Westcon Group to market Jabra portfolio of UC-optimised voice communication and collaboration products to enterprise and office customers
 
Bangkok, May 6, 2010 — GN Netcom, a world leader in innovative hands-free communications solutions, has appointed Westcon as distributor for the ASEAN markets of Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia. Under the agreement, Westcon will distribute the entire suite of Jabra UC-optimised headsets through its strong reseller base to address rising enterprise market demand for Unified Communications (UC) solutions that include voice communications and collaboration.

The agreement with Westcon, a leading specialty distributor with particular expertise in the convergence of voice, data and video applications and technologies, is a major step in accelerating GN Netcom’s ASEAN growth strategy to expand sales channels for the UC environments. Westcon serves segments of the regional Enterprise market: large enterprises, the mid market including call centres, as well as the SMB office and mobility markets.

“This latest regional cooperation builds on the successful partnership forged between GN Netcom and Westcon in Australia over the past few years. We look forward to scaling the relationship into Asean given Westcon’s demonstrably strong track record in South-east Asia,” said Ralph Ede, regional managing director, GN Netcom. “Jabra offerings for UC voice solutions complete Westcon’s portfolio of convergence products by leading technology vendors Cisco, Avaya, Polycom. Both companies will leverage synergies, working closely to strengthen brand recognition through joint marketing activities and meet customer needs.” 

“Jabra products are a natural extension to the Westcon range of solutions and services for Asean’s high-growth markets of Asean,” commented Eric Tan, Regional Director, Westcon Convergence. “In the increasingly fast-paced virtual world we operate in, there is no limit to the hosts of networks connecting us to our customers, partners, peers, colleagues etc. Jabra wireless headsets are the vital business tools that simplify connectivity and deliver productivity benefits to the end-users. From organizational perspective, Jabra products ensure rapid return on their UC investment.” 
 

GN Netcom develops a wide range of wireless and corded audio end-point solutions that are compatible with the Unified Communications software and systems of UC vendor partners, including Microsoft, Cisco, IBM, Avaya and Siemens. Business customers and end-users can experience the full benefits of Unified Communication anytime, anywhere through easy-to-install, simple-to-use Jabra headsets and handsets that improve worker productivity and provide enhanced ergonomic comfort.

The ASEAN Opportunity in 2010

Ralph Ede, GN Netcom noted, “Industry watchers and experts assess the Asean UC opportunity to be almost as huge as India. Likewise, we see good reason to be bullish about Asean prospects particularly as GN Netcom grew by a striking 30% in India last year. Individual markets in Asean may be adopting UC platforms at different rates, but what’s certain is that with the economic upturn organizations are seriously reviewing workplace strategies for breakthrough improvements in business communications, efficiency and competitiveness. GN Netcom is committing greater resources to hasten market penetration in key verticals, especially banking institutions, which are turning to UC solutions to achieve this.”
Strengthens ASEAN Presence with New Office in Bangkok

GN Netcom recently opened a new office in Bangkok, Thailand to serve the markets of Thailand and Vietnam where demand for Jabra enterprise and contact centre products grew sharply last year. According to Ralph Ede, “We experienced a doubling of our customer base. A major driver has been the adoption of voice communications and collaboration solutions by larger enterprises to address rising expectations of customers, as well as improve business competitiveness.”
In key contact centre markets including Malaysia and Philippines, the focus is to strengthen key partnerships. In fast-paced commercial centres with advanced triple-play services such as Singapore, where voice telephony, wireless mobile, high-speed internet access have become fairly common applications, GN Netcom’s focus is on accelerating the roll-out of Jabra premium UC-offerings to  enterprise and office market segments.

Ralph Ede ,Regional Managing Director GN Netcom

GN Netcom, led by the Jabra brand, continues to build on its standing as one of the world’s leading and fastest growing suppliers of hands-free communications solutions. With 1,100 employees and sales offices around the world, GN develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of wireless headsets for mobile users and both wireless and corded headsets for contact centre and office-based users. GN Netcom’s business activities also include its original equipment manufacturing (OEM) business to a wide range of global customers including mobile phone, PC and PDA manufacturers. Jabra’s award-winning headset range features cordless and corded models for every kind of mobile lifestyle. For more information, visit www.jabra.com

Eric Tan,Regional Director Westcon Convergence

Westcon Group, Inc. is the leading specialty distributor in networking, security, mobility and convergence for leading technology vendors, including Cisco, Avaya and Polycom. Through its Comstor, Westcon Convergence, and Westcon Security business practices, Westcon Group sells products and services to resellers, systems integrators and service providers. Westcon Group has particular expertise in the convergence of voice, data and video applications and technologies, including voice-over Internet protocol, or VoIP, security for networking and communications systems, remote access, Internet and e-business, virtual private networks, videoconferencing and wireless connectivity. For more information, visit www.westcongroup.com.

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