Rockefeller Group Technology Solutions Chooses Aastra to Power New ROCKVoice Service

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aastra, a leading company at the forefront of the enterprise communications market, announced today that Rockefeller Group Technology Solutions (RGTS) has chosen Aastra as the Unified Communications solution behind its latest service offering, ROCKVoice, to provide IP-based voice services for tenants in New York City and across the country. ROCKVoice provides RGTS's client companies and their employees a whole new standard of performance and direct control for VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), data, and multi-media services.

“The RGTS technology team understands the value of open-standards solutions, a tenet that Aastra has championed for decades”

"RGTS is very pleased to launch our new ROCKVoice platform with Aastra," said John Tarduno, president and CEO of RGTS. "We're very confident of its many immediate benefits and of the advantages it will provide in the years ahead for our clients and for our service operations."

Aastra’s carrier-grade service switching platform is the foundation of ROCKVoice and is designed from the ground up on IP (Internet Protocol) and open XML standards (the non-proprietary Extensible Markup Language widely used on the Internet). The VoIP services are elegantly integrated with personal computers, and they are exceptionally flexible, versatile, and powerful. RGTS began a rollout of ROCKVoice in April; there are currently about 250 end-user customers using the service and this number is expected to grow significantly as additional customers are introduced to the new offering.

“The RGTS technology team understands the value of open-standards solutions, a tenet that Aastra has championed for decades,” said Tim Whittington, Executive Vice-President and General Manager, Aastra USA. “Aastra is providing a flexible, scalable, and highly resilient Unified Communications platform with native multi-tenant capabilities, characteristics which make it an excellent fit for RGTS. Now RGTS is able to continue its tradition of providing innovative solutions to meet its customers’ needs in a more cost-effective manner. We look forward to continuing this great partnership.”

ROCKVoice comes with new flat-rate pricing plans that include unlimited local and national long-distance voice service, and dozens of sophisticated calling features. When it comes to modifying phone features for individual users, client companies can choose to do it themselves or have RGTS make the changes at no additional charge.

Voicemail messages can be handled to suit a company's specific policies and preferences for security and back-up. A company's incoming voicemail messages can be stored on RGTS's servers until the individual users delete them. Alternatively, all incoming voicemail messages can be forwarded to a client company's own servers, with no storage on RGTS servers.

Other ROCKVoice features include:

Click-to-dial from a webpage or Outlook Contact;
Click on a group list to start a conference call;
Receive voicemail messages as e-mailed audio messages, by phone, or both;
One number accessibility - your office phone number and all your voice features can travel with you and function anywhere there is a good Internet connection.

For more information please visit www.aastrausa.com.

About Aastra USA

Aastra USA Inc. is the US business unit of Aastra Technologies Limited, a company at the forefront of the enterprise communication market. Headquartered in Concord, Ontario, Canada, Aastra develops and delivers innovative communications products and applications for businesses. Aastra’s operations are truly global with more than 50 million installed lines around the world and a direct and indirect presence in more than 100 countries. Aastra USA is entirely dedicated to enterprise communications and offers IP telephony and Unified Communications solutions individually tailored to satisfy its customers’ requirements. These range from feature-rich call managers for small and medium businesses and highly scalable ones for large enterprises, integrated mobility, call center solutions to a wide selection of terminals. With a strong focus on open standards, Aastra USA enables enterprises to communicate and collaborate more efficiently. For additional information on Aastra, visit our website at http://www.aastrausa.com.

About RGTS

Rockefeller Group Technology Solutions, Inc. (RGTS) is a subsidiary of The Rockefeller Group, a New York-based corporation concentrated in real estate, real estate services, and telecommunications. RGTS was established in 1984 as a comprehensive telephone and managed services (outsourcing) group. Its mission is to provide Rockefeller Center tenants with a single, reliable source for all communication needs. RGTS quickly became the preferred telephone service provider at Rockefeller Center, due to its uncompromising level of client service and its ability to develop creative and flexible solutions. RGTS also extended its services and client roster well beyond that location, currently delivering technology solutions to more than 500 clients. RGTS was among the earliest service providers to offer hosted voice and messaging services in the mid 1980s, and high speed Internet access in the mid 1990s. For more information please visit www.rgts.com.