Cetis Certified Through Alcatel-Lucent Application Partner Program.
For Immediate Release – Colorado Springs, CO & Paris, France – May 31, 2012
Cetis, Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of hotel guestroom telephones, has joined the Alcatel-Lucent Application Partner Program (AAPP) and successfully completed interoperability testing and certification for its Voice over IP SIP hotel telephone endpoints with Alcatel-Lucent OmniPCX Enterprise™ Communication Server Release 10.
As a member of the AAPP, Cetis can work closely to gain more in depth knowledge of Alcatel-Lucent technologies and support, and jointly go to market across all regions with their solution.
According to Michael See, Vice-President CTO at Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, “To be an Alcatel-Lucent Application Partner, the product must be certified, the company must demonstrate commitment to the solution and have a strong market presence. In return, they are eligible for technology and business benefits offered by the program. Cetis has shown these traits and completed the product certification process through the required formal testing and certification by Alcatel-Lucent.”
Alcatel-Lucent OmniPCX Enterprise Release 10 is an integrated, interactive communications solution for medium-sized businesses and large corporations. The solution combines traditional telephone functions with support for Internet-based telephony and multimedia communication.
The list of phones recently certified include:
Teledex®
E Series
E100IP SIP corded
E103IP SIP cordless
I Series
I Series ND SIP corded
I Series NDC SIP cordless
TeleMatrix®
3300 Series
3300IP SIP corded
3300IP-TRM SIP corded trimline
9600 Series
9600IP SIP cordless
Under the terms of the Alcatel-Lucent Application Partner Program, business partners may now seamlessly integrate and deploy Teledex brand E Series SIP corded and E Series SIP cordless, Teledex ND SIP corded and NDC SIP cordless, and TeleMatrix 3300IP Series SIP corded and 9600IP Series SIP cordless voice endpoints with a wide range of Alcatel-Lucent communications platforms.
The reasons to become application certified include:
- Reduce integration costs
- Accelerate deployment
- Minimize failure risk
- Ensure a high level of trust for customers and business partners
Cetis became member of the AAPP program in December 2011. As an AAPP member, Cetis has also recently exhibited at the Alcatel-Lucent EMEA Executive Partner Days, in Dublin, Ireland, January 31-February 2, 2012 to introduce the full line of Cetis SIP telephones to main Alcatel-Lucent Business Partners of the EMEA region.
“This hospitality technology partnership with Alcatel-Lucent leverages the world’s most popular and trusted hospitality telephones and Alcatel-Lucent’s proven world-class enterprise communications systems, to deliver seamless phone system/endpoint interoperability and support for hoteliers globally,” states Bing N. Sun, Ph.D., President & CEO, Cetis, Inc.
For product and pricing details on the complete line of Alcatel-Lucent certified Cetis analog and VoIP telephony endpoints, call +1.719.638.8821, write info@CetisGroup.com, or visit www.CetisGroup.com.
About Cetis
Cetis, Inc. (www.CetisGroup.com), pronounced Setis, is a leading ISO-‐9001, RoHS, and WEEE-certified manufacturer of Scitec®, Teledex®, and TeleMatrix® brand telephones and ExpressNet® and AirLink® high-speed wireless broadband access solutions. Designed and engineered in America and Europe, Cetis E Series, I Series (formerly Teledex iPhone), Opal Series, Diamond Series, Nugget Series, 9600 Series, 3300 Series, and Aegis Series telephones, and ExpressNet, and AirLink high-speed Internet devices, are preferred by all major hotel brands globally. Cetis maintains sales and support facilities in North America, Beijing, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, and United Kingdom.
About Alcatel–Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise is part of Alcatel-Lucent, a leader in mobile, fixed, IP and optics technologies — and a pioneer in applications and services for service providers. We are built on a history of innovation that includes Bell Labs, one of the world’s foremost centers of research and innovation in communications. With more than 2,700 people in 130 countries and 2,200 partners worldwide, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise delivers solutions across two business segments to more than 500,000 customers from public and private sectors worldwide.
About Alcatel-Lucent Application Partner Program
The Alcatel-Lucent Application Partner Program (AAPP) supports companies that develop innovative communications applications for Alcatel-Lucent enterprise solutions. The AAPP program brings three main advantages to its members:
- Easy interfacing with Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise communication products: Alcatel-Lucent provide a range of standards-based application programming interfaces (APIs) and networking interfaces.
- Testing and verification of a comprehensive range of third-party applications: A certification process guarantees interoperability between certified applications and Alcatel-Lucent platforms.
