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BOARD CHANGES AT BT |
14/03/08 |
BT today announced that Eric Daniels, group chief executive of LloydsTSB Group plc, and the Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt MP, will join the BT Board as non-executive directors w... Read More |
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Dimension Data Achieves Cisco Master UC Specialisation in the UK |
14/03/08 |
| Dimension Data announced today it has achieved the Master Unified Communications Specialization from Cisco. This specialization recognises Dimension Data as having fulfil... Read More |
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Aruba Networks Appoints New Global Channel Chief |
14/03/08 |
| Aruba Networks, a provider of wireless LANs and secure unified mobility solutions, today announced the appointment of company veteran Peter Cellarius to the newly created... Read More |
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2ergo Launch Partner Programme : Chess Sign Up |
14/03/08 |
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2ergo, the provider of convergent mobile communications, is launching a new Business Partner Programme designed to help the telecoms channel win new business from the... Read More |
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nPlusOne Completes BT Wholesale IP Exchange Interconnect |
14/03/08 |
| nPlusOne the hosted wholesale IP Telephony service provider have announced that they have successfully completed testing the Interconnection to BT Wholesale’s IP Exchange... Read More |
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Daisy Uses Interest-Free Funding to Complete First Acquisition |
13/03/08 |
| daisy is continuing its onslaught in what they term the fragmented reseller market after completing its first acquisition of the calendar year.
Prior to national victo... Read More |
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Inclarity Bags Sales Person of the Year from Westcon |
13/03/08 |
| Gillian Earle, the current holder of the Comms Business Awards Sales person of the Year and a runner up in 2006, has left distributor Westcon to join hosted telephony sup... Read More |
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Nimans Extends Conferencing Trade in Offer |
13/03/08 |
| Distributor Nimans is encouraging resellers to take advantage of an exclusive trade-in offer worth £100, by persuading their customers to upgrade to the new Konftel 300 a... Read More |
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Telecom Applications Re-brand as TouchStar Call Centre Software |
13/03/08 |
| Long established UK based call centre solutions provider Telecom Applications have today announced that they are renaming and rebranding as TouchStar Call Centre Software... Read More |
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Fused’s Daniel Priestman Sets Sights on the Last Eden |
13/03/08 |
| Daniel Priestman, Senior Account Manager for Fused Networks, part of the Fused Group, will be heading off to Madagascar in September as part of Computer Aid International... Read More |
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Microsoft and Nortel Launch 4 New UC Applications |
12/03/08 |
| Microsoft and Nortel have announced the availability of four new joint unified communications (UC) solutions designed to transform how people around the world connect, co... Read More |
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HIGHnet Expands Voice Portfolio |
12/03/08 |
| Communications provider HIGHnet has expanded its voice product range with the addition of Gamma Telecom’s new Inbound product.
While HIGHnet already has a full suite o... Read More |
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Thomas Miller Goes for £1.5m Affiniti Wireless Unified Communications |
12/03/08 |
| Thomas Miller, the premier insurance services boutique, has commissioned communications integrator Affiniti to design, install and support its new unified communications ... Read More |
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RW Comms Introduce DayZero |
12/03/08 |
| IT and telecoms specialist, RW Communications, has launched its “DayZero” solution, which enables businesses to set up an instant fixed-line telecom, email and fax system... Read More |
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Emerson Network Power Gains Green Accreditation |
12/03/08 |
| Emerson Network Power has announced the achievement of ISO 14001:2004 certification, which is a reflection of corporate vision based on environmental awareness and an act... Read More |
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Nokia Head Is Business Leader Of The Year |
12/03/08 |
| Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, President and CEO of Nokia, was crowned business leader of the year at today’s European Business Awards 2008 in Paris.
Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, Pre... Read More |
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Unified Group now a Microsoft Certified Partner |
12/03/08 |
| Reading based Unified Group is a now a Microsoft Certified Partner, attaining the Information Worker Solutions (IWS) Competency with Unified Communication specialisation.... Read More |
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Web Conferencing for SMEs Launched |
12/03/08 |
| SMEs can now harness the power of professional quality, web based video-conferencing, messaging and collaboration with the launch of ICU Live! from unified communications... Read More |
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ECL Telecom Channel Programme Targets New Start-Ups |
12/03/08 |
| ECL Telecom, a leading strategic telecoms and technology provider, today announces the launch of a new channel programme – with support from Samsung Networks - which will... Read More |
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Data Centres are wary of vendors’ Green marketing messages |
11/03/08 |
| A survey by the Aperture Research Institute (ARI) of more than 100 data centre professionals has shown that green initiatives are gaining traction in the data centre, but... Read More |
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University of Birmingham delivers campus-wide Wi-Fi |
11/03/08 |
| Foundry Networks has announced that the University of Birmingham is installing its IronPoint Mobility Series of access points (APs) and controllers in a major replacement... Read More |
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Strongest ever quarter for Easynet with global sales wins |
11/03/08 |
| 2008 is off to a fantastic start for Easynet as it announces its strongest-ever quarter for international sales. The managed network and hosting company has won significa... Read More |
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Ruckus Wireless Partners With VCOMM To Deliver FMC |
11/03/08 |
| Ruckus Wireless, a supplier of Smart Wireless LAN systems, today announced a partnership with VCOMM, a UK-based specialist distributor of IP telephony (IPT) and Fixed Mob... Read More |
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Wireless Platforms Key to Joined-up Healthcare |
11/03/08 |
| The market for wireless and mobile phone based healthcare platforms will grow rapidly as health providers seek ways to drive down costs. According to a report published t... Read More |
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Brits consider legal action as result of dirty office equipment |
11/03/08 |
| Over half of Brits would consider taking legal action against an employer if they contracted a serious illness from dirty office equipment – a Doro survey released today ... Read More |
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Fused Webcalls Re-ignites IP Telephony Products |
11/03/08 |
| Fused Webcalls, part of the Fused Group, has re-developed their IP telephony services and is launching new products for the UK channel marketplace in April.
The re-w... Read More |
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Freedom Commits £250,000 to 3-year IT Infrastructure Transformation Project |
11/03/08 |
| Watford based Freedom Communications has committed £250,000 over the next three years to streamline and transform its core IT infrastructure as it makes moves to improve ... Read More |
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Alcatel-Lucent Launch Sphinx and Redbridge Services Partnership |
11/03/08 |
| Alcatel-Lucent has announced the launch of a new professional services partnership with its UK convergence distributor Sphinx, designed to improve business partners’ abil... Read More |
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Numbers Stack Up as Unicom Hits All the Sixes. |
11/03/08 |
| A customer of telecoms provider Unicom, which specialises in business-to-business telecom services, has logged the company's 666,666,666th call.
Unicom, with regional ... Read More |
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BT Enables Integrated Web 2.0 Communication Services Delivery |
11/03/08 |
| BT today announced the availability of CallFlow, a capability that allows voice and data to be combined dynamically and easily, free of heavyweight Interactive Voice Resp... Read More |
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Telstra Europe Chooses Frontier as a Major Channel Partner |
10/03/08 |
| Frontier, the telephony and data network services provider, has concluded a major distribution agreement with Telstra Europe, the European arm of global B2B communication... Read More |
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TelNG Launch “Telco in a Box” |
10/03/08 |
| TelNG, the provider of white labelled next generation communications services, today announced the launch of their "Telco in a Box" Service. The service gives communicati... Read More |
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SME’s Want Functions, not Fancy Features |
10/03/08 |
| When it comes to modern communication equipment, UK business end-users want practical features that they can apply, rather than a multitude of features they will never us... Read More |
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Croft Receives Royal Warrant |
10/03/08 |
| IT firm Croft Technology has received official recognition from Her Majesty the Queen for providing information technology services to the royal household.
