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Carrier Ethernet -Technology of choice for Mission Critical Applications |
29/09/06 |
The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) set out eighteen months ago to define and accelerate the worldwide adoption of Carrier class Ethernet Networks and Services. The MEF consid... Read More |
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ATC signs new distribution agreements with COLT & Mitel |
29/09/06 |
| AT Communications Group plc (“ATC”, “the Group”, AIM: ATCG) has secured two new distribution agreements for its distribution division, Rocom, with COLT and Mitel Networks... Read More |
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European ISPs block less legitimate email than US counterparts |
29/09/06 |
| European Internet Service Providers (ISPs) achieved an email inbox deliverability rate of 91 percent compared to 87 percent for ISPs in the U.S. during the second quarter... Read More |
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Redstone Preferred by Telecom Service Centre |
29/09/06 |
| Redstone Telecom has been selected by Telecom Service Centres Ltd (TSC), one of the UK’s largest contract call centres, as its principal supplier of best-of-breed telecom... Read More |
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IBM Shifts to Services |
29/09/06 |
| IBM is to shift its focus and introduce what they claim to be the world's first "service products," essentially services that can be purchased, implemented and run in th... Read More |
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Duke Street Capital Fund 2e2 Group |
28/09/06 |
| Reseller group 2e2 Group has announced a secondary funding of the company valuing the business at approximately £130m. The new funding is being provided by Duke Street C... Read More |
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Tiscali Set to Lay Off 40% of UK Staff |
28/09/06 |
| A report in the Times today indicates that the British arm of Tiscali, the troubled Italian broadband group, is preparing to cut hundreds of jobs, with up to 40 per cent ... Read More |
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Alcatel Triple Play wins Frost & Sullivan Award |
28/09/06 |
| Alcatel has won the 2006 Frost & Sullivan Market Leadership of the Year Award in the European fixed telecoms market category. The award recognises the company's achieveme... Read More |
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Better Call Centre Practice can be Influenced by Technology |
28/09/06 |
| Ken Reid at Rostrvm Solutions says the consumer has changed and the call centre needs to change to deliver the service the consumer expects.“In a recent, June 2006, study... Read More |
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UK Based is Best for Call Centres says Survey |
28/09/06 |
| We’ve all had a bad experience of contacting a call centre, but a YouGov survey released yesterday reveals just how bad the call centre experience really is. The survey, ... Read More |
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Symphony Re-Brands to Redstone Mobile |
28/09/06 |
| Following the announcement on 21st June 2006 regarding the acquisition of Symphony Telecom by Redstone plc, Symphony has revealed that the mobile division of its business... Read More |
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Charge Your Mobile: BT pay phone cost hits 40p |
27/09/06 |
| Readers are reminded to keep their mobile phones charged as news emerges that the cost of making a call from a BT pay phone will rise to a minimum of 40p.
From Novemb... Read More |
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Siemens Target Small Biz with HiPath BizIP |
27/09/06 |
| Siemens Communications has announced the UK launch of HiPath BizIP, an IP telephony product for the small office/home office (SoHo) market. The BizIP solution is availabl... Read More |
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Cisco Enables Business-Class Video |
27/09/06 |
| Cisco Systems has announced the Cisco Digital Media System describing the product as a new emerging technology that will enable organisations to use business-quality, dyn... Read More |
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Siemens BizIP: Once upon a time… |
27/09/06 |
| Once upon a time, well September 19th 2005 to be precise, there was this nifty little US based firm called Nimcat that came to the attention of Avaya. Why? Because Nimcat... Read More |
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Three More Acquisitions for Chess |
27/09/06 |
| While there is talk on the telecoms industry’s lips of acquisition and exit strategy, Chess bags yet another three, making 15 in the last 27 months, and is still hungry f... Read More |
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Brand-Rex Expands Business Team |
27/09/06 |
| Cabling systems manufacturer Brand-Rex is expanding its Glenrothes-based management team with the appointment of Kevin Banks as Business & Market Analysis Manager. Repor... Read More |
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Business Continuity Vs. Disaster Recovery Planning |
27/09/06 |
| Carrie Higbie, of network infrastructure supplier Siemon, argues that a business continuity plan will be much more valuable to your future than disaster recovery.
