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2006 - The Year of Cybercrime |
15/08/06 |
Targeted attacks by criminals online is a reality at highest-ever levels, says managed Unified Threat Management services company, Network Box – and SMEs are the most vul... Read More |
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Balmoral Goes Upmarket with NEC Philips |
15/08/06 |
| Rocco Forte’s The Balmoral, which is Edinburgh’s leading luxury hotel, has placed an order with NEC Philips Unified Solutions for a hybrid VoIP telephony system. The new... Read More |
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New Ways to Keep in Touch |
15/08/06 |
| The Government is planning to ‘get tough’ on the use of cars for business. It’s time to find new ways to keep in touch, says Andrew Pearce, director of Europe’s leading p... Read More |
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SIP on Customer Tick List say Samsung & Avaya |
15/08/06 |
| It’s been the case in the comms sector for many a year that customers have a list of features they think they want on their wish list and have to tick them off before pla... Read More |
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Zen named as North West Business of the Year |
15/08/06 |
| Rochdale-based Zen Internet, one of the UK’s leading Internet Service Providers (ISPs), today announced that it has been named as the North West Business of the Year in t... Read More |
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Vanco Unlocks Low-Cost Potential of Wide Area Ethernet |
14/08/06 |
| Vanco, the Virtual Network Operator, has announced a new offering within its Data Service portfolio - Ethernet Engaged. This allows dispersed Multinationals to exploit th... Read More |
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Crane Mitel Offers Sales Solutions Training to Resellers |
14/08/06 |
| Distributor Crane Telecommunications has announced the launch of a series of reseller focussed training events to be held regionally, commencing September 2006.
The... Read More |
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Council Improve Collaboration With IP Telephony |
14/08/06 |
| Kilkenny County Council in Ireland has introduced an Alcatel IP telephony solution to enable greater collaboration between its offices and borough council sites. The ins... Read More |
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First Half Revealed by MTV Telecom |
14/08/06 |
| Convergence Summit Gold Sponsor MTV Telecom say they will be taking the opportunity at this years’ event to bring resellers up to date with the many product and applicati... Read More |
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More Customers Deploying IP say Mitel |
14/08/06 |
| Speaking to Comms Business Magazine, Alison Brewer, Solutions Marketing Manager at Mitel, says that in general, the IP telephony system market is growing and the traditio... Read More |
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Chess Holds ‘Play Your Part’ Conference |
14/08/06 |
| Chess plc, the rapidly growing North West based Telecoms Company recently held the first of its Blueprint for Success review conferences at its Alderley Edge Head Office.... Read More |
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You and SME are going on Holiday |
11/08/06 |
| Everyone needs a complete break from work whenever they can and many owner managers of smaller businesses around the UK are finding that having the right technology means... Read More |
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Roaming with Redstone |
11/08/06 |
| The European Commission is determined to slash the rates mobile users are charged when using their phones abroad – but face vehement opposition from the European mobile o... Read More |
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SMBs Want Multi-Function Security Appliances say Comstor |
11/08/06 |
| Robert Hughes, OneDefense Business Manager at distributor Comstor says SMBs are increasingly looking for more sophisticated multi-function security appliances says Comsto... Read More |
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Four-Hour Confirmations on Microsoft Open Licensing |
11/08/06 |
| Computer 2000, the UK arm of Tech Data, is now offering confirmations for Microsoft Open Licensing within four working hours, following the completion of integration work... Read More |
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Speech is Going Mainstream says Sabio |
11/08/06 |
| Sabio, the contact centre services and solutions company, believes that 2006 is seeing a major shift in the adoption and deployment of speech technology by UK contact cen... Read More |
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Nortel on a Roller |
11/08/06 |
| Rolls-Royce, a world-leading provider of power systems and services, will transform its entire telephone network into a single, advanced network providing VoIP services b... Read More |
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Reseller Choices Ahead for Collaboration say Mitel |
11/08/06 |
| Speaking to Comms Business Magazine, Alison Brewer, Solutions Marketing Manager at Mitel sees three choices in taking the collaboration proposition to market.
“One i... Read More |
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VoIP to Replace 60% of UK Business Telephony by 2010 |
10/08/06 |
| AH Corporate Finance, a leading provider of business rental solutions, today announced that it has launched Premier Network Finance, a telecoms finance solution to help b... Read More |
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Frost & Sullivan 2006 Award for Meetingzone |
10/08/06 |
| MeetingZone has been awarded the 2006 Frost & Sullivan Award for Customer Service Innovation in the audio conferencing service provider market, in recognition of its appl... Read More |
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Allied Telesis launches wireless router for SOHO and Small Business Networks |
10/08/06 |
| Allied Telesis, a global provider of secure Ethernet/IP access solutions and an industry leader in the deployment of IP Triple Play networks over copper and fibre access ... Read More |
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Funkwerk Signs up Vcomm in Distribution Deal |
10/08/06 |
| Specialist IP Telephony distributor VCOMM has signed a distribution agreement with voice and data appliance vendor Funkwerk Enterprise Communications (FEC).
