reiterated its commitment to India by extending its product offering to the burgeoning SMB segment in India.

Nortel's new product range included switches, routers and access points and would feature the SMB-specific Business Communications Manager (BCM50), and a digital hybrid PBX supplied by Nortel's Korean JV, LG-Nortel.

Talking to newspersons here, Dhananjay Ganjoo, Vice President, Enterprise Solutions, Nortel said SMB customers would benefit from both voice and data enabled solutions backed by Nortel's carrier-grade industry standards.

Mr Ganjoo said the specially designed offering will provide customers simple, scalable and easy to use products at a very affordable price..

Backed by the buoyant Indian economy and the large SMB market, Nortel has established a long-term strategy to cater to specific needs and challenges of SMB customers. India is the first country in Asia where the SMB initiative is being rolled out, and is backed up by dedicated marketing, support infrastructure and people.

The SMB initiative will be one of Nortel's biggest product roll outs in India, with multi-city roadshows taking the solutions out to customers across the country.

UNI