- Promotion of application partnerships: The AAPP helps Partners promote their applications with Alcatel-Lucent customers and Business Partners through a wide range of initiatives.
Cetis Announces Global Advanced Technology Partnership with Siemens Enterprise Communications.
For Immediate Release - Colorado Springs, CO & Frankfurt, Germany – April 3, 2012
Cetis, Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of hotel guestroom telephones, has partnered with Siemens Enterprise Communications to successfully complete interoperability testing and certification of Teledex® and TeleMatrix® brand open source SIP telephone endpoints.
Under the terms of the Siemens Enterprise Communications Advanced Technology Partnership Program, business partners may now seamlessly integrate and deploy Teledex brand E Series SIP corded, E Series SIP cordless, ND SIP corded and NDC SIP cordless, and TeleMatrix brand 3300 Series corded and 9600 Series cordless voice endpoints with a wide range of Siemens Enterprise Communications open communications platforms.
According to David Leonhard Steinbauer, Siemens Enterprise Communications Global Hospitality Service and Senior Hospitality Solution Manager, “Siemens Enterprise Communications’ open communications architecture means that our products are built on open standards from the ground up, which is why we are pleased to partner with Cetis to certify a wide range of Teledex and TeleMatrix brand hotel telephone models preferred by major hotel brands and designed to seamlessly integrated with Siemens Enterprise Communications systems globally.”
“This strategic global hospitality technology partnership with Siemens Enterprise Communications leverages the world’s most popular and trusted hospitality telephones and Siemens Enterprise Communications’ proven world-class enterprise communications systems, to deliver seamless phone system/endpoint interoperability and support for hoteliers globally,” states Bing N. Sun, Ph.D., President & CEO, Cetis, Inc.
For product and pricing details on the complete line of Siemens-certified Cetis analog and VoIP telephony endpoints, call +1.719.638.8821, write info@CetisGroup.com, or visit www.CetisGroup.com.
About Cetis
Cetis, Inc. (www.CetisGroup.com), pronounced Setis, is a leading ISO-9001, RoHS, and WEEE-certified manufacturer of Scitec®, Teledex®, and TeleMatrix® brand telephones and ExpressNet® and AirLink® high-‐speed wireless broadband access solutions. Designed and engineered in America and Europe, Cetis E Series, I Series (formerly Teledex iPhone), Opal Series, Diamond Series, Nugget Series, 9600 Series, 3300 Series, and Aegis Series telephones, and ExpressNet, and AirLink high-speed Internet devices, are preferred by all major hotel brands globally. Cetis maintains sales and support facilities in North America, Beijing, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, and United Kingdom.
About Siemens Enterprise Communications
Siemens Enterprise Communications is a premier provider of end-to-end enterprise communications, including voice, network infrastructure and security solutions that use open, standards-based unified communications and business applications for a seamless collaboration experience. This award-winning “Open Communications” approach enables organizations to improve productivity and reduce costs through easy-to-deploy solutions that work within existing IT environments, delivering operational efficiencies. It is the foundation for the company’s OpenPath® commitment that enables customers to mitigate risk and cost-effectively adopt unified communications. Jointly owned by The Gores Group and Siemens AG, Siemens Enterprise Communications includes Cycos and Enterasys Networks. For more information about Siemens Enterprise Communications or Enterasys please visit www.siemens-enterprise.com or www.enterasys.com.
Cetis Announces Interoperability of Teledex and TeleMatrix IP Telephones with Matrix ComSec Hospitality IP-PBXs.
For Immediate Release – Colorado Springs, CO – August 5, 2011
Cetis, Inc. has confirmed certification of Teledex and TeleMatrix brand corded and cordless hospitality IP telephones with Matrix ComSec IP-PBX telephone systems.
As part of the strategic focus on hospitality telephony solutions, Matrix ComSec, a leading manufacturer of telecom products, has completed interoperability of Teledex ND Series SIP corded, and NDC SIP cordless, and TeleMatrix 3300IP Series SIP corded, IP550 SIP corded, and 9600IP Series SIP cordless telephones with its range of hospitality and commercial IP-PBXs.
The Teledex and TeleMatrix brand IP phones were exhaustively tested by the Matrix research and development team and are now certified interoperable with the Matrix IP-PBX. The testing included interoperability of basic and advanced call management feature transparency between Matrix IP-PBXs and Cetis IP phones.
