News Releases
Africa and Middle East Telecom Week features OnRelay
2 September 2010
OnRelay, a provider of all-software Mobile PBX solutions, has expanded its marketing and sales team to focus on the Middle Eastern and African (MEA). The UMBX technology opens the MEA enterprise voice market for operators, allowing their customers to leap-frog traditional PBX hardware and the need for fixed line infrastructure.
OnRelay Increases Middle East and Africa Focus
25 August 2010
OnRelay Announces Increased Focus on Middle East and African Markets
OnRelay UMBX to Support iPhone
22 July 2010
OnRelay announces support of its Mobile PBX (Unified MBX) on iPhone.
OnRelay Launches Partner Programme for Mobile PBX in the Cloud
13 January 2010
OnRelay today became the first Unified Communications provider to offer partners a fully cloud-based Mobile PBX for resale as Software as a Service (SaaS).
OnRelay Named as Key Vendor in Frost & Sullivan Cloud UC Report
17 November 2009
OnRelay announces its inclusion in Frost & Sullivan’s new “European Cloud-based Unified Communications Services Market” analysis.
OnRelay UMBX Gives Mobile Operators the Mobile UC Advantage
6 October 2009
OnRelay announces the carrier-grade release of its Mobile PBX software, Unified MBX.
OnRelay Named as Leading FMC Innovator in The Guardian Tech Media Invest Top 100
7 September 2009
OnRelay today announced its inclusion in the 2009 Tech Media Invest Top 100 List published by The Guardian in association with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Microsoft and Kemp Little.
OnRelay Closes Financing Round to Support Global Deployments of Next Generation Mobile PBX Software
4 September 2009
OnRelay announces the close of a round of financing to support international deployments of OnRelay’s new Mobile PBX software, Unified MBX.
Internet Telephony interviews Ivar Plahte
20 August 2009
In this interview with Zippy Grigonis, Ivar Plahte explains how Open Source software has been used in the development of OnRelay’s cellular FMC solution.
OnRelay Leverages Open Source to Release Mobile PBX for the Cloud
25 June 2009
OnRelay announces the General Availability of its complete Mobile PBX solution, Unified MBX.
OnRelay Collaborates with Sony Ericsson for Cellular Fixed Mobile Convergence
23 June 2009
OnRelay announces collaboration with Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, to offer OnRelay’s Mobile PBX software on the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 device.
OnRelay Declined Participation in Gartner Enterprise Report
10 June 2009
“Gartner Notification of Retracted Document: MarketScope for Enterprise Mobile Communications Gateway”
Driving Innovation - Marie Wold interviewed for Grant Thornton Thinking Blog
24 April 2009
Marie Wold, CFO and President discusses the drivers of innovation at OnRelay.
OnRelay Enters into Agreement with BT Global Services to Deliver Enterprise FMC Trials
23 March 2009
OnRelay announced today that they have entered into a customer trial agreement with BT Global Services, one of the world’s leading communications providers operating in 170 countries.
OnRelay CEO named as Smartphone Person of the Year
27 February 2009
OnRelay CEO, Ivar Plahte, has been named as the winner of Smartphone-biz.news Person of the Year Award.
Hong Kong Patent Granted for OnRelay MBX
22 January 2009
OnRelay today announced that the Hong Kong Patents Registry has granted its Hong Kong patent for MBX.
OnRelay Opens Unified MBX Beta Program
20 January 2009
OnRelay today previewed its complete mobile PBX solution, Unified MBX, and opened the Unified MBX beta program to selected customers and innovative service providers.
OnRelay Announces Support for Blackberry™
13 January 2009
OnRelay today announced that it will add Blackberry™ to its range of supported devices for the OnRelay MBX solution.
Survey Shows 88% of Cost-Conscious IT Professionals would Ditch the Desk Phone
11 December 2008
OnRelay today published results from a survey revealing the personal business tools IT professionals couldn’t be without, and the equipment they would give up as corporate budgets tighten. Their answers show a clear preference for the mobile office, and question corporate spend on technologies that those in IT have already left behind.
OnRelay Hosts Executive Breakfast Briefing on Fixed Mobile Convergence
24 November 2008
OnRelay hosts an exclusive executive breakfast on the reality of Fixed Mobile Convergence. The high-level briefing is to be held in London on Wednesday 26th November, in association with The EVUA: the Global ICT Network for Fortune 1000 companies.
