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Chess’ Checkout Mate |
15/05/07 |
Chess plc, the Alderley Edge based business telecoms company, has launched a new initiative to reduce the number of plastic bags used around the village.
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Kevin Stevens joins Crane to lead Professional Services Team |
15/05/07 |
| Distributor Crane, now part of the Westcon Group of companies, has appointed Kevin Stevens to manage their Professional Services business.
Stevens joins Crane from Red... Read More |
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Vegastream and Timico Ease Provisioning of VoIP |
15/05/07 |
| Telephony media gateway vendor Vegastream has announced today that it has successful completed compatibility testing between its Vega IP Gateways and Timico, an independe... Read More |
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Horizon Equip Appoints New Management Team |
15/05/07 |
| IP security distributor Horizon Equip Technology has announced the appointment of Laura Harman and Dave Park as Business Unit Managers. Operating as a team, Laura and Dav... Read More |
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Neowave Boosts Team with 3 Appointments |
15/05/07 |
| Neowave Distribution has enhanced its team with the appointments of Vicky Mosson, Lynnette Smith and Sarah Greenan.
Based at brand new offices in Fort Dunlop Birmingha... Read More |
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Telecomplete Launch Co-Location Suite |
15/05/07 |
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Telecomplete has launched a purpose built, dedicated, 100m2 co-location suite in Manchester in response to soaring UK-wide demand for co-location space.
Server co-... Read More |
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Extricom Extends UK Channel Reach with Vadition Signing |
15/05/07 |
| Extricom, a designer and manufacturer of next generation WLAN infrastructure solutions, has announced the signing of value added distributor Vadition as its latest UK cha... Read More |
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Microsoft & Partners Demonstrate Next Gen Phones |
15/05/07 |
| At the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference which takes place in Los Angeles this week Microsoft and nine phone manufacturer companies — ASUSTek Computer, GN, LG-Norte... Read More |
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Comms Business Awards – SOLD OUT! |
14/05/07 |
| With 4 weeks to go until the Comms Business Awards take place at the prestigious Royal Lancaster Hotel in London the event has SOLD OUT!
630 places have been confirmed... Read More |
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New Voice Media Event. |
14/05/07 |
| NewVoiceMedia will be holding a seminar about a new technology for improving the value of contact centres.
The ‘Individual Caller Treatment’ seminar is targeted at a... Read More |
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AdEPT Partner with Vangent for WLR3 |
14/05/07 |
| Vangent today announces that AdEPT will be the first customer for its WLR3 line assurance platform. This solution enables Communications Providers (CPs) of any size to di... Read More |
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Nortel & Polycom to Deliver Joint Enterprise Video Conferencing Solutions |
14/05/07 |
| Nortel and Polycom are to jointly deliver telepresence and high definition (HD) video conferencing solutions to enterprises worldwide under an agreement that will see Nor... Read More |
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Customers Rank Shoretel Number One in IP Telephony Satisfaction |
14/05/07 |
| A new report by the independent research firm Nemertes Research has ranked Shoretel number one in customer satisfaction. For the fourth consecutive year, Shoretel ranked... Read More |
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Mayflex Expand the APC Product Range |
14/05/07 |
| Mayflex the cabling infrastructure, networking and security solutions distributor has expanded the existing range of APC product solutions to incorporate data centre arch... Read More |
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VoIP Applications Market Expected to Surge, Says IDC |
14/05/07 |
| The European market for premise-based enterprise VoIP applications is expected to show high growth over the coming five years. According to IDC's Western European VoIP Ap... Read More |
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Alcatel-Lucent Aim to do Better |
14/05/07 |
| Alcatel-Lucent, in its first full quarter since Alcatel bought Lucent in its famous ‘merger of equals,’ last week reported an operating loss of $330.3 million on sales of... Read More |
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Trouble at Mill for DT |
14/05/07 |
| More than 10,000 employees left their jobs at Deutsche Telekom this morning to protest part of the carrier's planned $6.3 billion cost-reduction program (TelecomWeb news ... Read More |
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Thus Target Mobile Connectivity |
11/05/07 |
| Thus plc today announced the addition of a Mobile 3G Broadband offering to its suite of products for Demon customers. The 3G device allows quick and simple connection to... Read More |
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Network Downtime Calculator |
11/05/07 |
| Key UK sectors are at significantly greater risk from the impact of network downtime according to new research conducted for Networks First, the specialist provider of co... Read More |
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Expansive Adaptive |
11/05/07 |
| New Media Software (NMS), a leading independent software vendor, is expanding its development team on the back of success in the channel. The company has recruited four a... Read More |
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Retell Expand Technical Support |
11/05/07 |
| Retell have acquired the services of Mike Holland to head up their Technical Support & Maintenance Section. Hollandhas previously worked for call recording companies ASC ... Read More |
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Siemens Expands OpenScape UC Portfolio |
11/05/07 |
| Siemens Enterprise Communications has today announced three new advances in its market-leading OpenScape unified communications portfolio. The three new elements, OpenSca... Read More |
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Arc Solutions Signs Nowcomm into its Channel Program |
11/05/07 |
| Arc Solutions, the technology developer of IPT applications for Cisco, has announced that Nowcomm Limited, a leading Cisco solutions provider has joined its channel progr... Read More |
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Cost is a Key SMB Driver say Toshiba |
11/05/07 |
| Tim Webb, general manager, at Toshiba BCD says cost is a key driver for customers in the 25 - 50 user market.
