Mitel

Mitel is a high-tech company providing unified communications solutions for business. The company previously produced TDM PBX systems and applications but after a change in ownership in 2001 now focuses almost entirely on Voice-over-IP (VoIP) products. Those products include but are not limited to: Mitel is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, with offices, partners and resellers worldwide. Michael Cowpland and Terry Matthews founded Mitel i... more

Mitel is a high-tech company providing unified communications solutions for business. The company previously produced TDM PBX systems and applications but after a change in ownership in 2001 now focuses almost entirely on Voice-over-IP (VoIP) products. Those products include but are not limited to: Mitel is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, with offices, partners and resellers worldwide. Michael Cowpland and Terry Matthews founded Mitel in 1973 (officially on June 8, 1973). Conventionally, its name is regarded as a combination of the founders’ first names and their first product - MIke and TErry's Lawnmowers. However, Cowpland is quoted as stating that it stands for Mike and Terry's Electronics. The pair originally intended to sell cordless electric lawnmowers. Their first shipment of three lawnmowers was lost in shipping so they quickly adjusted to produce a telephony tone receiver product ( a tone to pulse converter for central office use ) based on Cowpland's Ph. D.... less