The Matrix ETERNITY IP-PBX is designed to meet the diverse communication needs of hospitality industry. It incorporates a specialized hospitality module, third-party PMS and CAS support, and many other utilitarian and productivity enhancing features along with support for PSTN, GSM/3G, ISDN and IP networks. The Matrix ETERNITY IP-PBX actively contributes in routine functioning of the hotel with increased staff mobility and productivity.
According to Ruchir Talati, Product Manager, Enterprise Division for Matrix ComSec, “Cetis has developed a fine range of IP phones compatible with IP-PBXs to further increase customer value, and we have identified the need to offer more purchase alternatives of IP end-terminals to hoteliers. After identifying various IP phones available in the market, we have selected Cetis for its wide range of hotel specific IP phones. Cetis has good market reach and is known for their hotel-specific IP phones. To strengthen Matrix’s presence in the hospitality domain, the combined solution of Matrix IP-PBXs with Cetis IP phones will offer a comprehensive solution with extended IP end-terminal alternatives for guest rooms,” he concludes.
The partners agree that this interoperability will effectively increase the range of options hoteliers now have to buy a reliable, feature rich Matrix IP-PBX hotel telephony system with an alternative to select compatible IP end-terminals from the full line of Cetis IP telephones.
Contact us for product and pricing details on the full range of Teledex and TeleMatrix brand IP telephones by Cetis.
Cetis Completes A Successful HITEC 2011 In Austin, TX.
For Immediate Release – Colorado Springs, CO – July 1, 2011
In conjunction with the company’s HITEC 2011 exhibit, Cetis, Inc. also recently completed its annual sales meeting in Austin, Texas. The week – long HITEC 2011 event and sales meeting provided an opportunity for nearly 20 Cetis sales directors, representing nearly half of the Cetis global sales team, to conference with Cetis customers and channel partners from throughout the world, and discuss 2011/2012 sales and marketing strategies.
HITEC 2011 also coincided with the announcement that Cetis has recently shipped its 60,000th hospitality IP telephone since 2006. Teledex and TeleMatrix brand IP telephones were featured prominently in the booth, and attendees were also able to speak directly with Brock Munsell, Chief Technology Officer, Cetis, Inc. about present and future Cetis IP telephone solutions.
Advantage: Cetis, the Cetis show theme, was featured on display graphics, banners, literature, and nametags. “Advantage Cetis effectively highlights more than 30 reasons why Cetis distinguishes itself as the best choice for hospitality analog and IP telephones,” explains John Grubb, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Cetis, Inc. “With the top three telephone brands in the industry, and over 30 million telephones installed globally, Cetis is the preferred guestroom telephone provider for hotel brands and management companies worldwide.”
Cetis also announced the recent installation of its new world – class Infor ERP VISUAL customer relationship management (CRM) system, designed to plan, organize, and manage inventory, order fulfillment, customer service, and channel communications and relationships.
“We appreciate the passion hoteliers have for hospitality, and applaud HFTP for effectively transforming HITEC into a global hospitality technology venue,” notes Dr. Bing N. Sun, President & CEO, Cetis, Inc. “We certainly enjoyed meeting with hoteliers from throughout the world and appreciate the longtime support of Cetis hotel and channel partners in helping us continue design, engineer, and manufacture innovative telephony products for the hotel guestroom.” Dr. Sun concludes.
During the Cetis annual sales meeting in Austin, Cetis sales directors from North America, Caribbean/Latin America, Europe/Africa, India, and the Middle East met to review customer and channel relationships, and discuss global sales and marketing strategies. On the final day of the meeting, Dr. Sun announced the promotion of John Grubb to Vice President of Sales & Marketing. This announcement was followed by a Focus 2011 sales team meeting, during which Mr. Grubb shared the Cetis vision for an expanded global infrastructure and additional sales teams to meet the growing demand for Cetis products.
Contact us for product and pricing details on Cetis analog and IP telephones, and ExpressNet high – speed Internet solutions.
Cetis Calls on Infor ERP to Fuel Growth.
Infor ERP VISUAL to Help Cetis Increase Volume and Speed of Production.
For Immediate Release – ATLANTA – June 17, 2011
Infor, a leading provider of business application software serving over 70,000 customers, today announced Cetis, a leading manufacturer of telephones and high-speed Internet access point products, has selected Infor ERP VISUAL. The solution will be deployed in the company’s assemble-to-order (ATO) facility to enable the company to increase its production capacity through improved decision-making, order fulfillment, and customer service.
- Cetis has selected Infor ERP VISUAL to manage order management, available to promise, production scheduling and inventory at its Colorado facility of assembled to order telephone products.
