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EC Clears Formation of Nokia Siemens Networks |
15/11/06 |
The European Commission has announced that it has approved the planned transaction to merge the Networks Business Group of Nokia and the carrier-related operations of Sie... Read More |
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Nimans Road Shows Draw to a Close |
15/11/06 |
| Distributor Nimans is set to complete a series of trade roadshows, showcasing the latest industry innovations from some of the world's leading manufacturers including Pan... Read More |
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New European Cabling Standards Guide Now Available From Anixter |
15/11/06 |
| Distributor Anixter has announced that its new cabling standards guide has been published and is available to order via their web site.
The guide draws on Anixter's kn... Read More |
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The New Battleground for Telecoms Innovation: Voice |
15/11/06 |
| Vodafone has reported a £3.3bn loss for the first half of the year, citing higher interest rates, competition and some assets dropping in value as the main causes, but ha... Read More |
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Avaya Retains Top Spot in European Call Centre Market |
15/11/06 |
| Avaya has been identified by UK analyst MZA Consultants as the leading European Call Centre provider among consultants specialising in global telecommunications and IT ma... Read More |
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Freedom Wins Business of the Year Award |
15/11/06 |
| Watford based reseller Freedom has been recognised as Business of the Year 2006 for its strong and consistent growth in the annual RBS/Natwest-sponsored Business Awards c... Read More |
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Vanco Get Juiced Up |
15/11/06 |
| Capespan has signed a three year contract renewal with pioneering Virtual Network Operator, Vanco, for a new network able to support VoIP and video conferencing. Under th... Read More |
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Extricom in UK Move to Deliver Next-Generation WLAN |
15/11/06 |
| Extricom, a designer and manufacturer of next generation wireless LAN infrastructure solutions for the enterprise, today announced a significant expansion of its European... Read More |
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Cisco Announces Agreement to Acquire Greenfield Networks |
14/11/06 |
| Acquisition to improve Cisco's ability to roll out new Metro Ethernet features
Cisco has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Greenfield Networks In... Read More |
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Nimans confirmed as Main Sponsor for Manchester based Convergence Summit |
14/11/06 |
| Nimans is proud and delighted to be the exclusive main sponsor of the Convergence Summit North event, which builds on the success of its VIP sponsorship of Convergence Su... Read More |
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Why More Bandwidth Can Be A Really BAD Thing! |
14/11/06 |
| Scott Dobson, Managing Director of Newbury Based distributor Vcomm has told Comms Business Magazine that in today’s every evolving broadband Internet space, we are seeing... Read More |
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Business Telecom Poised for Nationwide Growth |
14/11/06 |
| Business Telecom, the Great Yarmouth based voice and data solutions reseller has appointed Paul Temple as Managing Director as part of a major management reshuffle to dri... Read More |
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BT Looks East for Expansion |
14/11/06 |
| BT has lodged applications with the Indian Department of Telecommunications for national long distance and international long distance licences. When granted, the licenc... Read More |
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Nortel Grabs ntl Triple Play Backbone |
14/11/06 |
| ntl Telewest is to use a Nortel optical solution to deliver its triple-play of voice, video and data services to residential and enterprise customers in the UK. The Norte... Read More |
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Redstone Offer Backup Service |
14/11/06 |
| Online back-up solution offers alternative to tape-based backup
Internet and IT services provider, Redstone Managed Solutions, an operating division of Redstone plc, ... Read More |
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Consultant Slams OTA/Ofcom |
14/11/06 |
| In an open letter, Independent Telecommunication Consultant Brian Powell, has slammed OTA and Offcom for their performance over broadband.
Powell says:
“Your recent... Read More |
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Nimans Quiz Night a Knock Out Success |
13/11/06 |
| TV celebrity Stuart Hall was the man with all the answers as the annual Nimans company quiz night proved a knock-out success.