Newbury-ba... Read More |
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Fixed Cellular Terminals Benefit Hosted VoIP Customers |
10/08/06 |
| The best profit opportunity for resellers of Fixed Cellular Terminals is the growth in hosted VoIP networks, according to the leading UK supplier of FCTs, Wavelink Commun... Read More |
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Mitel say Customers are Moving to Next Level of IP Infrastructure |
10/08/06 |
| Speaking to Comms Business Magazine,Alison Brewer, Solutions Marketing Manager at Mitel says the benefits of moving to an IP-based infrastructure are well understood by e... Read More |
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Swan’s Major 10 Year Offers |
10/08/06 |
| Cast your mind back ten years to 1996; Football was coming home as England prepared to host Euro ’96, John Major was in Downing Street and the UK announced an out break o... Read More |
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Coyne Departs Redstone |
09/08/06 |
| In a statement, Redstone has confirmed that Rob Coyne has left the company.
"Rob Coyne, Chief Commercial Officer with Redstone Converged Solutions, has left the busine... Read More |
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Opal Repairs Limited Appointed As Authorised LG-Nortel Repair Centre |
09/08/06 |
| Distributor of LG-Nortel systems Capstan Communications has announced the appointment of OPAL Repairs Limited as the Authorised LG-Nortel Repair Centre for the UK.
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Re-arrange: Old For Rope Money… |
09/08/06 |
| More than 90,000 BT employees are benefiting from one of Britain’s broadest bonus schemes by each receiving shares in the company worth around £250 each. BT has recently... Read More |
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Convergence Summit Pays off with Further Panasonic Deal for Commsoft |
09/08/06 |
| Commsoft (Europe) have just achieved the status of official suppliers to PCC UK (Panasonic Communications Company). PCC UK is a separate entity to Panasonic UK, who CommS... Read More |
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IP is Kids Stuff for Mitel & Telinet |
09/08/06 |
| The National Childminding Association (NCMA) has deployed a Mitel IP solution. The first phase of the company-wide roll out has been completed at its Bromley headquarters... Read More |
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Greenwoods to Distribute BT Ready B3 Cables |
09/08/06 |
| The copper cable used by BT is now available via midlands based Greenwoods Communications following their deal with B3 Cable Solutions
Greenwoods say B3 is the only ma... Read More |
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Butler Report Praises TeleWare |
09/08/06 |
| TeleWare, the provider of both hosted and on-premise intelligent communication solutions for businesses and Service Providers, has announced details of an independent Tec... Read More |
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Cisco Sales & Profits Rise |
09/08/06 |
| Cisco Systems has reported its fourth quarter and fiscal year results for the periods ended July 29, 2006.
Net sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006 were $7.98 ... Read More |
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CommuniGate Open a Channel |
09/08/06 |
| Speaking to Comms Business Magazine, Simon Paton, is UK Managing Director of CommuniGate, a US company that provides an Internet Communications Platform based on SIP tech... Read More |
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Entanet Sponsors Wolves FC (PIC) |
08/08/06 |
| Telford-based ISP Entanet has agreed a three-year, £75,000 sponsorship deal with Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club.
The agreement will see Entanet, one of the UK’... Read More |
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CPW Choose Affiniti for IP Contact Centres |
08/08/06 |
| The Carphone Warehouse is seeking to improve customer service and business efficiency by means of three new virtual IP contact centres. Installed by communications integr... Read More |
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0871- The baby and the Bathwater? |
08/08/06 |
| Kieron James, chairman, FCS Numbering Group says providers face a dilemma over the new Ofcom regulation surrounding premium rate numbers.
