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Konftel
Awarded Prestigious Innovation Prize by Analyst Firm Frost & Sullivan
Other topics:
Two-Way VoIP Service,
VoIP VAR
PRNewswire
April 23, 2007
London, United Kingdom -- Umea-based Konftel, one of the world's
leading suppliers of conference telephones, has received American
analyst
firm Frost & Sullivan's prestigious Product Differentiation Innovation
Award. Each year, Frost & Sullivan awards the company it considers to
have
developed a technically innovative product that differs from competing
products in terms of functionality. |
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"This recognition
strengthens our brand and sharpens our competitive
edge," says Peter Renkel, CEO of Konftel.
The Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Differentiation Innovation is
presented each year to the company that has best demonstrated the
ability
to develop and/or advance products with more innovative capabilities
than
competing vendors and products. This award recognizes the company's
successful adoption of new or existing technology that has become a
part of
its well-designed product family. Such innovation is expected to
significantly contribute to the industry in terms of product
performance
and degree/rate of technical change.
"All major distributors in the industry know of Frost & Sullivan and
know what it means to receive this award," says Peter Renkel. "The
award
recognizes our innovative ability and, naturally, this is a great
honor."
Before considering the recipient of this award, the analyst team
tracks
competing market participants' product differentiation strategies
through
ongoing research. This research consists of market participant
interviews,
end-user surveys, and extensive secondary research.
Konftel offers a range of products designed to meet the varying and
specific needs of both small and large groups of people, and this
award
recognizes the company's achievements for product differentiation
innovation with the Konftel 50.
Frost & Sullivan writes in its award recipient announcement:
"In this one product, Konftel answers the customer's need for a
single,
highly flexible solution that maximizes return on investment. The
model
incorporates a range of connectivity options that make the Konftel 50
an
ideal communications workhorse for small or mobile teams. With the
Konftel
50 - and unlike most other manufacturers' audio conferencing tabletop
products - Konftel chose not to implement a standard PSTN interface,
opting
instead for a multipurpose analogue and digital interface that
supports
connection to a wide range of devices.
This range of connectivity options allows the Konftel 50 to be used
with any digital or system telephone (key application), with a GSM
cell
phone or DECT phone, and via a personal computer or laptop for use
with
online VoIP services such as Skype. Additionally, Konftel offers a
comprehensive range of cables that allow the Konftel 50 to be
connected to
the handsets of most cellular and cordless phones.
In its product design, Konftel has cleverly focused on maximizing the
quality of the audio presented to listeners - both local and remote -
while
leaving the dialing function to the telephone, personal computer, or
cell
phone to which it is attached."
"When launched, the Konftel 50 was unique with all its areas of use
bundled into a single product. It provided inroads to many new
markets,
which then also discovered our other products. Since then, we've
refined
our innovation into yet another new product, the Konftel 60W. That
we've
now received the most coveted award in the world for our phone
provides
satisfying confirmation of our success," says Peter Renkel.
Konftel offers a range of products designed to meet the varying and
specific needs of both small and large groups of people. Whether the
customer has a digital, IP, or DECT PBX system, or perhaps wants to
use
computers for online VoIP meetings, Konftel has a conference phone to
match
and that will provide crystal clear sound whatever the situation.
With close to 80 percent of the market, Konftel is already the leading
supplier of conference phones in the Nordic region, with business also
quickly gathering pace throughout the rest of Europe. This makes
Konftel
the second largest conference phone manufacturer in the world.
Read more about The Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Differentiation
Innovation and Konftel's distinction at http://www.konftel.se/press1
About Konftel
Konftel has been a leading company within loudspeaker communication
and
audio technology since 1988. We use our cutting-edge expertise within
acoustics and digital signal processing to develop and sell products
and
technology for telephone meetings. Characteristic of our products is
that
all conference telephones contain the same high quality audio
technology,
OmniSound(R), providing crystal clear sound. The products are sold
under
the Konftel brand throughout the world, with Europe comprising our
largest
market. Konftel is headquartered in Umea, Sweden, with local offices
in
Chicago and Bangalore.
About Frost & Sullivan
Frost & Sullivan, founded in 1961, has 26 global offices with more
than
1500 industry consultants, market research analysts, technology
analysts
and economists. Our mission is to research and analyze new market
opportunities for corporate growth. We are the world leader in growth
consulting and the integrated areas of technology research, market
research, economic research, corporate best practices, training,
customer
research, competitive intelligence and corporate strategy. |
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