The media personality, made famous by the... Read More |
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Tiscali Appoints UK B2B Sales Director |
13/11/06 |
| Tiscali, the internet and broadband company, has appointed Deborah Collins as Sales Director to head up the UK B2B sales team. Collins will be responsible for leading Tis... Read More |
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BT Broadband Breaks the Three Million Barrier |
13/11/06 |
| BT Retail has celebrated the arrival of its three millionth broadband customer. The milestone was announced to co-incide BT’s half yearly results last week. Those results... Read More |
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Global Crossing Meets Growing Demand for IP Communications in Europe |
13/11/06 |
| Global Crossing, a global provider of telecommunications solutions has moved swiftly to meet the burgeoning demand for IP communications services in Europe by expanding i... Read More |
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Convergence Summit Heads North |
13/11/06 |
| Comms Business is pleased to announce that The Convergence Summit will travel to Manchester in addition to running at Sandown Park in the autumn. In an industry first, a... Read More |
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Record Contract Win for Applegarth |
13/11/06 |
| In a bid to do its bit for the environment, Leeds-based Applegarth Communications will be planting 78 trees as part of its commitment to a rapidly growing environmental s... Read More |
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BT Outlines New Wholesale Broadband Pricing |
13/11/06 |
| BT today revealed how it plans to reduce its wholesale broadband pricing once 1.5m lines have been unbundled. The indicative prices are aimed at offering service provider... Read More |
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Cable & Wireless Post Six Month Sale Rise |
13/11/06 |
| Cable & Wireless has unveiled its half year results demonstrating progress across the Group. With the International business performing well and to plan and the UK busine... Read More |
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Siemens Complete a Troubled Year with Profits Jump |
10/11/06 |
| A lot of Blue chips have been announcing their financial results this week. Yesterday Siemens tried to lay to rest the controversy over executive pay and the closure of i... Read More |
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BT Completes Positive Second Quarter & Half Year |
10/11/06 |
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- Revenue of £4,941 million, up 4 per cent
- New wave revenue of £1,736 million, up 21 per cent, representing 35 per cent of total revenue compared with ... Read More |
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Huawei Appoints 21CN Guru to European CTO Team |
10/11/06 |
| Huawei Technologies has appointed John Frieslaar, as a senior telecommunications consultant to CTO Office. He brings over twenty-six years of telecommunications experienc... Read More |
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Crane Appoints Ian Hyde as Samsung Marketing Manager |
10/11/06 |
| Crane, the leading value added distributor of Convergence and IPT Communications has appointed Ian Hyde to manage the delivery of marketing programmes and initiatives to ... Read More |
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Fixed Wire is not Boring say Ryder Systems |
10/11/06 |
| Andy Wilson, Sales and Marketing Director, Ryder Systems has told Comms Business Magazine that telco’s need to shake off the perception of fixed-wire being boring.
“Th... Read More |
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Zycko to Distribute AYC IP Telephony |
10/11/06 |
| AYC Telecom, a manufacturer of IP telephony products for SMEs, has selected Zycko, a value-add distributor of best-in-class IT infrastructure solutions, to distribute its... Read More |
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Work - a Thing You Do, Not a Place You Go |
10/11/06 |
| As organisations rethink their business strategies, enabling home/flexible working will be the only solution to recruiting staff, facilitating the work/life balance and, ... Read More |
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TeleWare Appoints Chief Operations Officer |
10/11/06 |
| TeleWare has announced Nicholas Reaks as its new Chief Operations Officer to help maintain top class service delivery to its growing number of hosted customers.
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Comstor and Braxtel show reseller how to comply with 3 per cent abandoned calls ruling |
10/11/06 |
| Distributor Comstor and customer contact centre vendor Braxtel are alerting resellers to changes in legislation which will affect UK contact centres’ outbound activities.... Read More |
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Convergence Summit Heads North |
09/11/06 |
| Comms Business is pleased to announce that The Convergence Summit will travel to Manchester in addition to running at Sandown Park in the autumn. In an industry first, a... Read More |
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Survey Highlights Productivity Gains from Teleworking |
09/11/06 |
| A pilot project, sponsored by SEEDA (South East England Development Agency) and managed by Hampshire County Council (HCC), has found that dramatic productivity gains are ... Read More |
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TeleWare Gains Triple Competencies in Microsoft Partner Program |
09/11/06 |
| TeleWare has made a successful transition to the new Microsoft Partner Program with three completed competencies covering areas of data management, networking infrastruct... Read More |
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Affiniti Land £20m Healthcare Deal |
09/11/06 |
| Communications integrator Affiniti is delivering a service to install and manage the lifecycle of the entire communications system for the new £553 million University Hos... Read More |
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Ramsac Runners Raise £4500 for Charity |
09/11/06 |
| 11 employees from the Surrey based IT solutions consultancy ramsac, were cheered on by crowds of on-lookers on Sunday 5th November as they raced the 10 kilometre cross co... Read More |
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Entanet Convergence Re-Organisation |
09/11/06 |
| Entanet, the business-to-business ISP, is formally integrating the operations of its sister telecommunications company, Entacall, into its data connectivity operations. T... Read More |
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Newnet put Broadband Fault Resolution Delays Down to BT/Openreach |
09/11/06 |
| ISP Newnet, in advising customers of delays in broadband fault resolution, is squarely laying the blame at the feet of BT.
