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End of the Month – All Change |
31/01/07 |
2007 is barely a month old and already the phones are buzzing with personnel changes.
Comms Business Magazine has heard that both Mark Ivens and Roger James have left ... Read More |
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Swyx Resellers put their success down to... Swyx! |
31/01/07 |
| Swyx resellers celebrate inclusion in Deloitte's Fast 50 list
IP telephony vendor Swyx says that two of its resellers, Comtec Enterprises and Wavex Technology, have bo... Read More |
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Crane Lead Resellers Down the Road to Success |
31/01/07 |
| Distributor Crane Telecommunications is gearing up to launch the full portfolio of Avaya’s latest products at its regional roadshows in February and March.
Crane cite... Read More |
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O2 Data Centre of Excellence Programme |
31/01/07 |
| Reseller Alternative Networks has announced its accreditation as one of only two companies chosen to become a member of the O2 Data Centre of Excellence.
The O2 Data ... Read More |
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Thus Partners with Minx for Next Gen Services |
31/01/07 |
| Thus has announced a major new strategic alliance with Minx Ltd which will see Minx provide customers with Thus' high-quality Next-Generation Network (NGN) services, incl... Read More |
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Huawei Selects CounterPath’s Softphone |
31/01/07 |
| Huawei Technologies and CounterPath Solutions have entered a partnership to provide services for global telecom network operators based on the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IM... Read More |
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Mywebcalls Joins XConnect |
31/01/07 |
| UK VoIP service provider mywebcalls, part of Telecomplete, has announced their membership in the XConnect Global Alliance, the world’s leading neutral, settlement-free Vo... Read More |
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3Com Launches New Partner Program |
31/01/07 |
| 3Com has unveiled a new global technology partner program specifically designed to build and support a wide-array of third-party relationships with best-of-breed independ... Read More |
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Euro Focus at Vegastream |
30/01/07 |
| VegaStream, the developer of telephony media gateways, has announced the appointment of two regional sales directors, in order to manage business growth and maximise incr... Read More |
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Good Response to Awards Program say Enta |
30/01/07 |
| Enta Technologies has received a very positive level of initial sign-ups for its new on-line points initiative, Enta Rewards, and is expecting more resellers to come on b... Read More |
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Westcon to Invigorate the SME Channel |
30/01/07 |
| Speaking to Comms Business Magazine, Westcon’s Neil Moulton says his company is well positioned to help resellers in the SME sector.
“All vendors are much more focusse... Read More |
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AYC Push Ahead with Zycko |
30/01/07 |
| Managing director Paul Howard and Sales Manager Simon Emery of Hampshire based AYC say they are pushing ahead with distribution of their IPcts range of IP PBX systems vi... Read More |
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Dell-Oro Forecast PBX market to surpass $7.5b in 2011 |
30/01/07 |
| Total PBX revenues are projected to exceed $7.5 billion annually in 2011, according to a recent report by Dell'Oro Group.
The telecom and networking research company ... Read More |
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Verizon Top 10 Tips for Successful Migration to IP Telephony |
30/01/07 |
| US based carrier Verizon Business has offered some tips for Chief information officers (CIOs) and IT professionals for businesses and government agencies searching for wa... Read More |
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Zycko and AYC Strengthen Partnership |
29/01/07 |
| Distributor Zycko has extended its partnership with IP PBX vendor AYC Telecom to deliver converged mobile VoIP interoperability with the IPcts product portfolio.
One ... Read More |
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Ofcom Publish ISP Research |
29/01/07 |
| Industry regulator Ofcom has published the findings of its niche Internet service provider (ISP) research.
At the request of the Internet Services Providers’ Associat... Read More |
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NEC Clarify Channel Strategy |
29/01/07 |
| NEC has streamlined its channel delivery process for communications solutions through two of its UK businesses. NEC Philips Unified Solutions (NEC Philips) will supply t... Read More |
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Nessco Put Their Foot on the Gas |
29/01/07 |
| Nessco INS has recently launched a new accreditation program titled ‘Accelerate’ exclusively for new Nessco / Mitel resellers. The program offers dedicated support to all... Read More |
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BT Wales: “We Want More Women” |
29/01/07 |
| Local press in North Wales are reporting that more women are being sought in the region by BT business Openreach as it recruits more than 100 new field engineers.
Busi... Read More |
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Westell Converter of Choice |
29/01/07 |
| Basingstoke based company Westell is a specialist at getting seemingly disparate communications protocols to talk to each other.
