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Samsung Opens New Sales Engineering Support Centre |
15/06/06 |
In a move to further strengthen support to their resellers, Samsung Business Communications has opened a new Sales Engineering Support Centre in Staines Middlesex. The ce... Read More |
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Nimans Targets Irish Growth |
15/06/06 |
| Nimans is to target the Irish market for growth and has promptly recruited its first ever field sales executive for the territory. The company currently services Northern... Read More |
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Siemens UK Staff Fear Job Losses (UPDATED) |
15/06/06 |
| Speculation as to the eventual number of jobs to be lost at Siemens COM division escalated yesterday when a source close to Comms Business Magazine indicated that up to 7... Read More |
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Spectrum Winner Announces Partner |
15/06/06 |
| TeleWare subsidiary Private Mobile Networks Ltd, the UK provider of private GSM network technology, has signed a supply agreement with ip.access ltd, a developer of in-bu... Read More |
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New MD for Redstone Converged Solutions |
15/06/06 |
| Redstone plc has appointed Paul Kennedy as managing director for their Converged Solutions Division. Converged Solutions employs around half of the 400 or so employees wi... Read More |
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Global Crossing Expands Converged IP Services |
15/06/06 |
| Global Crossing has been named a Juniper Networks Elite J-Partner reseller. The Juniper Networks partnership enables Global Crossing to provide self-managed IP VPN custo... Read More |
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Mid-Market - The Land of Opportunity |
14/06/06 |
| Dean Jones, UK Channel Manager at Enterasys Networks says resellers can stand up to the competition.
"Don't be fooled by their size. Mid market companies have IT needs... Read More |
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Polycom Hat trick for Nimans |
14/06/06 |
| For the third consecutive year Nimans has been named as Polycom’s Top Distributor for Voice Products EMEA region. Nimans’ Managing Director, Julian Niman, accepted the aw... Read More |
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THUS Your Comms Integration |
14/06/06 |
| Speaking four months after THUS acquired Your Communications (YC), Sales Director Gerry Duffy says the integration of YC in to THUS has progressed well.
“When THUS was... Read More |
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JVC Move to IP Telephony |
14/06/06 |
| Reseller Switch Communications has completed a major, multi-site VoIP installation for electronics giant JVC, including its new London sales and distribution centre as we... Read More |
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Cisco Ease Integration |
14/06/06 |
| Cisco has paid $48M cash for two software companies whose applications will help large companies merge their business software applications with their IP communications p... Read More |
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PBX Market on the Rise |
14/06/06 |
| Analyst MZA has reported on the first quarter sales for 2006 and says Q1 proved to be a promising start to the year.
The UK PBX/IP PBX extensions market increased by... Read More |
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Hosted Telephony for Lovell |
13/06/06 |
| Independent systems integrator, PSG Networks, has won and implemented an order from Lovell, the UK’s leading provider of affordable housing, for AlwaysON hosted IP teleph... Read More |
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Networks First Announces Record Financial Results |
13/06/06 |
| Highlights:
Sales up 25% to £5.4 million
Operating Profit doubles to £333,000
Continued Strong Cash Flow
Record levels of Capital Expenditure
Major investment in... Read More |
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New Generation of Applications for Avaya one-X |
13/06/06 |
| Although the Avaya one-X system is not available yet in the UK the vendor is announcing new third party applications for their one-X Deskphone Edition IP Phones. The last... Read More |
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Westcon Enter Hosted Market |
13/06/06 |
| Westcon Group has purchased a Nortel MCS5100 soft switch and is set to enter the hosted/managed telephony market – the first mainline UK distributor to make such a move.
