Dar Al Arkan, one of the Kingdom’s largest real estate companies, has opted for a complete IP telephony solution at its Riyadh HQ. Employing one of Saudi’s largest solution providers, 3i Solution, Dar Al Arkan has successfully piloted the project and has rolled out 400 IP telephony phones across its main offices in the Kingdom.
Based on Dar Al Arkan’s local area network, Cisco’s IP telephony solution will be connected via IPT communications technology and Molex cabling to Dar Al Arkan’s branch offices around the Kingdom, helping to boost the company’s competitiveness against both local and international competition through cost savings and improved communications.
As one of Cisco’s most prominent local partners, 3i Solution has been leading efforts to win companies over to IP telephony. 3i Solution’s general manager Al Qanzal believes that the advantages of IP telephony will become even clearer once authorities in the GCC region fully embrace this technology.
Complementing Dar Al Arkan’s IP telephony solution, 3i Solution delivered, implemented and commissioned a number of data centers based on IBM storage and hardware. Dar Al Arkan’s customer services unit and telephony is future-proof, fully redundant, and capable of matching the rapid growth in the Kingdom’s real estate market.
Time period – Late 2005