julian macassey <julian@bongo.uucp> (02/01/90)
From The Economist January 27 1990:
"British Telecom is selling its 51% stake in Mitel, the
Canadian maker of computerised telephone switchboards. The most likely
bidders are Japan's NEC and Fijitsu, Siemens, France's Alcatel and
American Telephone and Telegraph."
So now you have a definition for a PBX: computerized telephone
switchboard.
Will this leave AT&T as the only surviving US PBX manufacturer?
Yours with an SX-5 still hanging on the wall,
Julian Macassey, n6are julian@bongo.info.com {ucla-an!denwa!bongo!julian
N6ARE@K6IYK (Packet Radio) n6are.ampr.org [44.16.0.81] voice (213) 653-4495dave%westmark@uunet.uu.net (Dave Levenson) (02/03/90)
In article <3404@accuvax.nwu.edu>, julian@bongo.uucp (julian macassey) writes: ... > From The Economist January 27 1990: > "British Telecom is selling its 51% stake in Mitel... ... > Will this leave AT&T as the only surviving US PBX manufacturer? ... > Yours with an SX-5 still hanging on the wall... My SX-5 indicates that it was made in Canada. Mitel is not a US PBX manufacturer. Also, it is not clear that Mitel is not surviving. (Our SX-5 is sitting on the floor!) Dave Levenson Voice: (201 | 908) 647 0900 Westmark, Inc. Internet: dave@westmark.uu.net Warren, NJ, USA UUCP: {uunet | rutgers | att}!westmark!dave [The Man in the Mooney] AT&T Mail: !westmark!dave
tronix@polari.UUCP (David Daniel) (02/04/90)
Mitel is indeed a Canadian based firm, however much of their product
is made in Texas and Florida. They were the ONLY PBX mfg. to post a
profit for calendar year 1989. BT isn't dumping Mitel per se. They
are however VERY restricted to the amount of Mitel equipment they can
sell in the UK. They feel at this point that the capital they can get
from the sale of their 51% can be better utilized in providing telco
services. I consider Mitel equipment to be the best on the market as
do many users.
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