Croft has b... Read More |
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Symon Acquires Distributor Dacon plc |
10/03/08 |
| Symon, the provider of digital signage solutions announced today the acquisition of UK based Dacon plc, a value added distributor of telecommunications solutions speciali... Read More |
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Adding Value: Internet Service Providers |
10/03/08 |
| Graeme Gordon, Operations Director of Aberdeen-based Internet For Business (IFB) says that recent consolidations in the ISP market have done nothing to instil faith in th... Read More |
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NetEvents 2008 Report |
10/03/08 |
| The bi-annual NetEvents press and analyst summit took place in Barcelona last month, just before the World GSM Congress so delegates could attend both if they wished.
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Graduates Require Newer Technologies to Communicate in the Workplace |
10/03/08 |
| New independent research today reveals that recent graduates, the so called ‘Generation Y’, want more innovative communication technologies, such as instant messaging and... Read More |
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Record Sales and New Arrival Boosts Nimans’ Avaya Team |
10/03/08 |
| Robert Mansfield could not have picked a better time to join Nimans’ fast-growing Avaya business unit where record monthly sales have just been achieved. Robert has boost... Read More |
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Nimans Helps Dealer Strike Gold |
10/03/08 |
| A fast-growing Northern Ireland dealer has struck gold by becoming the first in Ireland to earn the highest accreditation status to sell Re-Tell call recording, fax serve... Read More |
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Vaioni launches ULTRA 20 |
10/03/08 |
| Vaioni, the business class internet connectivity and managed security provider based in Manchester, launches its Business Class, ULTRA 20 internet service, delivering “up... Read More |
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O-bit Confident of WLR Future |
10/03/08 |
| Over the past few months Buckinghamshire based O-bit telecom has been developing a fully integrated WLR3 solution to offer to all channel partners. The company, which was... Read More |
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Redstone Wins Cambridge Outsourcing Deal |
10/03/08 |
| IT and internet services provider Redstone Managed Solutions has signed a deal to provide hosting suite services to Cambridge University’s IT department, Cambridge Univer... Read More |
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Plantronics Enhances Channel Program |
07/03/08 |
| Plantronics has announced that it will further enhance its Connect Partner Programme after 2007 was a proven success for both resellers and the business. Members of the p... Read More |
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OTA Report LLU Milestone |
07/03/08 |
| Another significant milestone has been achieved during February according to Peter Black the telecommunications Adjudicator, with the number of unbundled lines now exceed... Read More |
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Questmark Goes Wild |
07/03/08 |
| Videoconferencing company Questmark has joined the Wildlife Guardians scheme, the corporate involvement programme of the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust.
The scheme, la... Read More |
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vc-net Recruiting IT resellers with Virtual Network Operator offering |
07/03/08 |
| vc-net, the collaboration company, announced today that it is expanding its channel to support growth in the network operator market. vc-net is looking to partner with a ... Read More |
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IC Makes Successful Start to Reseller Roadshows |
07/03/08 |
| Managed VoIP service provider, Internet Central has made a successful start to a series of UK wide reseller technical roadshows with over 30 delegates attending the first... Read More |
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Opal Telecom Launches SIP Trunking to the Channel |
07/03/08 |
| Opal Telecom, the business division of The Carphone Warehouse Group, has today announced that it will be launching its SIP Trunking proposition in April.
