Richard Platt, vice president and general manager of the Small Business Solutions business unit at Linksys, Irvine, Calif., said what Linksys and Airband are showing is a stripped-down, 1.0 version that’s not intended to showcase the ultimate features but rather to highlight the ease of installing, upgrading and configuring the product. “We frankly [focused on] that to the exclusion of some of the new voice features initially,” Platt said.
Auto attendant, find/follow, voice mail and the ability to use phones at multiple sites will be supported in the nationwide rollout of Linksys One this fall, he said.
Channel sources also expressed concern over the anticipated equipment cost of Linksys One. Nigel Williams, vice president of channel and service provider operations, said the company might consider a leasing component at some point. “At the end of the day, we want to make it as simple as possible for VARs to procure product,” he said.
Subsea cable alternatives can provide a level of comfort for those concerned about disruptions. Realistically, they will continue to play a small, but critical role in the short term.
Maintaining existing network infrastructures often incurs huge technical debt before newer technologies are adopted over time.
Amid ongoing regional uncertainties, telecom infrastructure in the Middle East has expand to include terrestrial low-latency network infrastructure, which offers resilience and agility in navigating political complexities without relying solely on undersea networks.