Managing Director David McKeigue told... Read More |
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Shoretel Bank on Reliability & Features |
29/01/07 |
| Shoretel MD Geoff Gudgion has some interesting views on the smaller end of the PBX market. He believes that there is a sizeable sub-sector of the market that is looking f... Read More |
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Cisco Helps Bridge the UK Networking Skills Gap |
29/01/07 |
| SMEcentric Matches Skills and Profiles of Cisco Networking Academy Students to Job Opportunities
Cisco has combined forces with SMEcentric to help address the growing ... Read More |
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Hat Trick for Aastra |
26/01/07 |
| Aastra IntelliGate Scoops Three Awards from ‘What to Buy for Business’ following its independent survey of the Business Telephone Systems market.
Systems from a wide r... Read More |
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New Channel Program from Emerson Network Power |
26/01/07 |
| In order to fully understand the needs of partners in each market sector, Emerson Network Power has developed a new Partner Program that provides the correct platform of ... Read More |
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2e2 Launch Consolidated Managed Services |
26/01/07 |
| Reseller 2e2 has launched its consolidated Managed Services offering to be delivered from the company’s new Managed Services Centre in Newbury. 2e2 has also announced tha... Read More |
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Lloyds First Past the Past with Retell Accreditation |
26/01/07 |
| Lloyds Business Communications of Warrington has become the first Retell Accredited Partner in the UK. Lloyds have been successful in attracting several of their customer... Read More |
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Actimax Is Euro No 1 For Fifth Year |
26/01/07 |
| Actimax is the toast of Europe for the fifth successive year. It is Inter-Tel’s Top European Reseller again – an accolade it has held since 2002.
This latest Actimax s... Read More |
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Cardiff Chamber of Commerce choose SpliceCom |
26/01/07 |
| Cardiff Chamber of Commerce has embraced the potential of Internet-based telephony with a £16,000-plus investment.
SpliceCom partner Bridgecom Networks, based in the W... Read More |
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ShoreTel Announces Further Integrations |
25/01/07 |
| ShoreTel, a provider of IP telephony solutions, has announced certification of its Salesforce integration application and its availability on salesforce.com’s AppExchange... Read More |
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Avaya Expands Unified Communications Solutions for IBM Lotus Users |
25/01/07 |
| Avaya has announced significant additions to its suite of Unified Communications solutions at Lotusphere, IBM’s annual user conference for Lotus software . The new appli... Read More |
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Big Screen Incentives From Nimans |
25/01/07 |
| Distributor Nimans is offering free cinema tickets as part of a special conference call sales incentive that runs until the end of March.
For every Konftel conferencin... Read More |
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NextGen Technologies Signs Partnership with TeleWare |
25/01/07 |
| NextGen Technologies, Ireland’s only IT security and services specialist distributor, has announced that the company has partnered with TeleWare. With immediate effect, a... Read More |
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Avaya Posts Flat 1Q Profit |
25/01/07 |
| Communication equipment and software maker Avaya reported flat first-quarter profit this week as technology investments offset a slight rise in revenue.
Net income tot... Read More |
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ASC to Demonstrate VoIP Recording at Cisco Conference |
25/01/07 |
| Next-Generation Solution Provides Hybrid Recording in a Dedicated Cisco Product Line
ASC, a global provider of solutions to record, analyze and evaluate communications... Read More |
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NEC Makes you SPIT |
25/01/07 |
| NEC Corporation has announced the development of new technology for the prevention of SPam over Internet Telephony (“SPIT”), VoIP SEAL. The new technology, which defends ... Read More |
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s2s selected to enable MPLS network connections |
24/01/07 |
| Julian Graves, the UK's largest specialist retailer of natural food, snacks and ingredients with a network of nearly 300 outlets nationwide, has selected s2s, provider of... Read More |
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Network 2 Supplies (n2s) offers WEEE Compliant Solutions |
24/01/07 |
| n2s MD Jack Gomarsall has announced a further development in his company’s core business of recovery and recycling of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE).
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Gamma hits 1000 milestone sale of FeaturePlus |
24/01/07 |
| Gamma Telecom has sold its 1000th FeaturePlus product, which was launched to the market in July 2006.