“SMEs are always looking to reduce costs wherever they ca... Read More |
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Mitel Announces New Channel Program |
10/05/07 |
| Mitel has announced the launch of the Mitel PARTNERprogram - a transformation of its global channel model - that will, according to the vendor, enable channel partners to... Read More |
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Daisy Launches Partner Programme |
10/05/07 |
| Daisy has officially launched its partner programme with all the company’s channel initiatives now encompassed in the programme, designed to bring together the services a... Read More |
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Daisy Completes Sixth Acquisition in 12 Months |
10/05/07 |
| Daisy has completed its first acquisition of the new financial year, taking on more than 360 customers from fellow Lancashire-based communications company YourTel.
Fo... Read More |
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UK ISPs Failing To Offer Basic Level of Customer Service |
10/05/07 |
| Although the UK is one of the fastest growing and most competitive broadband markets in the world, an independent audit has uncovered that the majority of Internet Servic... Read More |
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Tiscali Enters the SME Market with “Voice Ready” Broadband Launch |
10/05/07 |
| Tiscali has announced the launch of its new “Voice Ready” Broadband product designed for the SME market. The company says their Premium Broadband product will be the fir... Read More |
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Nimans Celebrates Four-in-a-Row Success |
10/05/07 |
| Nimans has been crowned Polycom’s number one distributor of voice products in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for the fourth year running. Chairman Julian Niman... Read More |
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Executel Wraps up Quicksilver Contract |
10/05/07 |
| A leading Tyneside removals firm has completed its multi million pound expansion programme with investment in state-of-the-art technology from North East communications p... Read More |
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SMB’s Look to ease of use, reliability and low cost say 3Com |
10/05/07 |
| Mike Valiant, Voice Solutions Marketing at 3Com says smaller organisations are not generally too concerned about the technology but they are looking for three key things:... Read More |
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SMBs – Scale up not down say Cisco |
10/05/07 |
| Cisco has recently announced its new communications suite, The Smart Business Communication System, specifically aimed at the 8-48 market, because, says Marcus Gallo, Mar... Read More |
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FMC demands a flexible billing solution |
10/05/07 |
| Aurora Kendrick James (AKJ) recognises that convergence provides resellers with a great opportunity to demonstrate their ability to really understand their customers’ nee... Read More |
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Inter-Tel Reveals Formula for Perfect Business Communication |
09/05/07 |
| Inter-Tel say they have discovered a formula to help employers establish the most productive levels of business communication in the workplace.
The ideal outcome of t... Read More |
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Nimans Launches Installation Guide |
09/05/07 |
| Telecoms distributor Nimans has launched its first-ever dedicated Voice and Data Installation Products guide. The 64-page catalogue contains eight colour-coded individual... Read More |
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Avaya Launch New Mobility Solutions |
09/05/07 |
| Avaya has announced new IP-based wireless devices for businesses that help highly mobile workers remain connected to colleagues and customers – and improve their producti... Read More |
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Aastra Reports First Quarter Financial Results |
09/05/07 |
| Canadian communications vendor Aastra Technologies Limited has announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2007. Sales for the three m... Read More |
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Management Changes at Nimans |
09/05/07 |
| Nimans has announced a management reshuffle with Phil Adams promoted to Sales Director, replacing Steve Norman who has left the company. Nimans say increased family commi... Read More |
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Bring Applications Alive say Mitel |
09/05/07 |
| According to Alison Brewer, solutions marketing manager at Mitel, the 25-50 extensions market can be a challenging market for resellers.