“Ofcom has asked the Premium ... Read More |
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Standing out from the Crowd |
08/08/06 |
| GN Netcom has successfully deployed its GN 9350 wireless headsets at the Canary Wharf and Brighton travel centres of leading independent travel agency, Trailfinders. The... Read More |
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Gold Award for Applegarth IT |
08/08/06 |
| Leeds-based Applegarth IT has been awarded Gold Partner Status by Microsoft in its first year of trading. The move, says the reseller, puts Applegarth in the premiership ... Read More |
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Reseller Choices for Collaborative Elements |
08/08/06 |
| Speaking to Comms Business Magazine, Martin Northend, Head of Portfolio Business Management at Siemens Communications, says that for resellers looking to bring together a... Read More |
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Siemens Financial Services Relocates |
07/08/06 |
| Siemens Financial Services is moving its UK headquarters from Harrow, Middlesex to Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire. The company will also be moving offices currently locate... Read More |
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Swyx urges Zultys Channel to Switch |
07/08/06 |
| Swyx, the company that last week bagged the #1 spot in the Google search engine for Zultys, has again been quick out the blocks in offering free training to Zultys resell... Read More |
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Ofcom Powerless to Stop Silent Calls say Netcall |
07/08/06 |
| Netcall, a leading provider of call back, auto-messaging and contact solutions, welcomes Ofcom’s latest decision to ‘swiftly and effectively’ punish companies guilty of f... Read More |
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Nimans Continue Marketing Re-Structure |
07/08/06 |
| Nimans has continued to strengthen its marketing function with the promotion of Philippa Maher to the newly created post of Marketing Services Manager. Her appointment fo... Read More |
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Selling Profitable VoIP Services to SMEs |
07/08/06 |
| Steve Jones, Business Development for VoIP at Reading based distributor Electronic Frontier says that with BT stating that there are approximately 10 million broadband us... Read More |
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Fastest Product Yet says MTV Telecom |
07/08/06 |
| Speaking to Comms Business Magazine, Siobhan Morey, Sales Manager at distributor MTV Telecom says Swyx has been successfully adopted by the channel faster than any other ... Read More |
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Collaboration is Driving Convergence say Alcatel |
07/08/06 |
| Talking to Comms Business Magazine, Peter Tebbutt, marketing director at Alcatel says collaboration is fast becoming the main driver behind the uptake of convergence, by ... Read More |
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Commsoft FSA Ready |
07/08/06 |
| According to the Financial Services Authority (FSA), all companies that they regulate are being asked to incorporate the 'Treating Customers Fairly' (TCF) principle into ... Read More |
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Passport to Better Service from Azzurri |
04/08/06 |
| Azzurri Communications has announced that one of the UK’s largest contact centre outsourcers MM Teleperformance has signed a multi-million pound contract for the supply a... Read More |
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TopComm say Affiniti is the tops |
04/08/06 |
| Indepenedent research published by TopComm, the industry forum for quality of service, reveal that Affiniti, a Kingston Communications business, has performed strongly in... Read More |
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Skills, Skills, Skills |
04/08/06 |
| Rob Murdoch at reseller Titan Technology believes its been so many times before but he’s going to say it again anyway; "The issue hitting the telecoms resellers entering ... Read More |
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Credit Where it’s Due |
04/08/06 |
| Engineering staff at the North East’s premier communications firm have proved they are a cut above the rest after chalking up 56 industry-leading accreditations between t... Read More |
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Azzurri Communications Share £4.5 Million Windfall with Staff |
04/08/06 |
| 800 staff members at Azzurri are to share a windfall of £4.5 million following the recent sale of the business to PPM Capital.
PPM Capital, Prudential's private equity... Read More |
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Mitel Stay Both Sides of the Fence on Hosted PBX Play |
04/08/06 |
| Speaking to Comms Business Magazine, Alison Brewer, Solutions Marketing Manager at Mitel, says that her company is well placed to offer users choices when it comes to Hos... Read More |
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New Study: Carriers Look to VoIP to Generate New Revenue |
03/08/06 |
| That BT should announce they are seeking to drive up their VoIP revenues and incentivising users with a 29% price decrease (See their 31 July announcement at this site) c... Read More |
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Unicom Ignores Supply Elasticity with Comms Warning |
03/08/06 |
| Manchester based LCR reseller Unicom has warned small businesses to fix their telecoms contracts for three years in the face of rising prices within the industry.
"Th... Read More |
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New Siemens IP DECT Launched by ProVu |
03/08/06 |
| Huddersfield based specialist VoIP distributor ProVu Communications and Siemens have announced an agreement to distribute the new range of Siemens VoIP handsets in the UK... Read More |
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Alcatel About To Buy Nortel UMTS Operations |
03/08/06 |
| Wires were buzzing throughout the financial markets yesterday as news emerged that Alcatel is in advanced talks to buy some of Canadian Nortel Networks Corp's (NT) assets... Read More |
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GSM Gateway for the VoIP Market |
03/08/06 |
| Iridiacom the Hertfordshire based distributor has released a new GSM gateway to take advantage of the growing VoIP market. The CelluNet gateway provides GSM support for S... Read More |
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Matrix Leads UK Enterprises into the Intelligent LAN Environment |
03/08/06 |
| Matrix Communications, the UK Virtual Network Operator (VNO) and wholly owned subsidiary of Calyx Group plc has announced its direct partnership with Lancope, a vendor of... Read More |
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Hosted PBX Trend Growing say PBX Vendors |
03/08/06 |
| Speaking to Comms Business Magazine, Andy Bills, UK MD at Swyx says Hosted IP services is a growing trend in the UK market and analysts predict that by 2010 around 10-15%... Read More |
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OneVoice Targets SMEs |
03/08/06 |
| Phil Gale, OneVoice Programme Manager at Westcon Group UK says the distributor is working to support resellers targeting small businesses, “One of the key drivers we have... Read More |
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Wrong Kind of Sun |
02/08/06 |
| Graham Chick, Chief Executive at GemaTech says last Thursday’s power outage in Soho, London, once again highlights the UK’s inability to cope in a crisis situation.