- To help Cetis meet growing demands for its products, ERP VISUAL will provide seamless data flow across various departments, enabling the company to increase operational efficiency, volume and production speed.
- The flexibility of ERP VISUAL will help Cetis improve customer service, customer relationships, and responsiveness.
- Cetis will deploy ERP VISUAL CRM to reduce costs and maximize revenue opportunities through integrated customer relationship management.
“Cetis telephony products continue to be the standard by which other phones are judged, however, we needed to find an ERP solution that would enable us to manage growth and enhance customer service levels,” said Brock Munsell, Chief Technology Officer, Cetis, Inc. “Our initial evaluation of VISUAL demonstrated that it will help meet our goals, and the positive feedback we received from existing VISUAL customers confirmed that it is the solution to take our business to the next level.”
“Infor ERP VISUAL delivers end-to-end functionality that is ideal for an emerging manufacturer looking at ERP for the first time,” said Mark Humphlett, director, ERP Solution Marketing, Infor. “By integrating all core manufacturing requirements as well as customer relationship management, quality management, and warehouse management, ERP VISUAL delivers support for the full business lifecycle, from planning to sourcing to making to delivering.”
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Cetis Announces Installation Of 60,000th Hotel Guestroom IP Telephone.
For Immediate Release – Colorado Springs, CO – June 20, 2011
Cetis, Inc., pronounced Setis, (www.CetisGroup.com) has announced the installation of the company’s 60,000th hotel guestroom IP telephone. Designed and engineered in America and Europe specifically for hospitality applications, Cetis IP telephones are available in Teledex iPhone and E Series, and TeleMatrix 9600IP and 3300IP single and two-line configurations.
“Since 2006, Cetis has been a hospitality industry leader in the design, engineering, and manufacturing of IP telephones for hotel guestroom applications,” reports Dr. Bing N. Sun, President & CEO, Cetis, Inc. “Our Teledex, and TeleMatrix brand IP telephones continue to lead the way with innovative design, rich feature sets, and proven SIP interoperability,” he emphasizes.
“Cetis SIP-compatible IP telephones are competitively priced, easy to install, and seamlessly configured to meet guest expectations,” adds Brock Munsell, Cetis Chief Technology Officer. “And because our Teledex and TeleMatrix brand IP phones are designed to effectively emulate the look and feel of a standard analog set, the guest experience is seamless, but the feature set is pure IP,” Munsell adds.
“Cetis also hosts one of the most advanced SIP telephony labs in the world to provide Cetis-certified channel partners and value added resellers (VAR) access to Cetis Tier 3 IP technical support teams, software tools and upgrades, a 24/7 knowledge base, documentation, FAQs, and forums for troubleshooting,” states Mr. Munsell.
Cetis installation partners are SSCA. (SIP School Certified Associate) and Cetis Applications-certified to install and support Cetis telephones operating on the latest IP-PBX telephone systems. The Cetis Mass Configuration Utility (MCU) is engineered to create large numbers of configuration files required to quickly pre-program or deploy Cetis IP telephones. The Cetis IP Mass Administration Utility (MAU) performs administration functions, such as firmware updates to Cetis SIP telephones either prior to installation or on location.
Teledex iPhone ND Series corded and NDC Series cordless, and TeleMatrix 3300IP corded and 9600IP cordless IP telephones by Cetis, are available in single and two-line configurations, and are certified to interoperate with the worldfs leading IP-PBX systems, including Aastra, Alcatel-Lucent, Avaya, Cisco, Defero3, Digium/Asterisk, Epygi, InnovationX, Mitel, NEC, Siemens, and Thing5.
The complete line of Teledex and TeleMatrix brand IP telephones may be viewed during HITEC 2011 at Cetis Booth #1007.
Eight-Foot Tall Robot Greets HITEC 2010 Visitors at Cetis Booth #501.
For Immediate Release – Colorado Springs, CO – July 20, 2010
An 8-foot tall walking, talking robot greets Cetis, Inc. staff and visitors during the June 22 opening of the company’s “The Future Is Calling” hotel guestroom telephony exhibit at HITEC 2010 in Orlando. Cetis debuted its new E Series micro-footprint guestroom/cruise ship and TS9600 touch screen DECT SIP cordless telephones, and provided guests with hands-on demonstrations of emerging guestroom VoIP telephony, and SIP installation/support technologies.
Cetis, Inc. Named Winner In Colorado Companies To Watch 2010 Award Competition.
