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Polycom, global leader in Unified Communications (UC) solutions, and  Anixter’s strategic partner, announced it has shipped its 4 millionth conference phone, accomplishing this achievement only a few month before celebrating its 20 years of its entry into the audio conference market. The 4 millionth conference phone was shipped to SoftBank Commerce in Korea.
Polycom maintains its global leadership in the audio conference telephone market with about 80 percent market share. A growth is expected in the market for the next few years, with analysts predicting a 16.9 percent CAGR revenue increase for audio conferencing equipment from 2009 through 2015.

A bit of History
For two decades, Polycom telephone have helped shape the way business gets done. Millions of people recognize the brand for its long history of voice innovation solutions, starting back in 1992, when the company shipped its first Polycom SoundStation® conference phone. Ever since then, Polycom has led the industry with technological breakthroughs that continued to improve the users’ experience and help people make the best decisions, quicker.
These innovations include Polycom HD Voice ™, which provides twice the clarity of ordinary phone calls and patented Polycom Acoustic Clarity Technology™, allowing to make crystal-clear, echo-less group calls, with no drop-outs or feedback.
Polycom was also the first to incorporate VoIP (voice over IP) advanced wireless capabilities support and native integration with the largest Unified Communications solutions to ensure the best interoperable environment across the organization.
Last month, Polycom presented its most versatile incorporation to the conference phone line, Polycom SoundStation ® Duo ™, which facilitates migration from analog to IP telephony by working in both environments and ensuring investment protection along the process.

Top Quality, Top Features
Polycom voice quality is also one of the main reasons why many customers choose Polycom video solutions. HD Voice is now a standard feature in all Polycom video solutions, with many  customers rating the voice quality of Polycom video as far superior in terms of delivering a real life experience.
Not long ago, Polycom also introduced a new business media phone, the Polycom® VVX® 500, combining HD Voice, advanced telephony and the capability to do “one-touch video” in a simple executive deskphone.
"Shipping our 4 millionth conference phone is about more than just hitting a huge milestone – it's about leveraging Polycom's long history of innovation in the market to continue to transform and improve the way people work", said Sudhakar Ramakrishna, Executive Vice President and General Manager for the UC Dvision, and Chief Development Officer, Polycom. "As Polycom expanded from voice products to a comprehensive UC and HD video solution supported by the Polycom® RealPresence™ platform, customers time and again tell us their association with the Polycom brand is built on trust, quality and reliability, which all began with our conference phone. For millions of people the world over, the story is the same: they buy Polycom because our solutions work as advertised and they remove the barriers to distance communication to enable lifelike collaboration at enterprise scale”.
Anixter takes pride in being Polycom’s strategic business partner and having walked the innovation trail in Unified Communications with the leading manufacturer. As world-class distributor,  Anixter hopes to continue the work with Polycom and keep revolutionizing the way people do business.
If you wish to acquire any Polycom solution, please contact your Account Executive at Anixter and start offering your customers the best audio and video conferencing products in the world.