Tadiran Telecon targets SMBs

Company launches two advanced telephony solutions called Composit and Coral IPx.

Tadiran Telecom Ltd, a group company of the $3-billion Israel headquartered Africa Israel Investment Ltd, announced the launch of two advanced telephony solutions Composit and Coral IPx for the small and medium businesses (SMBs).

"SMBs contribute to 54 per cent of the total IT spend and is the fastest growing segment within the industry with a growth rate of 20 per cent," said Asaf Yishay, director, regional sales and marketing (Asia Pacific), Tadiran Telecon. In IT hardware, server and networking, SMBs would contribute $500 million, of which 10 per cent spend would be on internet protocol (IP) telephony."

The $100-million company provides IP support on all its lines of products. "India contributes to 10-12 per cent of our overall revenues and it is the fastest growing region for us with a 30 per cent growth rate," said Yishay, adding IP telephony was growing much faster and was expected to have a 60 per cent compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) for the next 3-5 years.

The company has been in India for close to a decade and its clients include Wipro, Indian Space Research Organisation, and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd, Delhi.

"In India, the government is our biggest client and accounts for close to 70 per cent of our India revenues. We are now focusing on the SMB sector and expect that to pick up and in the next 3-5 years. Both SMB and government should level off and contribute to 50 per cent each of our revenues," said Yishay.

Composit delivers a comprehensive suite of Customer Interaction Management solutions designed specifically to meet the business needs of small to medium enterprises and Coral IPx Office, an all-in-one server for voice and data traffic, offers a wide range of IP functionality, a comprehensive list of user features and a large selection of inter operability options.