End of SUpply of SV8100 & SL1100 software and hardware in Australia

[acs2003]

Hi Guys,we have just been advised that NEC Australia will no longer supply Software licensing and hardware in Australia, this is a big issue for us as we specialise in rental packages and have been working thorough our NEC data base converting them to SIP trunking as the NBN network rolls out across Australia.
As far as i can see NEC did not advertise or announce this end of supply change to the dealer base or if they did they did not ensure all of their dealers knew of the timing of this as we like others would have scrambled and at least added SIP trunking licensing to our existing rental and spare ME hardware.
both our other product suppliers (Avaya & Alcatel-Lucent)have given us prior warning in a timely manner but NEC seems to have invoked the Pearl Harbour approach with their declaration

 

[belevedere]

Are they moving you over to the SV9100 and SL2100?

 

[OzzieGeorge]

Warning was given as we have been targeting these users because of the impending exit, you must have missed it They are pushing the move to 9100 & 2100.

 

[acs2003]

Hi Guys, i understand that like all products the SV8100 is EOL however when you sign up clients to a 5 year rental contract and many of those contracts run way past the EOL date of the product it does create a issue of cost to the supplier of the contract, when Alcatel and Avaya both did this the dealers gave them a serve and they then extended the date to allow all those companies like us to add software, as a example Alcatel Revision 7 was EOL over 5 years ago and up to end of this month our ability to add software has finally been extinguished. added to this software is still available for both Avaya and Alcatel ion other countries
If enought NEC dealers get on NEC's back NEC at no cost but with profit could extend the date for another 12 months which would cover most of the NBN rollout completion in business areas

 

[Levi]

Hi Guys, no warning was given to myself or to 3 other NEC dealers I spoke to on Friday. Apparently in a show of good faith NEC are extending the current Promo discounting the cost of the 8100->9100 upgrade licenses. Personally I would of much preferred a bit of notice over the promo.