Suntel Limited, the leader in corporate & business telecommunications unveiled its latest range of products Converged Voice Data Video Solutions under enabled product offering. The Converged Voice Data Video Solution enables Suntel to take corporate and business telecommunication to the next generation of networking. This facilitates business productive applications and economisation of resources to zero on capital expenditure also most importantly reduce operational expenses. Most of its features are combined with modern communication tools such as Unified Communication Technology making communication highly effective and hassle free. Furthermore the technology enables consumers actually not to spend on capital equipment but to rent it at an operational expense based business model.

The Converged Voice Data Video Solution was unveiled recently, at the launch ceremony at Watersedge attended by a selected number of Sri Lanka’s top corporate and business customers. This next generation networked communication enables enterprises over 400 advanced telephony solutions such as remote office, Unified Communication tools, soft copy fax, voice messages, One number concept with Call forwarding selective, Missed call alerts, Data & multi media conference etc. All these features will be enabled to Suntel customers on a monthly rental without any capital expenditure a blessing under turbulent times of global economic downturn. This would also free the customers trouble of owning and maintaining infrastructure which is not their core business like all other offerings under the Suntel Enabled brand.

Jeremy Huxtable, Managing Director for Suntel shared his thoughts, “It is an honour for Suntel to become the first to provide converged solutions to Sri Lankan enterprises and this has proved yet again the leadership role played by Suntel in the corporate and business sectors. As we all know economic recession has affected negatively on enterprises all over the world with capital budgets halved if not totally eliminated. During difficult times such as these it is important to focus on business rather than being saddled with additional responsibility of owning and maintaining communication related infrastructure. We are indeed happy to have introduced the latest technology to Sri Lanka to help companies overcome difficulties by trimming their costs without any capital investment which is hard to come by, these days.

“It is my privilege as the Chief Technology Officer of Suntel to unveil the 1st real IMS (IP multimedia Subsystem) application to Sri Lankan corporates. IMS or IP Multimedia subsystem is the intelligent foundation in which commercial user friendly applications are built and provides facility for central hosting as against individual boxes for each company. This enables companies to share the same platform and minimize capital investments, some times zero investment yet have access to host of innovative features such as remote office, Unified communication across devices, Taking control of communication with one number, missed calls and PC integration etc. With this Sri Lanka becomes one of the first countries in the region to have such a solution” commented Vajira Jayasinghe

With this investment Suntel takes another step towards upgrading the country’s telecommunication infrastructure on par with the developed world and using technology to bring cost savings for customers.

Suntel is a joint venture company that brings together the resources and expertise of Swedish telecom giant Overseas Telecom AB, Metrocorp (Pvt) Ltd., Townsend Limited of Hong Kong, the National Development Bank, and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) – a member of the World Bank Group. The combination of technical and operational expertise evident in Suntel, supported by a sound financial base, has helped create a company, which is committed to being Sri Lanka’s preferred telecommunication service provider, through service excellence and cost-effective delivery.