Telstra Launches Enterprise IP Telephony service in Australia

Telstra began offering an IP Telephony service aimed at businesses and government agencies. The carrier said its service provides the ability to combine existing handsets and PBX equipment with the latest generation of IP technology. Advanced features of the Telstra IP Telephony service includes a unified messaging mailbox for email and voice-mail, online phone directory information with click and call capability, and Web-based configuration for call forwarding and call waiting. Australia's Westpac Banking Corporation plans to undertake a major migration to IP telephony involving more than 30,000 handsets at 1,000 locations by December 2004.http://telstra.com