“Companies who are purchasing... Read More |
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25-50 User Market Looking to Hosted Solutions |
09/05/07 |
| According to several hosted IP telephony providers the telephony switching and application needs of the 25 – 50 user market are increasingly being met by their solutions
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Selling the Solution is the Key |
09/05/07 |
| Commenting on the SMB PBX market for 25-50 users, Phillip Reynolds, Joint CEO at Oak Telecom says his company works with resellers to deliver solutions based around telep... Read More |
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Paper-Free BT Billing Reaches Tree-Mendous Milestone |
09/05/07 |
| BT is urging companies to look at the environmental benefits of billing their customers online as it announced that more than a million BT customers are expected to have ... Read More |
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London’s Co-Location Crisis |
09/05/07 |
| The capital is running out of data hosting capacity and firms must start planning now or face the consequences, argues Peter Knight of Adapt
Life couldn’t seem brighte... Read More |
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UK’s Largest Owner of Urban Site Rights Signs Partnership with Alcatel-Lucent |
09/05/07 |
| Macropolitan and Alcatel-Lucent have announced that they have signed a deal to work together to provide UK operators with an offering that brings the technology and servi... Read More |
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Avaya Reseller Chooses SpliceCom to Migrate INDeX Customers |
08/05/07 |
| UK convergence platform vendor SpliceCom has announced that long standing Avaya partner, IP Integration, is the latest to choose British technology over American for next... Read More |
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Viatel to Double Number of Channel Partners in UK During 2007 |
08/05/07 |
| New channel team appointed for the North of England to recruit and support growing partner base
Viatel has announced plans to double its number of reseller partners by... Read More |
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Mobile Technology Inspires New Working Culture |
08/05/07 |
| Continued advances in technology is inspiring a new working culture, bringing the mobile office within the reach of the masses, according to telecoms distributor Nimans. ... Read More |
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Siemon Expand Fibre Catalogue |
08/05/07 |
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Structured cabling systems company Siemon has announced the addition of new fibre cable to its EMEA product line. Siemon’s enhanced offering now includes indoor/outdo... Read More |
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Steve Norman Departs Nimans |
08/05/07 |
| Ex-Rocom chief Steve Norman has left distributor Nimans just seven weeks after joining the company. Norman had been appointed Sales Director at Manchester based Nimans af... Read More |
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Ogilvie Communications Acquires Comtec Business Communications |
08/05/07 |
| Scotland based reseller Ogilvie Communications has announced its acquisition of Gateshead based Comtec Business Communications, one of the largest independent partners fo... Read More |
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Mayflex Opens New Reading Office |
08/05/07 |
| Cabling Infrastructure, Networking and Security solutions distributor Mayflex has opened a new satellite office in Reading that will enhance the support levels for its po... Read More |
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Daisy Forges New Relationship with Thus |
08/05/07 |
| Thus plc today announced that it has signed an agreement, worth £7.2m, with Daisy Communications Limited (Daisy), one of the UK’s fastest growing independent communicatio... Read More |
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BT Launch White Label Managed Services |
08/05/07 |
| BT today announced the launch of White Label Managed Services, a portfolio of integrated services which will allow communications providers and other companies to offer t... Read More |
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Convergence Summit North a resounding success! |
08/05/07 |
| The Convergence Summit North exceeded expectations delivering an excellent calibre of attendees to the 40+ exhibitors that participated.
The event, the first major C... Read More |
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NeoWave Distributes i:BOX in UK |
08/05/07 |
| NeoWave Distribution, the new force in wireless and mobility solutions for small to medium sized businesses, has announced it is extending its comprehensive portfolio of ... Read More |
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Nimans Issue Statement on Mitel Distribution |
08/05/07 |
| Last week’s news that Mitel has decided to adopt a single tier distribution strategy has drawn a forthright statement issued late on Friday from Julian Niman, Chairman of... Read More |
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Executel Scores a Hatrick |
04/05/07 |
| Communications specialist Executel is celebrating after securing lucrative contracts with three of the North East’s top law firms.