Chalking up Gamma`s milestone sale was Neil Linter, MD at reselle... Read More |
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Zyxel Launches New Zypartner Programme |
24/01/07 |
| Dedicated Funds For Resellers, Lead-Generation For Verticals And New Partner Portal
ZyXEL has announced the launch of its new ZyPartner programme on 1st February 2007... Read More |
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Traditional IT Resellers Flock to GN Netcom |
24/01/07 |
| Following the launch of GN Netcom’s new partner programme in June last year, more than 500 partners have joined the scheme, half of which are traditional IT resellers. Th... Read More |
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Nortel Client offers IBM Lotus Notes Users Multimedia Capabilities |
24/01/07 |
| Nortel and IBM have worked together to embed Nortel’s multimedia communications solution into IBM Lotus Notes, adding unified communications capabilities for Lotus Notes ... Read More |
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Inter-Tel Rejoices at Record-Breaking Results |
23/01/07 |
| Business communications provider Inter-Tel has made a strong start to 2007, with its annual global partner event proving to be the largest and most successful ever. Deleg... Read More |
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New Guide To Managing Power Protection For Critical Systems |
23/01/07 |
| The Power Protection Guide, written by Robin Koffler and Jason Yates of Riello UPS, provides detailed information on how to design and implement secure power continuity p... Read More |
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2007 will be the Year of Network Convergence say Zycko |
23/01/07 |
| David Galton-Fenzi, group sales director at distributor Zycko says that during 2006 the western European market for VoIP witnessed increasing adoption amongst businesses,... Read More |
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Broadsoft Names VP of Sales for EMEA |
23/01/07 |
| Hosted IP telephony platform company Broadsoft has strengthened its European management team with the addition of Craig Decker as the new Vice President of Sales for EMEA... Read More |
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Siemens OpenScape Joins up with Lotus Sametime |
23/01/07 |
| Siemens Enterprise Communications is making its unified communications application suite, OpenScape, available for use with IBM Lotus Sametime. Siemens will be finalising... Read More |
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Matrix Partner Programme to Generate Sales Leads |
23/01/07 |
| Virtual network Operator Matrix is set to launch a new channel program on 2 February designed to re-set the balance between carriers and resellers.
Matrix says the car... Read More |
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Soft-ex Signs £Multi-Million BT Deal |
22/01/07 |
| Call management vendor Soft-ex has announced a multi million pound contract with BT Global Services. The contract will see Soft-ex becoming BT Global Services preferred ... Read More |
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Virgin Implement Mitel IP Solution with Reseller Echo |
22/01/07 |
| Six months after installation, Mitel has announced that the Virgin Group’s Cosmetic and Jewellery business ‘Virgin Vie At Home’ has implemented an IP-based contact centre... Read More |
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Redstone Set To Buy IDN Telecom |
22/01/07 |
| Redstone has announced that it is set to purchase Solihull based reseller IDN Telecom.
IDN was formed in 1996 and floated on AIM in 2000. The latest figures published ... Read More |
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PWC: Buy or be Bought: The Message is Clear for Technology Companies |
22/01/07 |
| Global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) levels in the technology sector broke through the €100bn barrier in 2006 for the first time since the height of the 2000 M&A boom, d... Read More |
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Emerson Offer Protection for IP PBX |
22/01/07 |
| Emerson Network Power is promoting the Liebert GXT2 range of on-line Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) as the protection solution for IP telephone systems.
The compa... Read More |
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Mayflex Set Sights of IP Physical Security |
22/01/07 |
| In a major enhancement to its products and services offering, Mayflex has announced a raft of new physical security products and the creation of a brand new sales team.
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BT Upgrades Business Broadband Services |
19/01/07 |
| BT has announced BT Business Total Broadband, its most complete broadband package, specifically designed just for small businesses.
Powered by business-grade broadban... Read More |
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Central Telecom Takes a Hosted IP Voice Route to SMEs |
19/01/07 |
| Central Telecom has taken a step towards hosted IP telephony through the signing of an agreement with TeleWare Hosted Services to enable them to provide Central’s custome... Read More |
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Global Crossing Knock up a Half Century |
19/01/07 |
| Global Crossing has announced there are now 53 service providers offering its Fast-Track Services portfolio to enterprise customers. The Global Partner Program (GPP) has... Read More |
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M12 Gains Global Knowledge |
19/01/07 |
| Hampshire based reseller M12 has completed a phone system installation for training and learning services provider, Global Knowledge.
M12 Solutions were responsible f... Read More |
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Crane Announce New Hospitality Application for the Samsung OfficeServ |
19/01/07 |
| Distributor Crane has announced the availability of a new hospitality application – Samsung SPA Hospitality that fully integrates with the OfficeServ communications portf... Read More |
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Chess Ranked in 2006 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA |
19/01/07 |
| Chess has announced that it ranked Number 135 on the 2006 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in Europe, Middle E... Read More |
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New Online Business Tool From BT |
18/01/07 |
| BT Business has launched BT Workspace, a new online tool as one of its ‘Business Essentials’ range of services designed to make it easier for SMEs to run their business.