For Immediate Release – Colorado Springs, CO – July 13, 2010
Cetis, Inc., (pronounced Setis) been named a winner in the recent 2010 Colorado Companies to Watchcompetition. From a field of 420 nominee companies, Cetis, Inc. was recognized as one of top 50 companies in the state of Colorado in receiving the award. Cetis accepted the award, along with other corporate winners, at the 2nd annual Gala Event held on Friday, June 18, 2010 at the Denver Marriott City Center. Winning companies were highlighted in the June edition of ColoradoBIZ magazine (http://www.cobizmag.com/).
“We’re excited about being recognized as a Colorado company experiencing
growth,” states Dr. Bing N. Sun, Cetis, Inc. President &smp; CEO. “We look forward to continuing our growth within the Colorado community and globally” he concludes.
Cetis is a U.S. based corporation and manufacturer of Scitec, Teledex, and TeleMatrix brand telephones. Headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the company maintains sales and support offices in Dubai, China, India, Malaysia, Singapore, and United Kingdom.
About Colorado Companies to Watch
Colorado Companies to Watch recognizes second stage companies that are creating valuable products and services, creating jobs, giving back to communities, and creating new industry throughout Colorado. Award winners must be headquartered in Colorado, employ 6-99 employees, be growth focused, and maintain a working capitol of $750,000 to $50 million. The award was developed by the Edward Lowe Foundation.
Cetis and Defero3 Announce Master Distributor Agreement and Compatible IP Partnership.
For Immediate Release – Colorado Springs, CO – June 29, 2010
Cetis, Inc., a leading manufacturer of SIP telephone sets, and Defero3, Inc. (www.defero3.com), one of the industry’s most reliable and cost-effective suite of hosted voice and data services, have announced completion of a new master distributor agreement that provides Defero3 dealers and developers with Cetis SIP and DECT SIP telephones designed for hotel guestroom applications.
Defero3 has self-tested Cetis corded 3300IP and cordless 9600 Series sets and found them compatible with the Defero3 IP switch, enabling hotels to create a differentiated guest communications experience with minimal investment.
“Defero3 effectively provides hotels with complete, secure, voice and data solutions and is delivered with hosted services, resulting in seamlessly integrated inbound/outbound voice, with collaboration, productivity, and
Internet applications,” said John Grubb, Director of Marketing, Cetis, Inc.
“We’re thrilled to enhance our relationship with Cetis, reports Thomas Gusiak, Defero3 Chief Executive Officer. “Our new distributorship status gives us the ability to offer exceptional price points for hospitality voice solutions as well as superior quality guestroom endpoints”, he concludes.
About Defero3
Defero3, Inc. was formed to provide innovative products and services to the market in the areas of voice, video and data. Our goal is to utilize technologies of today and tomorrow allowing people to communicate as freely and effortlessly as if face-to-face, no matter the distance. Technology changes daily and Defero3 is the company where tomorrow’s communications originate.
Cetis To Debut New E Series Telephones At HITEC 2010.
For Immediate Release – Colorado Springs, CO – June 14, 2010
Cetis, Inc., pronounced Setis, has announced plans to debut its new space-saving, energy-efficient E Series telephones June 21-24 during HITEC 2010 at Booth #501. Designed and engineered in America, the phones measure a compact 8”/19.92cm (l) x 4.5”/11.2cm (w) x 1.5”/3.73cm (d). The smaller E Series footprint requires less room on the desk or nightstand, and requires less energy in the manufacturing process, so the impact on the environment is smaller as well.
“Our new Cetis E Series telephones are amazingly big on features, yet surprisingly small in size, says Dr. Bing N. Sun, President & CEO, Cetis, Inc. “Like the Diamond telephone that revolutionized hotel guestroom telephony in the 1980’s, our new E Series telephones effectively create an entirely new hotel guestroom telephone category designed to meet emerging limited-space hotel guestroom and cruise line applications,” he emphasizes.
“E Series telephones are expected to be available Q4 2010 in both single and two-line corded and DECT cordless analog and SIP configurations with options for a convenient LCD clock and 3 or 7 guest service keys,” reports John Grubb, Director of Marketing, Cetis, Inc. “We’re expecting a high level of customer satisfaction and sales success with the new E Series, because these phones offer a compelling new design, rich feature set, smaller more energy-efficient footprint, and the global acceptance of the Cetis brand”, he concludes.
Cetis E Series telephones may be viewed during HITEC 2010 at Cetis Booth #501. A Cetis press conference is scheduled at the Orange County Convention Center, Tuesday, June 22, at 2 p.m.
