Research in Motion looks to take on enterprise telephony systems with its smartphones.

 Research in Motion (RIM) will announce its ambition to unify desk phones and mobile smartphone in enterprise based on 100% cellular connectivity.

R.I.M. Blackberry Mobile Voice System, (MVS) and the new release of its BlackBerry Enterprise Server will allow businesses with large numbers of mobile workers to dispense with fixed-line phones, but without some of the quality and complexity that can come with WiFi-based Internet telephony including PBX, combining with mobile phone, which seems to be a winning formula.

"We are now able to replace desk phones with smart phones," said David Heit, senior product manager at RIM. "For users who are seldom at their desks, why have a desktop phone, when one device can do it all?"

Gartner has predicted that 40 per cent of office workers will ditch their office phone within the next four years. R.I.M. is ready for that transition.   [Source ITPro]

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