<p>by Amy-jo Crowley| 31 March 2014 The system is based on Microsoft Lync.</p><p>A tobacco manufacturer has signed a five-year contract with Orange Business Services to replace its unified communications system to one based on Microsoft Lync.</p><p>Japan Tobacco International (JTI), which has 104 offices in 40 countries, said the new system will unify instant messaging and web conferencing services for its 20,000 employees as Orange manages the hosted architecture, Sonus gateways and Polycom VVX business media phones.</p><p>The system will also unify Lync's enterprise voice and desktop video services for 12,000 employees, but only 3,000 mobile devices and tablets will be fully Lync enabled.</p><p><a href="http://www.cbronline.com/news/orange-to-supply-unified-communications-for-international-tobacco-company-4206328">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/orange-business-services-to-unify-communications-and-develop-collaboration-between-20000-users-for-jti-2014-03-31?reflink=MW_news_stmp">Orange Business Services to Unify Communications and Develop Collaboration ...</a> (MarketWatch)</p><p><a href="http://www.whatech.com/members-news/telecommunications/19385-international-sos-selects-orange-business-services-to-transform-its-global-emergency-response-infrastructure">International SOS selects Orange Business Services to transform its global ...</a> (WhaTech)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d2SCWKLDa2bgm6MUbpFBVkXfMYx7M&authuser=0&ned=us">11 additional articles.</a></p>