Al... Read More |
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Comms Companies Make Times 100 List |
26/09/06 |
| A number of comms channel players have made it onto the 2006 Times 100 Tech Track list which tracks the fasted growing technology companies un the UK
The highest entry... Read More |
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Redstone Strengthens Channel Programme |
26/09/06 |
| Redstone Telecom is reinforcing its channel programme to offer a more competitive proposition and long-term support to dealers. The company says their new Select and Prem... Read More |
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Broadsoft Join Hosted IP Debate |
26/09/06 |
| Paul Harrison, Regional Vice President Northern Europe for BroadSoft is set to join the panel debate at the forthcoming Convergence Summit to be held at Sandown Park 10/1... Read More |
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Evesham Partners with Thinking Safe for on-line Backup and Recovery Solution |
26/09/06 |
| Evesham Technology has partnered with the UK backup vendor Thinking Ssafe to supply its customers with a backup solution they say delivers immediate cost benefits, maximi... Read More |
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Barriers Falling say Aurora Kendrick James |
26/09/06 |
| Matt Atkinson at Aurora Kendrick James says the barriers to entry in the network services market have fallen rapidly over the past few years, to the extent that on face v... Read More |
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Xelor to Provide Reliable Cisco IP Telephony |
26/09/06 |
| Xelor Software says Mid Bedfordshire District Council is using XelorRate Service Quality Manager software to ensure the reliability, performance and quality of its IP tel... Read More |
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BT adds Nortel BCM50 & Lake Versatility to SME Portfolio |
25/09/06 |
| Phil Purssey, Sales Director for the Indirect Channel at BT Business says the big focus for this year has been convergence and this is the reason behind two new PBX addit... Read More |
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BT Corporate Fusion on track for 2007 launch |
25/09/06 |
| Analyst Ovum reports BT as having confirmed that Corporate Fusion, its fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) service for large enterprises, is to launch in early 2007. It also a... Read More |
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No Power? No Business Continuity! |
25/09/06 |
| Jason Koffler of MGE UPS Systems say no business continuity plan would be complete without contingency for ensuring the availability of emergency power for the protection... Read More |
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Growing Interest in Convergence say Thus |
25/09/06 |
| Duncan Wilkinson, Head of Channel Sales at THUS says 2006 has seen a growing interest in converged services, driven primarily by larger enterprises and the corporate sect... Read More |
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Agfeo Top German Poll |
25/09/06 |
| In Germany Agfeo has been voted Telephone System Manufacturer of the Year 2006. The survey was conducted by the German publication, Markt Intern.
German Dealers voted... Read More |
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Adtran Announces New Unified European Channel Program |
25/09/06 |
| Adtran Europe a supplier of networking and communications solutions, has announced that the company is transitioning from multiple regional international channel programs... Read More |
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Buyers Circle Tiscali UK and AOL as Broadband Supplier Consolidation Continues |
22/09/06 |
| The winners and losers in the shake-up of the broadband market were becoming clear last night as bidders began circling Tiscali’s UK division and BSkyB and Carphone Wareh... Read More |
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Edinburgh University Begins Move to VoIP |
22/09/06 |
| One of the UK's most prestigious universities, the University of Edinburgh, has extended its relationship with NEC Philips Unified Solutions by purchasing an IP server bl... Read More |
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BT Eyes Global Acquisitions |
22/09/06 |
| BT is looking acquisitions to bolster its international business as its domestic operations come under increasing pressure from a host of internet-based rivals.
