L M Ericsson Telefon AB has announced an interface for integrating its MD110 digital PABX system with IBM Corp’s CallPath Services Architecture, to provide support for computer-integrated telephony. MD110 ApplicationLink provides call identification and database information about incoming and outgoing calls. Calls can be made, answered and transferred directly from the computer terminal. Where calls are transferred, database information is also passed on. The MD110 ApplicationLink for CallPath will be available for IBM’s AS/400, ES/9000, RS/6000 and PS/2 machines. It will provide interworking between databases on these systems and the MD110’s telephony functions. The MD110 is also available as an open standard interface based around the European Computer Manufacturers Association standard for Computer Supported Telecommunications Applications, CSTA. This means it can support integrated applications with any system conforming to the standard. Ericsson says the PABX can also interwork with Digital Equipment Corp’s Computer Integrated Telephony interface.
