3Com's 6000 series of routers compete directly with Cisco's 3725 and 3745 routers. The 3Com routers support a full range of routing protocols, as well as multiprotocol label switching, stateful packet inspection, quality-of-service features, and IPsec virtual private network services. The 3Com Router 6040 and 6080 start at $5,990 and $8,390, respectively. According to listings on CNET Shopper, pricing for the Cisco 3725 is between $9,011 and $9,928. Pricing for the 3745 is listed as between $13,139 and $13,819.

On Monday, 3Com also introduced a new low-end 3000 series of routers that provides a range of DSL interfaces for branch offices, The 3000-series routers, which come in six new models, support asymmetric DSL (ADSL) and global-standard modern faux grey silver glitter ombre white marble iphone case high-bit rate DSL (G.SHDSL), This line competes directly with Cisco's 83x series routers, The 3Com Router 3000 DSL family is priced between $595 and $795, Analysts agree that customers need a second source for access-routing equipment, but other competitors may be in a better position to win, Juniper Networks, which has successfully competed against Cisco in the high-end service provider router market, is expected to begin selling its new access routers this month..

"A lot of these access routers are sold as part of a managed routing service through the carriers," said Dave Passmore, an analyst at the Burton Group. "And Juniper already has strong relationships there. I think they are more of a threat to Cisco than 3Com is.". The full suite of new 3Com products will be available by mid-November, the company said. The smaller gear maker claims its new routers will cost significantly less than similar offerings from the market leader. On Monday, the company announced two new sets of low-cost access routers that are designed to be replacements or alternatives to routers sold by Cisco. The company claims that these routers will cost 30 percent to 50 percent less than similar offerings from market leader Cisco.

The new SIP enhancements will make it much easier for users to integrate IP telephony with other SIP-enabled applications like Instant Messaging and video, Pierson said, "From a management and user experience, the new features will allow IP telephony and other multimedia applications to be entirely blended on the desktop," Pierson said, Through engineering advancements on these platforms, Nortel has also greatly increased the scalability of its IP communications servers, allowing as few as 50 workers and more than 200,000 modern faux grey silver glitter ombre white marble iphone case users to be connected through a single server..

The company also introduced enhancements to its IP telephones, which will allow them to be the first to offer moving video, Pierson said. IP telephony users have been clamoring for more-advanced features on IP phones, such as video. A total list of products that have been upgraded include the Communication Server 1000, Multimedia Communication Server 5100, Communication Server 2100, Symposium Call Center Server Release 5.0, Alteon Operating System 22.0, BayStack 5520 Ethernet Switches, and IP Telephones, models 2006 and 2007.