Nortel BMC 50 VoIP appliance review

Nortel's Business Communications Manager (BCM) appliances have traditionally been aimed at larger enterprise sites and have had price tags to match. But the latest BCM 50 brings converged voice and data services to branch offices and smaller businesses.

With support for up to 20 stations (an optional upgrade supports 40 stations), the BCM 50 amalgamates a wealth of features including voice and unified messaging, contact centre apps, call routing, voice over IP (VoIP) and internet access. With the BCM 50, administrators get the same features found in the products for larger enterprises, but Nortel has reduced costs by using a simple Linux kernel and cheaper components. We reviewed the base BCM 50 unit, which is aimed at network environments that have no requirement for, or already have, data routing installed. Other models are available offering ADSL or Ethernet WAN connections along with integral routing.

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Editor's Note: I hope companies in the future will move away from the "per seat" license model in the pbx market.

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