Coming hot on... Read More |
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Powerdial Adds Inclarity’s Hosted Telephony Solution to Portfolio |
07/03/08 |
| Convergence applications reseller Powerdial has signed Inclarity as its preferred hosted telephony solutions partner. Powerdial operates out of County Durham and serves m... Read More |
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Be Increases Network Coverage by 15% |
06/03/08 |
| Be Un Limited, which is wholly-owned by O2, has announced today that over the next four months the network coverage will be increased by 15% of the UK population, providi... Read More |
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Thus Awarded International Security Standard |
06/03/08 |
| Thus has announced that it has received ISO/IEC 27001:2005 certification for its Information Security Management System supporting its MPLS next-generation network (NGN).... Read More |
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BT to be Tier One Partner for London 2012 Games |
06/03/08 |
| The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games has reinforced its vision to stage a ‘Games for the Digital Age’ in 2012 by announcing that BT has bec... Read More |
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BroadSoft Delivers Multimedia Telephony |
06/03/08 |
| Multimedia Telephony (MMTel) will establish global standards for fixed, mobile and cable operators on the migration path to an all-IP network and the delivery of Rich Com... Read More |
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Orange And Cable & Wireless Announce National Roaming Deal |
06/03/08 |
| Orange and Cable & Wireless Europe, Asia & US today announced a five-year partnership deal that will see Cable & Wireless enterprise fixed mobile convergence customers us... Read More |
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PlusNet Tops ISP Survey |
06/03/08 |
| BroadbandChoices.co.uk has announced its customer satisfaction results across the top ten ISP brands. PlusNet topped the table with an average of 79 per cent of users say... Read More |
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TFM Networks Partners with Neos for Long-Haul Ethernet |
06/03/08 |
| Virtual Network Operator TFM Networks has announced it is partnering with leading infrastructure provider Neos Networks to meet the growing business demand for long-haul ... Read More |
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NetEvents 2008 Report |
06/03/08 |
| The bi-annual NetEvents press and analyst summit took place in Barcelona last month, just before the World GSM Congress so delegates could attend both if they wished.
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Ex-Samsung MD Joins Corporate ICT |
06/03/08 |
| Corporate ICT has appointed Nigel Russell as non-executive Chairman. Nigel has worked in fixed and mobile telecommunications since 1989 and held Board level positions wit... Read More |
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Zycko Teams with ExaGrid Systems for Backup |
06/03/08 |
| Zycko, the value-added distributor of best-in-class convergent storage and IP solutions, has teamed with ExaGrid Systems, Inc., the leader in cost-effective and scalable ... Read More |
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Thus Powers Utility’s Communication Network |
05/03/08 |
| Thus has announced that it has signed a contract with ScottishPower Energy Networks (SPEN) to deploy a new next-generation telecoms infrastructure across all of the compa... Read More |
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Affiniti Achieves Cisco Powered Designations |
05/03/08 |
| Affiniti announced today that it has been certified for the following Cisco Powered Managed Services: Managed Unified Communications and Managed Connectivity. These desig... Read More |
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D-Link Receives Certification from Energy Star for Environmentally- Friendly Devices |
05/03/08 |
| As part of its ongoing program to manufacture environmentally-friendly products, D-Link has today announced that an extensive range of D-Link products have gained ENERGY ... Read More |
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Global Crossing Announces Next Gen IP Services Deal with HMRC |
05/03/08 |
| IP solutions provider Global Crossing has announced that HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) will employ Global Crossing’s hosted IP telephony service for the operation of all it... Read More |
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Three-Fold Increase in Wi-Fi use on Trains |
05/03/08 |
| The number of travellers using the onboard Wi-Fi service on the National Express East Coast railway tripled during the first month in which it was free throughout the tra... Read More |
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Uniworld Launches Inbound Call Handling Service |
05/03/08 |
| A new website which provides customers with easy-to-use control over their inbound call routing are set to revolutionise the inbound call handling market.