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Nortel and Microsoft Outline Transformation of Business Communications |
18/01/07 |
| Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Nortel CEO and President Mike Zafirovski have announced a joint road map to deliver their shared vision for unified communications. The ro... Read More |
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Broadband in Hosted VoIP: A Channel Support Guide |
18/01/07 |
| Reality Telecom has produced a simple guide to broadband for businesses making the move the IP telephony, designed to support channel players. The guide, “A Guide to Bro... Read More |
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Pipex Wireless to Trial New WiMAX Product Set |
18/01/07 |
| Pipex Wireless is to launch a second commercial trial of its WiMAX services, working with National Grid Wireless, Warwick District Council and Intel Solutions Services. T... Read More |
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Westcon Provides Market Intelligence for Resellers |
18/01/07 |
| Westcon Group has announced that it has partnered with Current Analysis to provide product and market intelligence for its customers. Resellers can sign up for the servic... Read More |
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Avaya Appoints New Chief Information Officer |
18/01/07 |
| Avaya has appointed Lorie Buckingham as senior vice president and Chief Information Officer. In her new role, Buckingham will lead overall IT infrastructure and applicati... Read More |
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Vcomm and Funkwerk Announce T484 SIP Solution |
18/01/07 |
| Newbury based distributor Vcomm UK has released the new elmeg T484 IP PBX from Funkwerk Enterprise Communications. Retailing at less than £600 for an eight extension IP s... Read More |
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Computerlinks to Distribute TippingPoint in the UK |
17/01/07 |
| Computerlinks, a distributor of IT security and Internet technology solutions in the UK and Ireland, has signed an agreement to become the sole UK distributor for Tipping... Read More |
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Short-term Focus is Main Barrier to VoIP Implementations |
17/01/07 |
| A new survey by IP Telephony Company ShoreTel shows that for the majority of UK companies (70 per cent) cost reduction is the main reason for implementing VoIP, whilst mo... Read More |
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Cisco Extends Video Solutions |
17/01/07 |
| Cisco has announced Cisco Digital Signage, a solution for management, publishing and playback of digital media on networked digital signage displays that has the potentia... Read More |
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Interalia’s Ipromoh Gives Newbury Racecourse Messaging Flexibility |
17/01/07 |
| When it comes to keeping race goers fully informed about future race meetings and events, Interalia’s Ipromoh is an ‘odds on favourite’ for Newbury Racecourse in Berkshir... Read More |
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Toshiba BCD Launches New Website |
17/01/07 |
| Toshiba BCD launched its new website today, completing a total re-design of both the online and offline material.
Aside from refreshing the look and feel of the custom... Read More |
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Watch the Barometer say Griffin |
17/01/07 |
| Andrew Dickinson, Sales and Marketing Director at Griffin says that he sells only to business via the channel and the majority of our 300 white label Partners are in the ... Read More |
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VARs to Benefit from New Service |
17/01/07 |
| Zycko, a value-added distributor of convergent storage and IP solutions, has created a multilayered Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) compliancy service co... Read More |
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Comms Factory Launch Services from TeleWare |
17/01/07 |
| TeleWare and Comms Factory, an organisation specialising in white label services for the provision, management and support of intelligent converged communication solution... Read More |
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Kirk Launches Wi-Fi Softphone Option |
16/01/07 |
| Kirk telecom, a SpectraLink Company, has extended its Wi-Fi telephony capabilities to third-party mobile devices by introducing the NetLink Softphone (NetLink SP) applica... Read More |
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Vegastream and VoIP Unlimited Partner for Interoperability |
16/01/07 |
| VoIP Unlimited, the Dorset based provider of SIP based telephony services is working with IP Gateway vendor Vegastream as an interoperating hardware partner with their SI... Read More |
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Multitone Unveils New Channel Strategy |
16/01/07 |
| Multitone Electronics, the supplier of wireless communication systems has unveiled a new channel strategy. It will offer resellers a ‘risk-free’ entry into selling wirel... Read More |
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Nortel Wins Role in BT’s 21 Century Network |
16/01/07 |
| Paves Way for Wide-Scale Adoption of Breakthrough Nortel Metro Ethernet Solution
LONDON – BT has selected Nortel* [NYSE/TSX: NT] to play an important role in its 21st... Read More |
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Deloitte Analyses Top Trends For The Telecoms Industry for 2007 |
16/01/07 |
| The Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) practice at Deloitte today announced its predictions for the telecoms sector for 2007, forecasting that broadband appli... Read More |
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UKFSN Provides Funding Support for Students |
16/01/07 |
| Entanet Broadband Partner ‘The UK Free Software Network’ (UKFSN) has launched a scheme aimed at recognising student contribution to the ongoing development of free softwa... Read More |
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Crane Resellers Hit the Slopes |
16/01/07 |
| Crane rewarded 22 of its top Avaya resellers for 2006 with places on its now legendary Crane Avaya Ski Trip. This year’s destination was the popular resort of Val Thorens... Read More |
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