FierceVoIP Names OnRelay as one of the “Fierce 15" VoIP Companies of 2008
5 November 2008
OnRelay announced today that it has been named to the annual FierceVoIP “Fierce 15” list, designating it as one of the top IP communications companies of the year. FierceVoIP editors evaluated hundreds of organisations, and found OnRelay to be amongst the “fiercest,” proven by their creativity and innovations in the marketplace.
Study Shows 68% of Workforce Use Full Mobile Convergence
16 October 2008
OnRelay today released the first call data from a successful Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) deployment. The study, on over 36,000 calls, provides insight into the user penetration achievable by cellular FMC technology and its affect on business telephony use. The company, a European manufacturing organisation, saw take up of MBX by a significant 68% of staff.
OnRelay Gets Behind Open Source Telephony
11 September 2008
OnRelay announces its support of an open source platform to provide low-cost business telephony with mobile extensions. OnRelay’s Hosted MBX with sipXecs allows businesses to deploy a mobile office communication system (mobile PBX) with no additional investment in infrastructure: no desk phones, proprietary PBXs or cabling. With MBX the mobile phone is the only “desk phone” employees require.
Marie Wold Interviewed in IEC Executive Perspective
11 September 2008
Marie Wold, OnRelay President and CFO interviewed in the International Engineering Consortium’s prestigious Executive Perspective series.
OnRelay named as a finalist in the 2008 CNET Awards
8 July 2008
OnRelay has been named as a finalist in the 2008 CNET Networks UK Business Technology Awards. Its Green Benefits of Mobile PBX PR campaign is shortlisted for the Technology PR Campaign of the Year.
Energy Costs of Corporate Telephony Exposed: 74% Power Savings by Going Mobile
11 June 2008
OnRelay, a pioneer in Mobile PBX, today issued a second wake up call for businesses to reconsider their investment in redundant IP Telephony hardware. OnRelay’s latest research study has found that the 25 million IP desk phones projected to be purchased in 2008¹ consume 1.6 billion Watts of power. This is equivalent to the needs of a 300,000 person UK city, which is more than Oxford and Cambridge, England, combined.
OnRelay named as a finalist for Techworld Awards 2008
7 May 2008
OnRelay Hosted MBX has been named as a finalist for the Techworld awards VoIP/Convergence Product of the Year.
Marie Wold shortlisted for the First Women Awards 2008
21 April 2008
Marie Wold, OnRelay’s President and CFO, has been shorlisted for the First Women Awards 2008 Science and Technology category.
OnRelay named finalist for Convergence World Awards 2008
21 April 2008
OnRelay has been selected as a finalist in the category of Best Converged Next Generation Product or Service at the Convergence World Awards 2008.
OnRelay Unveils Hosted MBX
17 March 2008
OnRelay today announced the general availability of its Hosted MBX product suite. Hosted MBX is a network independent software system, that enables operators to offer a complete hosted office communication system with mobile phones instead of desk phones.
Canadian Patent Granted for OnRelay MBX
20 February 2008
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) granted OnRelay a patent for its MBX solution (Patent No 2436946) on 29 January 2008.
IP Desk Phones Sold in 2008 to Create 47million kg of E-Waste
11 February 2008
OnRelay, a UK telecommunications software company, today issued a wake up call for European businesses to reconsider their investment in redundant IP telephony hardware like desk phones.
OnRelay MBX to Support Microsoft Windows Mobile 6
6 February 2008
OnRelay today released a beta version of its MBX software to support Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 Professional and Standard. This has been made available for customer trials.
European Patent Granted for OnRelay MBX
11 December 2007
OnRelay today announced it has been granted a patent for its MBX software in Europe (Patent No 1374609) adding to existing patents in the United States, Singapore and Australia. Granting of the patent protects the innovation that has made MBX the only known system that allows a mobile phone to completely replace a deskphone.
OnRelay Opens Swiss Office
25 October 2007
OnRelay has opened a Swiss branch.
