Cisco Ships Its Millionth IP Phone

COPENHAGEN -- Cisco Systems today announced that it has shipped its one millionth Internet Protocol (IP) telephone in Europe. The recipient is Bankernes EDB Central (BEC), a leading Danish technology provider to 78 banks in the country. The millionth IP phone is part of a shipment of 6,000 IP phones being installed over the next three years, making this the single largest IP telephony project in Denmark to date. To mark this milestone, Tim Stone, Head of IP Communications Marketing for EMEA, Cisco Systems, awarded Leo Svendsen, Director, BEC, with a commemorative phone at a special ceremony at BEC headquarters in Roskilde, Denmark on 9th August.

With the majority of BEC's customers being small to medium-sized banks in Denmark, it is important the solutions provided to them are cost effective and installed with minimum disruption to business. In a close alliance with Cisco Systems and NetDesign, a leading Danish IT and telephony systems integrator, BEC now has the full capability to deliver IP enabled solutions including data centres, PCs, routers and operational systems, which Danish banks of any size can take advantage of.

Leo Svendsen, Director, BEC, said: "We're greatly honoured to receive the one millionth Cisco IP phone here in Roskilde. All the members of BEC, comprising 78 financial institutions, have chosen to invest in IP telephony. I'm sure that Cisco technology will help our customers to improve processes whilst reducing process costs. The merging of telephony and IT opens up a whole new way of serving banking customers, for example through offering video conferencing and the ability to document telephone conversations. I'm sure our members will gain competitive advantages - not only through cost savings but also through the introduction of new services."

Cisco Systems Inc.