Chief... Read More |
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Alcatel and Nokia Collaborate to Extend Business Telephony |
22/09/06 |
| Alcatel and Nokia have announced a collaboration which extends Alcatel's business telephony offering to the mobile workforce by way of the Nokia Eseries, a range of busin... Read More |
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AlwaysON Gain Medify Contract |
22/09/06 |
| Medify Solutions has announced that it has signed an agreement with AlwaysON, a provider of managed IP communications services. The contract will provide the underpinning... Read More |
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Eurotel Appoints Ex-BT Channel Chief as new CEO |
22/09/06 |
| Eurotel has appointed Chris Jagusz as its new Chief Executive. Jagusz will report to Lord Young of Graffham, Chairman of Eurotel and succeeds Anthony Rex who left the com... Read More |
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Actimax Goes Platinum with Telstra |
22/09/06 |
| Essex based reseller Actimax has been awarded platinum status in the Telstra channel accreditation programme. Actimax has demonstrated strong business growth over the las... Read More |
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UK Failing to Implement BC Plans for Phones say Teamphone |
22/09/06 |
| Teamphone believes that unless UK businesses create more effective business continuity plans for phone services they run the risk of serious communications failure should... Read More |
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Griffin Launches New PAYG MAX Broadband Product Through the Channel |
21/09/06 |
| Griffin Internet, the white label business ISP, has announced Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) versions of its recently launched Max and Max Premium products. The new payment option ... Read More |
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Cisco CEO Gets $1.3M Bonus |
21/09/06 |
| Cisco Systems said it has awarded Chief Executive John Chambers a year-end incentive bonus of $1.3 million.
The Internet-networking company said in a filing Wednesday ... Read More |
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SMB Poll Shows Poor Take up of Remote Working |
21/09/06 |
| A new industry survey commissioned by network operator Thus reveals that more than 80 per cent of SMBs now have remote working policies in place, however only 45 per cent... Read More |
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Manchester Metronet Launches Wireless IP Broadband Network |
21/09/06 |
| Manchester Metronet has announced the completion of a revolutionary secure wireless broadband network covering the City of Manchester which, the company claims, points th... Read More |
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Companies Losing Productivity by Not Allowing Flexible Working |
21/09/06 |
| Working remotely improves employee productivity, according to a survey of over 300 London business people, commissioned by Sirenic.
70% of respondents claim they woul... Read More |
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Cisco Scores Big With Router and LAN Switch Customers |
21/09/06 |
| Two recent studies, one of enterprise router users, the other of LAN switch users, confirm that customers consider Cisco the top dog of the router and switch industry.
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Visitor registrations at all time high for Convergence Summit |
21/09/06 |
| Visitor registrations for this year's Convergence Summit are higher already than the event has ever experienced according to Event Director Miles Bossom. "This is the 5th... Read More |
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Pulling the Plug on Telecoms Business Continuity |
21/09/06 |
| Feeling confident that your business continuity plan covers everything? Then pull the plug on your telephone system and see what happens, says Graham Chick, chief executi... Read More |
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VxDSL Voice only DSL |
21/09/06 |
| Frontier Systems voice arm, VoiceFlex has launched VxDSL saying it is the first ever cost-effective voice only DSL which guarantees network quality for SIP trunks. VxDSL... Read More |
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Alcatel Working on Managed Services Solutions Release for UK |
20/09/06 |
| Peter Tebbutt, UK marketing director at Alcatel has told Comms Business Magazine, “Alcatel is working on a number of MCS propositions with its business partners based upo... Read More |
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DSL Subscribers Soar |
20/09/06 |
| The number of people using broadband has soared according to new data produced for the international DSL Forum by industry analyst Point Topic.
Global subscriptions to... Read More |
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Call Centres: Don't Blame the Technology say Envox |
20/09/06 |
| Nick Applegarth, EMEA Managing Director at Envox says you don’t have to search far to find someone with a beef about contact centres.
“Call waiting times, labyrinthin... Read More |
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Griffin Launches One Stop Technical Support For Partners |
20/09/06 |
| As part of Griffin’s new partner programme, the white label business ISP has launched a range of technical support options to help support their existing customers. The s... Read More |
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Spitfire to Manage Gunners New Stadium |
20/09/06 |
| Arsenal FC have not only got a new stadium but also have an upgraded comms set up. Reseller Spitfire will manage telecommunications at the new recently completed Emirates... Read More |
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TeleWare Adds to Sales Team |
20/09/06 |
| TeleWare has appointed Josh Campbell as new Sales Manager as part of its ongoing strategy to build and drive a direct touch sales team to help generate opportunities for ... Read More |
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Zultys Enter Chapter 11 in US – Debts of $45 Million |
20/09/06 |
| Troubled PBX vendor Zultys has filed for bankruptcy under the Chapter 11 scheme in the US in order to protect the company from its creditors. On their application form th... Read More |
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New Distribution Deal for Swyx |
19/09/06 |
| Computerlinks (formerly know as Unipalm), a distributor of IT security and Internet technology solutions in the UK and Ireland, has taken on the Swyx soft PBX products in... Read More |
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Extra Protection for Kirk Wireless Phones |
19/09/06 |
| Canadian company 3WM, in conjunction with Kirk Telecom of Denmark, has announced that their new range of rugged phone holders for the Kirk Wireless portfolio and OEM prod... Read More |
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Don’t Wait for a Data Disaster |
19/09/06 |
| Research from Ontrack Data Recovery reveals majority of computer users invite data loss through backup neglect.