Newnet said, “Over recent weeks, BT have bee... Read More |
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The State of Play with IP… |
09/11/06 |
| Rob Sims, daisy Sales and Marketing Director, told Comms Business Magazine that the widespread adoption of VoIP is still hindered by a number of factors.
"Market aware... Read More |
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SMEs Buy what they are Sold |
09/11/06 |
| We did think for a while that it would all go quiet on the Campbell Williams front when the front man for Mitel strategy joined AT Comms as their sales and marketing dire... Read More |
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Cisco Sales up 25% in Q1 |
09/11/06 |
| Cisco has announced its first quarter results for the period ended October 28, 2006. Cisco reported first quarter net sales of $8.2 billion, net income on a generally acc... Read More |
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Sylantro Gets New CEO |
08/11/06 |
| Sylantro Systems, best known in the UK as the vendor behind the Reading based hosted telephony supplier AlwaysOn, has named Marco Limena president and chief executive off... Read More |
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James Joins M12 |
08/11/06 |
| South coast based reseller M12 says its plans for growth have taken another step forward this month with the further increase of its Sales team. Mark James joined M12 in ... Read More |
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Easy Migration to VoIP say Funkwerk |
08/11/06 |
| German vendor Funkwerk says it is making it easy for small companies to transition to VoIP telephony with their elmeg T484 by providing support for up to four digital v... Read More |
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Security Must Focus on Desktop Policy |
08/11/06 |
| The challenge of controlling security threats triggered by users in the workplace shows no sign of abating, new research commissioned by Check Point Software Technologies... Read More |
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Nortel Post Narrower Q3 Loss |
08/11/06 |
| Always a ‘cross your fingers’ moment in the Nortel accounting office these days when they publish figures but here are the latest results for Q3 2006.
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It’s Official: LLU Lines now Over a Million |
08/11/06 |
| Peter Black, the Telecommunications Adjudicator (OTA), has said today that he is very pleased to confirm that the OTA scheme supported by Ofcom, the LLU Industry and BT G... Read More |
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Appetite for IP Telephony says Colt |
08/11/06 |
| Today there is a real appetite amongst UK midsize businesses for IP telephony services. A recent survey conducted for Colt by Vanson Bourne found that nearly 90 per cent ... Read More |
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IPcts has no equal say AYC |
08/11/06 |
| Vendor of IP PBX telephony system for SME customers (up to 25 extensions on the IPcts, and 50 on the IPcts-E), says no other product equals their IPcts on its mix of feat... Read More |
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Siemens Telecom Sale Turning Sour |
08/11/06 |
| According to several sources it would appear that bidders are pulling out of the running for Siemens’ corporate telecoms division after finding Siemens’ price expectation... Read More |
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Magirus Secures Channel Veteran |
08/11/06 |
| Magirus, one of the leading European IT systems and software distributors, has announced the creation of a new UK Security division and the appointment of Niall McGrane a... Read More |
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BT Openreach Move to 24 Hour Working |
08/11/06 |
| BT engineers are to work round the clock at hundreds of its telephone exchanges as it attempts to get a grip on problems linked to surging growth in the broadband market.... Read More |
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Datapulse Launch IP Operator Console for Nortel |
07/11/06 |
| Telecoms solutions provider Datapulse has launched their ‘Intuition 1000’, an IP enabled operator console that works exclusively with the Nortel CS 1000 PBX.