In the space of just three months, G... Read More |
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BT Announces Group Strategy and Operations Team |
04/05/07 |
| BT has announced the appointment of the senior management team that will support Andy Green in his new role as CEO of Group Strategy and Operations. The team will lay th... Read More |
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Gold for Node4 |
04/05/07 |
| Node4 has been awarded Microsoft Gold Partner status. Technical Support Manager, Chris Pagel commented: “The Microsoft Gold Partner status is something we have been worki... Read More |
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Global Demand For WiFi On Trains |
04/05/07 |
| Train operators and service providers from all over the world will meet in London next month to discuss progress in providing passengers and rail staff with on-board inte... Read More |
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Virgin Ranks Highest with Mobile Telephone Customers in the UK |
04/05/07 |
| Virgin ranks highest in customer satisfaction for its mobile telephone service in both the pre-pay and contract service sectors, according to the J.D. Power and Associate... Read More |
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Uniworld Communications launches new website |
04/05/07 |
| Service provider Uniworld Communications has announced the launch of its new website saying the enhanced website will further strengthen Uniworld’s reputation for deliver... Read More |
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BT appoints new head of Indirect Partner Sales |
04/05/07 |
| BT today announced the appointment of Ricky Ricketts as head of Indirect Partner Sales. Phil Purssey moves into a newly created role within BT’s Specialist Partner Sales ... Read More |
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Alcatel-Lucent delivers Office Communication Solutions for SMBs |
04/05/07 |
| Alcatel-Lucent has announced a set of solutions and a new dedicated business partner programme designed, the company says, to transform the networks, services and busines... Read More |
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CTI Group Signs Strategic Reseller Partnership with Exchange Communications |
04/05/07 |
| Communication management solutions company CTI Group has announced a partnership with Exchange Communications which will see the reseller immediately make CTI’s Proteus c... Read More |
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Westcon Group Closes Acquisition of Crane |
04/05/07 |
| The decision by Mitel to withdraw from two tier distribution has had no effect on the Westcon deal to purchase distributor Crane Telecommunications as the purchase was co... Read More |
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Kingston Communications Reaches Regional Final of National Business Awards |
03/05/07 |
| Kingston Communications Contact Centres has been named as a finalist for the North-East region of the National Business Awards. The National Business Awards are the UK’s... Read More |
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TalkTalk Enters Top Five Consumer ADSL Broadband Providers |
03/05/07 |
| TalkTalk, the consumer telephone provider owned by The Carphone Warehouse, has entered the top five consumer ADSL broadband providers in the UK, joining BT, Demon, AOL an... Read More |
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Telindus Continues European Expansion |
03/05/07 |
| Following recent expansions in Sweden and the Netherlands, Telindus is building its European presence with an expansion of its operations in Ireland. As well as considera... Read More |
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First Konftel Authorised Partner Announced |
03/05/07 |
| North West-based Chester Communications has become the first accredited dealer as part of an innovative partner programme from fast-growing conferencing unit manufacturer... Read More |
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STL at Catalunya Circuit |
03/05/07 |
| Reseller STL Communications say they have taken F1 based marketing activity to new levels by hosting two groups of prospective customers in Barcelona for the official Spa... Read More |
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M12 Update Prince’s Foundation |
03/05/07 |
| South Coast based reseller M12 has updated The Prince’s Foundation’s communication system. M12 were chosen to replace the charity’s obsolete system which, was struggling ... Read More |
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Applegarth Communications has Struck Gold! |
03/05/07 |
| Leeds-based telecoms firm Applegarth Communications is celebrating this month, having been awarded prestigious Gold Plus Status in Aastra Telecom’s Partner Programme, bas... Read More |
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Telinet Builds Channel Team |
03/05/07 |
| Telinet is focusing heavily on its channel strategy with additional staff joining its dedicated team. Stuart Scott will be heading up the team as the Channel Manager, wit... Read More |
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GemaTech Enhance Call Recording Applications |
03/05/07 |
| Telephony solutions specialist, GemaTech, has announced the launch of further enhancements to its market leading telecoms recovery solution BCMLITE providing businesses w... Read More |
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Vangent Boosts WLR3 Equivalence Process |
03/05/07 |
| Vangent has announced a platform that will for the first time they say enable Communications Providers (CPs), of any size, to fulfil orders for WLR3 products and directly... Read More |
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Azzurri Launch a Complete Comms Managed Service in One |
03/05/07 |
| Converged business voice and data company Azzurri Communications has launched Azzurri One, a new service which they say is set to revolutionise the way companies handle t... Read More |
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Increase the Value of Contact Centres |
03/05/07 |
| NewVoiceMedia will be holding a seminar about a new technology for improving the value of contact centers.
