Swedish software firm Telepos run of success has continued, with its inclusion in the list of Cool Vendors by technology analyst, Gartner. Vendors selected for the report Cool Vendors in Mobile and Wireless, 2007 are regarded as innovative, impactful and intriguing. Already this year, Telepo has received a GSM Association Award at 3GSM, and been awarded the the 2007 European ICT Prize.
About Gartners Cool Vendors Selection Process Gartners listing does not constitute an exhaustive list of vendors in any given technology area, but rather is designed to highlight interesting, new and innovative vendors, products and services. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness of a particular purpose.
Gartner defines a cool vendor as a company that offers technologies or solutions that are innovative, enabling users to do things they couldnt do before; impactful, having business impact, rather than just technology for the sake of technology; and intriguing, having caught Gartners interest or curiosity in the past six months.
Telepos Business Communication Solution 3.0 addresses the convergence needs of enterprises with rapidly growing mobile workforces. It extends the range of advanced voice and messaging functions and provides intelligent call control and routing across fixed, IP and mobile devices.
Central to its design is ease of use, with an intuitive user interface and single identity. It has also been built on Linux and open IETF standards, such as SIP, HTTP and LDAP, to offer interoperability with a wide range of endpoint devices, legacy mixed-vendor (PBX) infrastructures and other business applications. This enables a consistent service offering across locations and devices, such as mobile phones, softphones on PCs, VoIP clients, IP phones and other desktop devices. The solution is available as stand-alone software for enterprises or as a pay-per-license offering from operators and service providers.
“We are delighted to be named a “Cool Vendor”  by Gartner, says Telepo CEO Lars-Michal Paqvaln. We have a new and innovative converged communication solution for service providers and enterprises that captures mobile users needs. Todays workforce is becoming increasingly mobile, and with our solutions, enterprises can expand and control their service offering and enhance end user value by enabling true mobility globally, while also achieving considerable cost savings.