Convergence: OnRelay Shortlisted for the World Communications Awards 2007
17 September 2007
OnRelay, lauded as a company that is ‘defining the next era of [mobile] PBX’, has been shortlisted in the Convergence category, part of the World Communications Awards 2007. Other companies shortlisted in this category are BT and Orange.
OnRelay Closes Series D Financing Round to Accelerate International Expansion
17 July 2007
OnRelay, a pioneer in Fixed Mobile Integration, announces the closure of its Series D finance round. The round was lead by NW Brown and included significant participation from a number of existing OnRelay investors.
OnRelay's CEO Ivar Plahte shortlisted as the WCA 2007 Most Influential Person in Telecoms
29 May 2007
OnRelay’s CEO Ivar Plahte has been shortlisted for the World Communications Awards 2007 Most Influential Person in Telecoms Award.
Swisscom Launches One Phone Business based on OnRelay MBX
23 May 2007
Swisscom has launched its One Phone Business service. The service is based on OnRelay’s leading Fixed Mobile Convergence product MBX. Swisscom’s announcement is the first result of the partnership between Swisscom and OnRelay for convergence that was announced in November 2006.
Marie Wold shortlisted for the First Women Awards
8 May 2007
Marie Wold, OnRelay’s President and CFO, has been shorlisted for the First Women Awards 2007 Technology category.
IBM and OnRelay deliver Fixed Mobile Convergence for Wavefield Inseis
24 April 2007
IBM has designed and deployed an integrated fixed and mobile convergence solution for Wavefield Inseis, a leading Norwegian seismic data acquisition specialist. The mobility solution was provided by IBM business partner OnRelay.
OnRelay named to the 2007 "Pulver 100"
12 March 2007
OnRelay today announced that it has been named to the 2007 “Pulver 100”. OnRelay’s proven technical and market lead in the Fixed Mobile Integration space, evidenced by its profitability and ground breaking commercial success with customers such as Swisscom and TDC, have secured OnRelay its position on the Pulver 100 list for the 5th year running.
OnRelay and Westcon partner to deliver Fixed Mobile Integration to the enterprise
20 February 2007
OnRelay, a pioneer in Fixed Mobile Integration, and Westcon Group, Inc., a global specialty distributor of networking and communications systems, have joined forces to deliver a new generation of Fixed Mobile Integration to the enterprise market.
ONRELAY RELEASES MBX 3.1 - The Next Step in Fixed Mobile Integration
11 December 2006
OnRelay today announced the general availability (GA) of MBX v3.1. MBX is a Fixed Mobile Integration software system that seamlessly integrates employees’ mobile phones with existing corporate voice systems (PBX) and all the surrounding business support systems.
Partnership between Swisscom and OnRelay for Convergence
7 November 2006
Swisscom and UK-based software vendor OnRelay have agreed on a collaboration for convergence in Switzerland. The collaboration between the two companies allows Swisscom to resell OnRelay’s MBX in Switzerland.
Onrelay Strengthens its Executive Team
31 October 2006
OnRelay, a pioneer in fixed mobile integration, has reached profitability and is aggressively growing its organisation. In this context, OnRelay today announced a number of organisational changes, including the executive appointments of Mark Wilce as Vice President of Engineering and Nigel Coopey as Vice President of Operations.
OnRelay Opens Nordic Office
17 September 2006
OnRelay has opened a Nordic office in Oslo, Norway, and has appointed Hans Olav Steneng to head up business development in the Nordic region, covering Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Siemens and OnRelay Provide Mobility in the Corporate Network
17 August 2006
A new solution is available for greater mobility in corporate communication. Employees’ mobile phones are fully integrated into the company’s internal telephone system using a flexible new architecture.
Større mobilitet med ny løsning fra NetDesign
11 August 2006
Et nyt partnerskab mellem NetDesign og den amerikanske virksomhed OnRelay betyder, at NetDesign nu kan levere en løsning, hvor mobiltelefonen i langt højere grad bliver en integreret del af virksomhedens telefonisystem.
Connect Communications and OnRelay have signed a strategic partnership
19 June 2006
Connect Communications Group Ltd (CC.) and OnRelay Limited (OnRelay) have signed a strategic partnership agreement through which CC. becomes a reseller and preferred services partner of OnRelay MBX technology to enterprise clients in UK, USA, Germany, Japan, Australia and Singapore.