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CTI Group Launches Voice Recorder “with Sat Nav!” |
13/06/06 |
| CTI Group has announced the launch of its SmartRecord voice recorder saying it is a new generation of hybrid voice recording systems capable of integrating with both TDM ... Read More |
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THUS £1.3m Contract Win |
13/06/06 |
| THUS has won a contract valued at £1.3 million with Brewin Dolphin Securities, the UK's largest independent private client portfolio manager, to provide a converged next ... Read More |
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Gamma are the Good Guys |
12/06/06 |
| Industry regulator Ofcom has updated their slammer table – a naming and shaming exercise that shows the number of complaints network operators receive for so called slamm... Read More |
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Global Crossing VoIP Integrity Service |
12/06/06 |
| Global Crossing has launched a VoIP Integrity Service, a real-time visibility and reporting service, as the latest addition to its portfolio of Application Performance Ma... Read More |
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Oak Adds WLR to TalkaBILLity |
12/06/06 |
| Oak Telecom has added wholesale line rental (WLR) to their product portfolio as an integral part of their TalkaBILLity. This means that the company can now offer reseller... Read More |
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New Nortel Portfolio Targets SMBs |
12/06/06 |
| Nortel is announcing a new portfolio of voice, data and wireless products designed to help small and medium businesses (SMB) boost employee productivity and satisfaction,... Read More |
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Go Beyond Infrastructure |
12/06/06 |
| Distributor Mayflex is seeking out resellers who want to look beyond their cabling infrastructure activity towards increasing their portfolio, and hence their sales, with... Read More |
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SpliceCom Embrace ISDN, H.323 & SIP as Equals |
12/06/06 |
| Product Marketing Director at Splicecom Robin Hayman has told Comms Business Magazine that their introduction of SIP Proxy Server support to the 4100 Call Server and 4140... Read More |
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Riley in Entrepreneur Final |
09/06/06 |
| Matthew Riley, daisy CEO, has been short-listed as a finalist in the North Region, Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards, within the Business Products and Serv... Read More |
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Cable & Wireless Muzzles Bulldog |
09/06/06 |
| Cable and Wireless has all but put down their Bulldog in announcing they will be adopting a revised strategy in relation to the consumer and small business element of its... Read More |
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Comstor See Unified Opportunity |
09/06/06 |
| Justin Turner, OneVoice Business Manager at Comstor, says Unified Communications offers a world of opportunities in the SMB market for channel players willing to up skill... Read More |
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Brand-Rex on the Right Angle |
09/06/06 |
| Cable manufacturer Brand-Rex say they have re-written the rules on cable design with the launch of one of the most individual, innovative and advanced networking cables c... Read More |
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TIM Reaches 70 |
09/06/06 |
| Britain’s famous BT Speaking Clock celebrates its 70th birthday on 24th July, 2006. Now a national institution and part of Britain’s heritage, the Speaking Clock was the ... Read More |
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Nortel Readies CS1500 for Small to Medium Service Providers |
09/06/06 |
| Trailing a world wide release scheduled for early 2007, Nortel has announced their Communication Server 1500 (CS 1500), a VoIP softswitch which the vendor says will provi... Read More |
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Redstone to Strengthen Team |
09/06/06 |
| Buoyed by current trading and key contract wins – they are due to report their year end figures shortly, Redstone Converged Solutions is embarking on a major recruitment ... Read More |
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Gamma Telecom Launches FeaturePlus |
09/06/06 |
| Gamma Telecom, the voice services applications and solutions provider, will be one of the first UK companies to release quality metric data for an IP telephony service th... Read More |
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Siemens Launch Accreditation Scheme |
08/06/06 |
| Siemens is rolling out their Enterprise Partner Programme, a global accreditation scheme for Siemens Communications sales partners.
David Dyer, Partner Programme Mana... Read More |
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GN Netcom Seeking to Expand Channel |
08/06/06 |
| GN Netcom has launched a new Channel Partner Programme, as part of a major drive to attract new resellers and enhance the support package for its existing partner network... Read More |
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TeleWare Partner with Griffin Internet |
08/06/06 |
| TeleWare has formed a strategic partnership with Griffin Internet, a supplier of Managed Broadband. TeleWare Business Development Director Steve Haworth commented; “Grif... Read More |
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Mitel Unveils New IP Phones and Accessories |
08/06/06 |
| Mitel has unveiled its new generation of IP phones and accessories designed they say to provide greater interoperability and desktop ease-of-use, along with more choice, ... Read More |
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Broadsoft to Simplify and Streamline Service Delivery to Customers |
08/06/06 |
| IP telephony platform vendor BroadSoft has entered into agreements with a consortium of customer premises equipment and access equipment vendors to provide pre-integrated... Read More |
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Strategic IT Decision Making from Colt |
08/06/06 |
| Colt has launched what they say is Europe’s first online reporting tool expressly designed to improve organisations’ visibility into the ultra-high bandwidth networking e... Read More |
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TeleWare Launches Customer Portal |
07/06/06 |
| TeleWare has launched its new TeleWare Hosted Administration Portal to help hosted customers access and customise a range of features, such as IVR, call recording and con... Read More |
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Gamma Converter for IP Telephony |
07/06/06 |
| Gamma Telecom has announced the launch of its new IP gateway solution, 'Converter'. The new service combines Gamma’s recently launched IPDirectConnect with hardware that... Read More |
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Crane: 100% More Support |
07/06/06 |
| Crane Telecommunications, the value added distributor, says their reseller channel will reap the benefit of increased investment into their Mitel business which has seen ... Read More |
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Logicalis Awarded BT ‘Partner Solution Of The Year’ |
07/06/06 |
| Integrator Logicalis has been awarded BT’s Partner Solution of the Year in recognition of strong sales performance and contracts secured during 2005/6. With annual BT sa... Read More |
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More Job Cuts Likely at Siemens Comms |
07/06/06 |
| Siemens AG's Communications (Com) division will announce additional job cuts at its international operations within the next few weeks, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung... Read More |
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THUS Sells Demon Holland |
07/06/06 |
| Ahead of their preliminary results for the year ended 31 March 2006 being announced on 19 June THUS has reached agreement in principle for the sale of its Internet Servic... Read More |
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Openreach Cuts Prices To Boost LLU Market |
06/06/06 |
| Openreach has announced the introduction of new pricing which will make it cheaper for communications providers to move their end customers on to unbundled services. LLU ... Read More |
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Crane Dispel Rumours |
06/06/06 |
| Distributor Crane Telecommunications has moved to dispel rumours pervading the channel that they are set to be purchased.