The ‘Individual Caller Treatment’ seminar is targeted at a... Read More |
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Inclarity Extends their Executive Team |
02/05/07 |
| Inclarity has announced two further key executive appointments, another hallmark of a long-term expansion programme for its Hosted VoIP business in the UK. The recent gro... Read More |
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Comms-care Launch IT Disposal Service. |
02/05/07 |
| Comms-care, leader in the provision of channel network and IT maintenance have recently set up a disposal and recycling service designed to assist their resellers in disp... Read More |
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TeleWare Provides Telephony Presence Management on Hosted IP Services |
02/05/07 |
| TeleWare, a provider of intelligent hosted and on-premise communication solutions to businesses and service providers, has announced the release of Presence Management on... Read More |
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Vadition Gears Up for Growth |
02/05/07 |
| Distributor Vadition has appointed Barrie Desmond to the role of Business Development Director where he will be responsible for the management and development of Vadition... Read More |
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Telent moves to Warwick business park |
02/05/07 |
| Reseller Telent plc is to take new offices at the Opus 40 Business Park in Warwick. Telent will relocate its operational headquarters from New Century Park Coventry to t... Read More |
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40 New Jobs as Manchester-Based Unicom Opens in Milton Keynes |
02/05/07 |
| Telecom service provider Unicom, which specialises in supplying small businesses, has opened a website sales office in Milton Keynes, creating 40 new jobs.
The Manches... Read More |
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GN to provide Channel Sales Leads |
02/05/07 |
| Headset vendor GN (UK) Limited has recently appointed V2 Communications, the business-to-business lead generation telemarketing company, as its outbound marketing partner... Read More |
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Techies Want Flexibility at Work |
02/05/07 |
| New research by online recruitment specialist, www.theitjobboard.com, shows that a quarter (25.4 percent) of IT professionals have turned down a job offer because the pos... Read More |
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CTI Group Increase Channel Activity |
01/05/07 |
| Provider of interactive communication management solutions CTI Group has announced a partnership with reseller Exchange Communications Limited. The alliance will enable E... Read More |
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Pipe Dreams? –CMA Comment on UK Broadband |
01/05/07 |
| David Brunnen, Leader of the Network Services Group at the Communications Management Association (CMA) has told Comms Business Magazine that not many business managers wi... Read More |
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Entanet Predicts Havoc for Broadband Users if Loss of Earnings Lawsuit Succeeds |
01/05/07 |
| Entanet is predicting havoc in the broadband market should a lawsuit currently being brought against BT for loss of earnings, succeed. The company says it could lead to h... Read More |
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Gamma Upgrade IPDirectConnect |
01/05/07 |
| Gamma Telecom has announced the launch of version 3.0 of its SIP Trunking service,
namely IPDirectConnect (IPDC).
The major enhancement within version 3.0 means that... Read More |
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Comtact finds steady demand for PBX market |
01/05/07 |
| Dominic List of London based reseller Comtact says that from demand shown recently in the services Comtact provides, we have found that there is still a steady demand for... Read More |
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Comms Business Breaks News of Mitel Channel Changes |
01/05/07 |
| News that Mitel had dramatically changed their channel strategy from two tier to a direct reseller model was broken to two of their distributors by Comms Business Magazin... Read More |
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Netcall Solution Now Rated “Avaya Compliant” |
01/05/07 |
| Cambridge based Netcall, an independent software vendor has announced that its Queuebuster callback solution for customer care operations, running on the Netcall Intellig... Read More |
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