Exhibit 23.2

The Board of Directors
Inter-Tel, Incorporated:

     We consent to the references to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration   Statement   Form  S-3  and  related   Prospectus   of  Inter-Tel,
Incorporated  for the  registration of 460,851 shares of its common stock and to
the  incorporation  by reference  therein of our report dated February 10, 2001,
with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Inter-Tel, Incorporated
included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended  December 31, 2000,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

San Jose, California

December 13, 2001