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How’s Your Gateway Knowledge? |
02/08/06 |
| GSM Gateways, or Fixed Cellular Terminals (FCT’s) have been around the industry for several years now. However, following a recent email poll, SOS Communications has disc... Read More |
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VoIP Service Revenue Doubles |
02/08/06 |
| Infonetics Research says in its latest VoIP Services report that VoIP service revenue roughly doubled in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific from 2004 to 2005, and is... Read More |
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New Sales Manager at Pennine Telecom |
02/08/06 |
| Phil Alton has joined Pennine Telecom as Sales Manager and is responsible for both the Field Sales Team and Internal Sales Team. As well as managing the sales teams he wi... Read More |
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New Direction for Communio |
02/08/06 |
| Nadahl Shocair, managing director of reseller Communio Networks, the former UK end of DeTeWe that he took over last year, has confirmed a change in direction and focus fo... Read More |
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Camrivox and VCOMM team up for VoIP Terminal Adapters |
02/08/06 |
| Camrivox, a developer of VoIP equipment, has announced a partnership with VCOMM, a distributor of IP telephony solutions to the UK and Irish channel.
Under the new dea... Read More |
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VoIP is Start Point for Collaboration say Polycom |
02/08/06 |
| Pat Finlayson, Product Marketing, Voice Division for Polycom says the company is seeing a huge upturn in voice business with VoIP being a significant part of this.
”A... Read More |
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Avaya says Watch out for Hosted PBX in 2007 |
02/08/06 |
| Speaking to Comms Business Magazine, Andy Rawll, Avaya Business Manager for SMB convergence products says that although hosted PBX solutions feature heavily at industry e... Read More |
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News of Zultys’ Demise is Premature claims Founder |
01/08/06 |
| News that IP PBX vendor Zultys Technologies had ceased operations as of Wednesday, July 26 is now apparently not the case according to company founder Iain Milnes.
Sp... Read More |
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New Business Development Director For ATC Network Services |
01/08/06 |
| AIM listed reseller AT Communications Group Plc (ATC) has appointed Paul McEwan as Business Development Director for their integral Network Services division.
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BT's 21CN: Implications For the UK IT Services Industry |
01/08/06 |
| Analyst Douglas Hayward from Ovum says the BT 21CN project, the multi-billion pound migration of their networks to an all-IP architecture, will have significant implicati... Read More |
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Datacentre Managers Embrace Faster, Fully Shielded Copper Cabling |
01/08/06 |
| An independent survey has found that 8 in every 10 datacentre managers want 10Gb/sec-capable copper cabling for new datacentres, while half want fully shielded cable syst... Read More |
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Tesco Partners The Cloud |
01/08/06 |
| Tesco Telecoms and The Cloud, Europe’s leading WiFi network operator, have announced a partnership they say will revolutionise wireless internet access and make it easily... Read More |
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SOS Summit Strategy in Full Swing |
01/08/06 |
| SOS Communications Prepare to Launch New Product & Service Offerings
Taking advantage of this exciting event, SOS Communications is busy preparing to launch new pro... Read More |
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Alcatel Promotes Business Partners With Marketing Programme |
01/08/06 |
| Alcatel has announced the launch of its 'My Marketing Agency' scheme, in a bid to help business partners develop their own marketing strategy and better promote themselve... Read More |
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Hugh Symons Telecom Launches its IP PBX Offering |
01/08/06 |
| South Coast based distributor Hugh Symons Telecom has officially launched SIPtrix, its scaleable IP PBX solution.
The SIPtrix IP PBX is based on the globally enriched ... Read More |
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Google Zultys |
01/08/06 |
| Enterprising chaps in the Swyx marketing team have moved quickly to put the boot in for Zultys, the US based IP PBX vendor facing an uncertain future due to financial pro... Read More |
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LG-Nortel Reinforce Commitment to UK Market and Hint at New Products |
01/08/06 |
| Jong-Dae AN, Head of the Enterprise Sales Division for LG-Nortel, has reinforced his company’s commitment to the UK market and congratulated their exclusive distributor i... Read More |
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