Speaking to Comms Business Magazine Crane Ch... Read More |
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Alternative Networks Conclude Early ICB Earn Out |
06/06/06 |
| Reseller Alternative Networks has announced the early conclusion of earn-out arrangements regarding its acquisition of Integrated Communications for Business on 10 Octobe... Read More |
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TeleWare Address Expanding Channel |
06/06/06 |
| TeleWare, a provider of both hosted and on-premise intelligent communication solutions for businesses and Service Providers, today announced the appointment of Louise Phi... Read More |
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Alcatel Launch OmniPCX Office release 5.0 |
06/06/06 |
| Trevor Evans, business development manager, Alcatel told Comms Business Magazine that the new OmniPCXOffice's PC-based attendant console allows SMBs to efficiently handle... Read More |
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ZenDirect – A New Source for Leased Line Solutions |
06/06/06 |
| Zen Internet will be launching a new product range for Leased Lines under the ZenDirect brand today.
Zen say the changes to the product set will distance the ZenDirec... Read More |
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Fingers Crossed - Avaya Hands Over to FIFA |
05/06/06 |
| When the sporting world’s largest converged voice and data network is turned over to the FIFA this week for the launch of the FIFA World Cup 2006, it will feature a range... Read More |
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Alcatel Develops New Consultants Programme |
05/06/06 |
| Alcatel has today announced the launch of a new consultants programme designed to raise Alcatel's profile within the UK consultancy community. The company is engaging wi... Read More |
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ATC Confirm Williams Appointment |
05/06/06 |
| AT Communications Group Plc has confirmed earlier reports by Comms Business Magazine that they have appointed Campbell Williams as Marketing Director on the Operations Bo... Read More |
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Moulton Joins Westcon Group |
05/06/06 |
| Neil Moulton, the former UK head of channels at Siemens Communications who unexpectedly left Cisco recently after just four months in the post of Business Development Man... Read More |
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Azzurri Sold to PPM Capital for £182.5 Million |
05/06/06 |
| Speculation over the possible sale of Azzurri ahead of a planned floatation became reality last Friday as the company was acquired by PPM Capital, the private equity arm ... Read More |
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SpliceCom Enhance Unified Messaging |
05/06/06 |
| Splicecom say that their new version 3.1 for maximiser builds upon the unified messaging features offered by maximiser as standard since its initial launch in 2003. Utili... Read More |
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Entanet Creates New Post To Strengthen Marketing |
02/06/06 |
| Business-to-business ISP, Entanet International, has appointed a senior marketing professional with 20 years of experience to mastermind the further growth and developmen... Read More |
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Opera Scales the Heights |
02/06/06 |
| International mobile services company, Opera Telecom, has once again been included in the top 50 fastest growing media companies in the UK, in this year’s Media Momentum ... Read More |
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BT Adds BlackBerry Service for SMBs |
02/06/06 |
| The problem with using a BlackBerry for most small organisations is that they don’t have their own MS Exchange Server installed. They might want a Blackberry but they can... Read More |
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Freedom Look to Convergence |
02/06/06 |
| Reseller Freedom has re-branded to reflect its commitment to the converging world of voice, video and data across IT infrastructure. Traditionally known as an Alcatel vo... Read More |
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Adept Telecom Acquires Fizz |
02/06/06 |
| Adept Telecom has made its third post AIM listing acquisition with the announcement of the purchase of 10,000 business customers from Fizz Telecom. Adept acquired Transgl... Read More |
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Securing IP Telephony Systems: A Plan |
02/06/06 |
| Specialist support company Networks First is offering a practical plan to ensure the security of VOIP traffic.
The increasing maturity of VoIP and converged network tech... Read More |
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Westcon Pulls in the Channel - and the Competition! |
01/06/06 |
| Mitel and Extreme distributor Westcon held a channel workshop event at Eton College’s new Dorney Lake rowing facility near Windsor at the end of May attended by 20 or mor... Read More |
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LCS Update from Philips |
01/06/06 |
| Chris de Silva, UK Managing Director of NEC Philips Unified Solutions, has brought us up to date with their Microsoft Live Communications Server strategy, Comms Business ... Read More |
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Increased Sales Drive at GemaTech |
01/06/06 |
| GemaTech, specialist developer of telephony business continuity and voice recording products and solutions, has announced the appointment of Paul Wayman, previously of BT... Read More |
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Council Invests in IP Centrex |
01/06/06 |
| Richmond Council has purchased Inclarity’s Broadband Telephony solution to replace nearly one hundred landlines at its various libraries with, IP-based lines that utilise... Read More |
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Telindus Appoints Operations Expert |
01/06/06 |
| Hampshire based reseller Telindus has appointed Karen Bardsley to head-up its Business Support Expertise Centre in the UK. As centre manager, Bardsley will be responsible... Read More |
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£32,500 a Week? Not quite Beckham but it will do… |
01/06/06 |
| BT Group chief executive Ben Verwaayen saw his total pay rise 12pc to £1.69m in the year to March as the telecoms company also locked the Dutchman in a set of golden hand... Read More |
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