Alcatel Outlines Enterprise Strategy at Forum 2005: Hosted Voice Moved to Center Stage

This IDC Flash provides an overview of the Alcatel Enterprise Forum 2005, held in Paris on February 8–10. The company outlined its enterprise strategy in keynote presentations and meetings with IDC analysts. Highlights of Alcatel's "Be Unlimited" theme included a continued focus on the two pillars of convergence and applications, but this year Alcatel added hosted IP (voice) services as a third key strategic element. Alcatel's Managed Communication Services (MCS) solution will place it at the center of one of the hottest trends and fuel the growth of hosted IP telephony services.