SpectraLink, soon to be part of Polycom , could still have a bright business ahead.

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Thanks to Wi-Fi technology from SpectraLink, phones inside the hospital have been working.

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Earlier this year, shares of SpectraLink (nasdaq: SLNK - news - people ) were on a tear.

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Thanks to Wi-Fi technology from SpectraLink (nasdaq: SLNK - news - people ), phones inside the hospital have been working.

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SpectraLink, soon to be part of Polycom (nasdaq: PLCM - news - people ), could still have a bright business ahead.

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For example, the company hopes that it will be able to benefit from SpectraLink's strength within key vertical markets such as retail, hospitality and health care.

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But so far, clearly, the market for the phones SpectraLink makes has not been growing as expected and demand for wireless enterprise phones is just not there.

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In addition, Polycom has a global channel network and high-touch sales force that may do a better job of selling SpectraLink's products to a broader customer set.

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Earlier this year, shares of SpectraLink were on a tear.

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SpectraLink has not been signing up more Home Depot-type accounts.

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Polycom also says that the acquisition should strengthen its strategic partner relationships with companies such as Avaya, Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco Systems and Nortel Networks, and that the merger will create new opportunities for SpectraLink with Microsoft, IBM and others.

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