The majority of computer users are putting critical dat... Read More |
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Griffin Announce Partner Roadshows |
19/09/06 |
| As part of their new partner programme, Griffin Internet has organised a number of free sales training sessions for partners around the UK in September and October.
Th... Read More |
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snom and Epygi Announce IP Phone Interoperability |
19/09/06 |
| Two of the best sounding names in the business have announced a strategic partnership. Germany’s snom, a vendor of IP Phones and Epygi Technologies, VoIP IP PBX vendor ha... Read More |
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Cisco Dig Deep to Understand Unified Communications |
19/09/06 |
| Sixty percent of communication is non verbal, so without visual clues people often have to interpret the real meaning of a message - and often get it wrong. In an increas... Read More |
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£1.2 Million Contract for Redstone Converged Solutions |
19/09/06 |
| 19th September 2006 - Redstone Converged Solutions, providers of voice, data and networking solutions has won a contract worth £1.2 million with outsourcing and technolog... Read More |
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Wick Hill See Channel Opportunities with Array Networks |
19/09/06 |
| Wick Hill has been appointed by American vendor Array Networks to help grow UK sales of its high performance, scalable SSL VPNs. Array’s SPX Series systems hold the title... Read More |
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Siemens says Top Managers to Receive 30% Pay Rise |
18/09/06 |
| Top managers at German industrial conglomerate Siemens are to receive a 30 percent average pay rise next year, a company spokesman yesterday.
The report, by Reuters sa... Read More |
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Ericsson Re-Organises into Three Divisions & Looks for 500 More Engineers |
18/09/06 |
| Ericsson is implementing a more customer-oriented organisation with three business units, each optimised for its specific market segment. The new organisation will be in ... Read More |
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Tollring join Convergence Summit elite |
18/09/06 |
| As momentum grows for what has become the Channel's leading event, another company joins the already astounding exhibitor list.
Tony Martino, MD at Call Management pro... Read More |
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Zen Provides Political Conference Connections |
18/09/06 |
| Zen Internet is to supply broadband to Express Newspapers Ltd and ITN to cover the three leading political party conferences. This will involve providing Internet connect... Read More |
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Productivity Applications are Key in VoIP Wars say Zycko |
18/09/06 |
| Phil Marshman, Director of VoIP Solutions at Zycko says 2006 has so far been the year of VoIP with UK businesses slowly adopting the technology to drive down their teleco... Read More |
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VoIP: Public network – Public Conversations? |
18/09/06 |
| With increasing take up of voice over IP, Michael Marsanu, Chief Technology Officer at Funkwerk Enterprise Communications highlights the security threats and how to avoid... Read More |
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Broadband Penetration In EU: The Haves And The Have Nots |
18/09/06 |
| Sixty four million people now have broadband access across the 25 countries of the European Union – but the gap between the best and worst performers is widening, accordi... Read More |
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Azlan Signals Cisco Intentions |
18/09/06 |
| Azlan, the Enterprise division of Tech Data’s European operations, has appointed David Harvey – who has more than 20 years of experience in senior positions within the Eu... Read More |
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VoIP Suppliers Welcome Broadsoft Call Centre Applications |
18/09/06 |
| Two high profile VoIP suppliers have responded to the announcement last week that hosted IP telephony platform vendor Broadsoft is to release call centre applications.
... Read More |
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GSM Modem Launch |
18/09/06 |
| In a move designed to differentiate the Adaptive applications from competitions, New Media Software has announced that a GSM Modem will be supplied free, with every Adapt... Read More |
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