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- BellSouth Expands Voice over IP Portfolio to Include Avaya Solutions - ATLANTA, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- BellSouth (NYSE:BLS) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Avaya (NYSE:AV) to resell Avaya IP telephony solutions to businesses. Customers can now work with BellSouth as a single point of contact to address telephony, messaging and contact center requirements using Avaya's broad portfolio of IP-based solutions. "BellSouth has a history of delivering outstanding customer service and unmatched breadth of technology options for businesses," said Dick Anderson, vice chairman and president - Business Markets, BellSouth. "Avaya is a global leader in IP communications applications, systems and services and its solutions add substantial strength to BellSouth's business product portfolio." BellSouth will market and sell Avaya IP telephony including the following product suites and services: - Avaya MultiVantage(R) Communications Applications - includes Avaya Communication Manager IP telephony software and contact center, messaging, mobility and business continuity applications. - Avaya MultiVantage(R) Express - designed specifically for mid-sized businesses, this single-server solution provides the power of Avaya Communication Manager with built-in communications, messaging, mobility and management applications. - Avaya IP Office - flexible, converged voice and data system designed for small and mid-sized businesses. IP Office enables businesses to deploy an infrastructure that supports full-featured traditional voice functionality today with the option to migrate to IP telephony in the future. - Avaya one-X(TM) Mobile, Desktop and Deskphone Editions - unique family of devices provides consistent business features and one number access to and from users with cellular, PC-based or desktop phones. - Avaya Professional and IP Support Services - deliver pre- and post- installation consulting and management services for IP telephony customer support. "With Avaya, BellSouth can deliver standards-based business IP solutions that provide the resiliency, security, mobility and emergency services support that customers demand," said Ralph Nimergood, vice president - Systems Integrator/Service Provider Channel, Avaya. "BellSouth has a broad portfolio of Avaya solutions that enable them to meet the needs of any size business and deliver IP telephony in the way customers feel is right for them." BellSouth has delivered voice over IP solutions to businesses for five years and supports a full range of professional and managed services on Avaya and other leading manufacturers' platforms. For more information about BellSouth voice and data solutions for business customers, visit http://www.bellsouthlargebusiness.com/. About Avaya Avaya Inc. designs, builds and manages communications networks for more than 1 million businesses worldwide, including over 90 percent of the FORTUNE 500(R). Focused on businesses large to small, Avaya is a world leader in secure and reliable Internet Protocol (IP) telephony systems and communications software applications and services. Driving the convergence of voice and data communications with business applications - and distinguished by comprehensive worldwide services - Avaya helps customers leverage existing and new networks to achieve superior business results. For more information visit the Avaya website: http://www.avaya.com/. About BellSouth BellSouth Corporation is a Fortune 500 communications company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. BellSouth has joint control and 40 percent ownership of Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless voice and data provider with 57.3 million customers. Backed by award-winning customer service, BellSouth offers the most comprehensive and innovative package of voice and data services available in the market. Through BellSouth Answers(R), residential and small business customers can bundle their local and long distance service with dial-up and high-speed DSL Internet access, satellite television and Cingular(R) Wireless service. For businesses, BellSouth provides secure, reliable local and long distance voice and data networking solutions. BellSouth also offers print and online directory advertising through The Real Yellow Pages(R) and YELLOWPAGES.COM(TM) from BellSouth. BellSouth believes that diversity and fostering an inclusive environment are critical in maintaining a competitive advantage in today's global marketplace. More information about BellSouth can be found at http://www.bellsouth.com/. DATASOURCE: BellSouth Corporation CONTACT: Media, Todd Smith of BellSouth, +1-404-829-8723, or ; or Deborah Kline of Avaya, +1-908-953-6179, or Web site: http://www.bellsouth.com/ http://www.avaya.com/ http://www.bellsouthlargebusiness.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/095650.html

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