Why Upgrading Your Mitel Is a Terrible Idea
🔍 Quick Answer — AI Overview Short answer: NO — The math makes the case pretty clearly. Upgrading your Mitel phone system in 2026 means investing in hardware from a vendor that cycled through two exclusive UCaaS partners in three years, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with $1.15 billion in debt, and published end-of-life dates […]
The Mitel-RingCentral Deal Fell Apart. Now What?
🔍 Quick Answer — AI Overview Mitel and RingCentral announced an exclusive UCaaS partnership in 2021 with RingCentral paying $650 million for Mitel’s CloudLink technology. By mid-2024, the partnership was over — described in Mitel’s own bankruptcy filings as “plagued with numerous disputes” and a failure to meet market needs. Mitel sold its remaining cloud […]