Launched by ... Read More |
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Uniworld Launches Mobile Services |
05/03/08 |
| Despite doom and gloom messages regarding business spend on fixed line telecoms statistics from Ofcom show that spend by businesses on their communications requirements (... Read More |
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Nimans Expands Installation Products Team |
05/03/08 |
| Distributor Nimans has strengthened its installation products division with the arrival of Geoff Wilde who has almost 20 years specialist experience. Geoff will work alon... Read More |
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Insight: When Outsourcing Comes In |
04/03/08 |
| Outsourcing in telecoms used to be a controversial option, but is now a key operational strategy. Keith Gurden of Hutchison Team Telecom looks at how this has happened –... Read More |
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Siemens Launches OpenScape Unified Communications Server |
04/03/08 |
| Siemens Enterprise Communications has announced a significant step forward in its ongoing transformation into a software-oriented company with the launch of an innovative... Read More |
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O2 Chief Appointed Visiting Professor at De Montfort University Leicester |
04/03/08 |
| Mike Short, Vice President for Research and Development at mobile network operator O2 has been appointed Visiting Professor at De Montfort University Leicester. He has ta... Read More |
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VegaStream and Aastra Combine to Keep the Network Open for Voice Calls |
04/03/08 |
| VoIP Gateway vendor VegaStream has announced that it has successfully completed interoperability testing between its Vega IP gateways and Aastra Telecom SIP handset model... Read More |
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Truphone Hangs Up on Mobile Roaming Charges |
04/03/08 |
| Bringing an end to its launch offer, mobile internet operator Truphone has announced its first pricing structure. Adopting a revolutionary approach, from March 1st, its c... Read More |
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Ex-Chief of Anti-Virus Firm Charged with Distributing Bogus Security Software |
04/03/08 |
| 41-year-old woman said to have earned 4.9 million UK pounds through scareware
IT security and control firm Sophos is warning computer users to be wary of fake security... Read More |
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C2000 Completes Formation of Specialist Server and Storage Team |
04/03/08 |
| Computer 2000, the UK arm of Tech Data, has completed the formation of its specialist Server and Storage team and is ramping up its services levels and providing a higher... Read More |
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Alcatel-Lucent Announces HSDPA Version Of Omniaccess 3500 |
04/03/08 |
| Alcatel-Lucent plans to support high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA)-based 3G networks on its OmniAccess 3500 Nonstop Laptop Guardian, an ‘always on’ laptop security... Read More |
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Westcon Group Announces Exclusive Distribution Agreement with Easynet |
04/03/08 |
| Distributor Westcon has announced an exclusive agreement with Easynet which see Westcon Convergence provide network services to its entire reseller base.
The upsurge i... Read More |
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Tandberg – Apparently a Nice Place to Work |
04/03/08 |
| Video conferencing vendor Tandberg has been listed in The Sunday Times Best Companies To Work For in the UK for the second year in succession, appearing at 49 on the list... Read More |
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De La Rue plc awards multimillion pound contract to ATC |
03/03/08 |
| ATC has secured what they regard as a landmark three year contract with De La Rue plc, the FTSE 250, world-leading currency production and cash handling company.
Unde... Read More |
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CVS Experience Brisk Trading |
03/03/08 |
| Thames Valley based convergence technologies reseller Converged Voice Solutions are reporting brisk trading in the solutions arena this year. CVS were founded in October ... Read More |
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Unicom Launch Threatens DQ Price War |
03/03/08 |
| Comms provider Unicom is launching a directory enquiries product, 118777, which they say will match the service level but undercut the price of the three biggest players ... Read More |
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Customers Cautious over Latest Mobile Operator Services |
03/03/08 |
| Latest Martin Dawes Systems research reveals users sceptical about mobile social networking and free internet calls over mobile networks
Accessing social networks and ... Read More |
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Telephonetics VIP Enhances ContactPortal with SIP Support |
03/03/08 |
| Speech recognition specialist, Telephonetics VIP, has added SIP support in the latest release of their speech driven call routing solution, ContactPortal. The enhancement... Read More |
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BT ‘Communications Complete’ - A good move for BT and Cisco |
03/03/08 |
| BT has a strong presence in the SMB market and has just expanded its portfolio with a new unified communications UC service aimed at these customers.
Aphrodite Brinsm... Read More |
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Commsworld Awarded Major Managed Contract |
03/03/08 |
| Commsworld have been awarded a Managed Services contract for Aberdeen Science Parks.
The contract has been placed by Scottish Enterprise who own and manage the Parks ... Read More |
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New London Node for Griffin |
03/03/08 |
| Griffin has added an additional London node to their network providing further resilience and significantly increasing capacity.
Traditionally ISPs and peering compani... Read More |
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CMA Release Top Line Survey Results |
03/03/08 |
| The Communications Managers Association (CMA) has released its’ ‘Top Line’ findings following the publication of their annual report which polls the opinions of their mem... Read More |
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