‘Intuitio... Read More |
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New Nortel SMB Initiative finds Favour at Crane |
07/11/06 |
| Distributor Crane has moved to recognise Nortel’s new Small to Medium Business (SMB) initiative as an industry leading programme. The Crane Nortel division, which is curr... Read More |
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Verizon Business Announces Full VoIP Portfolio |
07/11/06 |
| Verizon Business has announced the availability of its full VoIP portfolio for the International market, offering a full suite of VoIP solutions on a single integrated ne... Read More |
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Few Opportunities for WiMAX says Analysys |
07/11/06 |
| Early business cases from the WiMAX community show attractive financial returns in a variety of deployment environments, but modelling with more realistic assumptions sho... Read More |
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Consolidation in the Market to Continue |
07/11/06 |
| Rob Sims, daisy Sales and Marketing Director, told Comms Business Magazine that the trend towards market consolidation, particularly in the Carrier space, shows no sign o... Read More |
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Features Don’t Guarantee Success say Icon |
07/11/06 |
| Distributor Icon has reported seeing trends in the market for IP systems over the last year
Marketing Manager Ray Pitchforth told Comms Business Magazine, “Over the ye... Read More |
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Acceleration of IP Sales says Gamma |
07/11/06 |
| IP telephony is here to stay and now provides the PBX channel with the opportunity to offer customers a host of powerful new applications as well as lower call charges. ... Read More |
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China forced to face its critics over Internet Censorship |
07/11/06 |
| The Observer has reported that at the UN conference in Athens on the internet last week countries accused of turning the internet into a tool of repression - and the comp... Read More |
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SMEs Understand VoIP say Westcon |
07/11/06 |
| Neil Moulton, head of voice sales, Westcon Group UK has told Comms Business Magazine that he thinks we have reached a point where small businesses understand VoIP – the b... Read More |
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Cisco Shares at Two Year High |
07/11/06 |
| Cisco Systems shares rose as much as 4.5% Monday, touching a two-year high, two days before the company is expected to report higher quarterly profit and surging sales on... Read More |
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More Reseller Focus at Rocom for 2007 |
06/11/06 |
| Managing change goes way beyond adapting to new technologies, says Richard Carter, Rocom’s Managing Director. “It means, just as importantly, redefining our business mode... Read More |
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VoIP an Essential Call Centre Tool say Talisma |
06/11/06 |
| Sean O'Connell, Director of European Marketing at Talisma, sees a growing importance of VoIP to the UK channel.
“As far as the channel is concerned the next big thing ... Read More |
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Agfeo Linguistics Skills |
06/11/06 |
| The new generation of Agfeo Telephones Systems will support different languages to be displayed on the digital system phones. Each system offers a selection of three diff... Read More |
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£32million Contract for Thus |
06/11/06 |
| Thus to supply high-speed broadband to council sites across the south of Scotland
Network operator Thus has been selected by The South of Scotland Broadband Pathfinde... Read More |
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LLU Lines Exceed a Million say OTA – but still Room for Improvements |
06/11/06 |
| Peter Black, the Telecommunications Adjudicator has confirmed in his October report that the number of lines now unbundled in the UK has reached one million.
“This is ... Read More |
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Analysys say Unclear Bills Could Cost Telco’s |
06/11/06 |
| Customers are baffled by unclear bills and - as a result - telecoms companies risk lower revenues and increased churn, according to a new report, The Next-Generation Bill... Read More |
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Siemens see Channel Opportunities in Small PBX Market |
06/11/06 |
| Martin Northend, Director - SME Portfolio Marketing, Global Portfolio Marketing, Siemens Enterprise Communications says the low end of the SME market has seen considerabl... Read More |
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Comms Business Awards 2007 launched |
06/11/06 |
| Miles Publishing are delighted to announce the launch of The Comms Business Awards which will take place at one of London’s most prestigious hotels – The Royal Lancaster ... Read More |
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Mitel Ponders IPO |
06/11/06 |
| Speaking at a global business opportunities conference last week Reuters has reported Mitel Chairman Terry Matthews as seeing an opening for his planned IPO coming sooner... Read More |
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Summit Is Top Choice |
03/11/06 |
| SOS Poll Shows Convergence Summit is the Industry’s Preferred Exhibition
Having exhibited at both the Comms Channel Expo and Convergence Summit this year, SOS Communi... Read More |
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NTL Contract for Krone |
03/11/06 |
| ntl Telewest has installed more than 152 kilometres of ADC Krone TrueNet Category 5e STP shielded cabling and over 15,000 network points in 73 points-of-presence (PoPs) c... Read More |
