Mitel has worked closely with HIPCOM to certify its services for interoperability with Mitel’s IP communication systems and applications. HIPCOM’s services have been certified in Mitel’s SIP Centre of Excellence, which also celebrates its 5th anniversary this year.

In its five-year history, Mitel’s SIP Centre of Excellence has been utilised for certifying 47 providers globally for interoperability with Mitel systems. Based in Ottawa, Canada, the centre enables Mitel to manage its own SIP certification and work together with service providers to efficiently and reliably achieve certification. At Mitel’s SIP Centre of Excellence, the certification process can be completed in as little as two weeks, which is a significant time reduction on alternative methods.

SIP enables businesses to save both time and money in maintaining and updating their communications systems. With an IP connection, SIP enables unified communications applications to be deployed within hours instead of weeks by delivering them over the internet, whereas traditional systems require much longer for physical installations. This presents a significant cost saving and gives businesses much greater flexibility.

The productivity benefits of SIP can also be significant through extending the SIP capabilities of the corporate network outside the LAN, satellite offices and remote workers. Customers can also use VoIP and other real time communications applications to share ideas and increase productivity without being restricted by geography.