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New Distributor Completes First Year on a High |
03/11/06 |
| Julie Mackenzie and Tina Kerwin have just ended their first year in business as Telecom Distribution. The pair used to run the telecoms division at East Central until its... Read More |
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Ramsac Given a Clean Bill of Health |
03/11/06 |
| IT solutions company ramsac has been selected by Aspria, the European health, sports and leisure club specialists, to manage the IT infrastructure of its five premium pri... Read More |
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Affiniti OpenQueue Ends Frustrations |
03/11/06 |
| MM Teleperformance, the UK’s third largest contact centre outsourcer, has contracted Affiniti, the communications integrator, to deploy its ‘OpenQueue’ call back solution... Read More |
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UK Comms Market Development Report: Outlook is Bleak for Fixed Line |
03/11/06 |
| Research company Market & Business Development Ltd (MDB) say that after researching the UK Telecommunications Market Development and taking into account various other fac... Read More |
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Wi-Fi & Chips Please |
03/11/06 |
| The Cloud Announces New Partnership with Little Chef
The Cloud, Europe’s largest WiFi network operator, has announced a new partnership with the Little Chef chain of r... Read More |
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Corporate goes ICT |
03/11/06 |
| In the digital networked economy, the integration of communication and IT is now a reality. With this in mind, Corporate Business Telecoms Limited will now operate as Co... Read More |
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ASA Slap BT’s Wrists |
02/11/06 |
| The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has upheld a complaint made by Carphone Warehouse and told BT to ensure in future that they did not refer to the internet calls inc... Read More |
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ProVu to Distribute New ATL IP250 VoIP Telephone |
02/11/06 |
| Distributor ProVu Communications isto distribute the new ATL IP250 SIP phone. The IP250, due to arrive mid November, is ideal, according to ProVu, for cost conscious SME ... Read More |
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Nimans ‘Draws’ On Dealer Support |
02/11/06 |
| Distributor Nimans is poised to complete a series of informative Dealer Days to showcase the latest product innovations from Japanese manufacturer NEC.
The nationwide ... Read More |
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Azzurri Announce Biggest Acquisition to Date |
02/11/06 |
| Voice and data company Azzurri Communications has announced the acquisition of the UK virtual network operator (VNO), Sirocom. This is Azzurri's biggest purchase to date ... Read More |
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Broadband Britain is Recovering From the ‘Free’ Broadband Shock Therapy |
02/11/06 |
| Broadband watcher Point Topic has just published a detailed analysis of take-up of DSL lines as reported by BT for Q3 2006. The analysis looks at penetration and growth r... Read More |
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Swyx Overtakes Cisco, Avaya and Siemens. |
02/11/06 |
| IP communications specialist Swyx has been named as market leader in IP extensions delivered on SME PBXs across Western Europe according to MZA, a leading analyst company... Read More |
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Siemens Ramp it up. |
02/11/06 |
| Sales of the Siemens Hi-Path 8000 and associated handsets have shot up in the last year, and more “industry shaping deals” are being closed every month, according to sour... Read More |
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ICT Sales Finance Picks Up Pace |
01/11/06 |
| One in three sales through the ICT channel is now financed, with solution-based sales driving pace of change
Siemens Financial Services, a leading provider of busines... Read More |
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Nimans Appoints New Avaya BDM |
01/11/06 |
| Claiming to be the UK’s fastest growing distributor of Avaya systems Nimans has boosted its Avaya business unit with the appointment of Tim Freeth to develop brand awaren... Read More |
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Frost & Sullivan Award for Aastra |
01/11/06 |
| Aastra Technologiies, widely reported by analysts to have secured the number three position in the European comms market has received the Frost & Sullivan 2006 Growth Str... Read More |
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Cicero Claim First with Wireless VoIP |
01/11/06 |
| Cicero Networks, a provider of wireless VoIP (wVoIP) solutions for Fixed Mobile Convergence, has announced the availability of CiceroPhone, a dual-mode VoIP client for No... Read More |
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Is Microsoft Snubbing Nortel? |
01/11/06 |
| Mitel is starting to make noises about their relationship with Microsoft – in particular the fact that the software giant continues to use Mitel kit for demonstrating the... Read More |
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Datatec Boost AIM Listing Prospects with Latest Results |
01/11/06 |
| Datatec, the international ICT group, best known in the UK for its Westcon and Logicalis operations, who last month declared its intention to seek a listing of its shares... Read More |
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'Telrad' win Zultys Auction at $2.65 Million |
01/11/06 |
| Iain Milnes, Zultys founder and president has lost his battle to takeover the remains of his failed company this week when Pivot VoIP, an independent company backed by IP... Read More |
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