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Nokia unveils new handsets in Singapore |
15/06/09 |
At the Nokia Connection event held in Singapore this week, Nokia demonstrated its commitment to harness the power of the internet and mobility to deliver compelling servi... Read More |
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Channel Telecom Make it Easy |
15/06/09 |
| Clifford Norton, Managing Director of Channel Telecom, says his company has made selling a complete range of voice and data services really easy for dealers and resellers... Read More |
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Pedestrian navigation continues march towards mainstream |
15/06/09 |
| NAVTEQ, the global provider of digital map, traffic and location data, has confirmed its pedestrian navigation product, NAVTEQ Discover Cities, now powers several on-foot... Read More |
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Chess wins the double |
15/06/09 |
| Amid the current economic doom and gloom Chess Telecom, the most active consolidator in the UK telecoms market, shows no signs of slowing down announcing two database acq... Read More |
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No evidence of mobile phone health risks |
15/06/09 |
| There is still no convincing evidence that mobile phones cause any health effects, according to a new review published in Emerging Health Threats Journal. But the authors... Read More |
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TomTom plans €430 million cash call |
15/06/09 |
| TomTom, the Dutch maker of satellite navigation devices and software, is to raise €430 million ($600 million) by offering new shares and through a private placement, whic... Read More |
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Sony Ericsson W995 Walkman phone launches |
15/06/09 |
| With crystal clear resolution for the ultimate on-the-go audiovisual experience, the W995 Walkman phone allows you to stay entertained, with exclusive movie clips, podcas... Read More |
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SpliceCom Channel Partners “Blinded By The Light” |
15/06/09 |
| SpliceCom joined with its channel partners to celebrate a year of growth and achievement, culminating with the worldwide launch of Vision, earlier this month.
Held i... Read More |
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Node4 Hosts Political Expenses Map For Shoothill and MSN |
15/06/09 |
| Data Centre specialists, Node4, have hosted in their Derby Data Centre a new Microsoft Virtual Earth map complied by Shoothill and published by MSN which was picked up by... Read More |
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Toshiba Achieves Target Of 10% Share in Core Market |
15/06/09 |
| Analyst MZA’s latest report for the first quarter of 2009 shows that Toshiba have achieved their goal of achieving 10% market share for systems in their core 2-50 extensi... Read More |
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Timico Brand Consolidation |
15/06/09 |
| Timico, the Newark based business-only ISP, has announced a move that will strengthen its position as a leading provider of IP and next generation converged communication... Read More |
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Nimans Resellers Embrace The Power of IP |
15/06/09 |
| Distributor Nimans has been ‘opening resellers’ eyes’ to the power of IP, as a series of nationwide sales workshops prove a resounding success.
The first ‘Introduction... Read More |
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Vigil Launches ‘Credit Crunch Busting’ Support Programme for Channel Partners |
15/06/09 |
| Vigil, a specialist security distributor, has announced the launch of a new ‘credit busting’ support initiative for channel partners to help them drive sales and improve ... Read More |
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Networks First warns of lack of CoCo compliance for GCSx connection |
15/06/09 |
| Networks First, the provider of support services for network infrastructures, is warning local authorities that have missed the deadline for signing up to the Government’... Read More |
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100mb Leased Lines from £650 monthly in Manchester |
15/06/09 |
| Vaioni, a provider of Ethernet connectivity and managed security services, has launched an ‘extraordinary’ price to deliver a 100mb leased line to any business, across Ma... Read More |
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Pinnacle Telecom Acquires Accent |
15/06/09 |
| Pinnacle Telecom Group plc, the Scottish based provider of integrated telecommunication solutions and services has acquired the entire issued share capital of ATUK, a tel... Read More |
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Yahoo! tops mobile web download times again |
12/06/09 |
| Yahoo! sustained the shortest download time of mobile web pages for the third straight month in May. It was also the only site to download in under four seconds, accordin... Read More |
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40% of people would rather lose wallet than mobile |
12/06/09 |
| Due to the high level of personal information stored on today’s mobile phones, almost half of respondents to a recent survey said that losing their handset would be worse... Read More |
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Laptop deals now cheaper than a cappuccino |
12/06/09 |
| Combined mobile broadband and laptop deals now offer consumers the chance to own a laptop computer for less than the price of a coffee a week from a high street café acco... Read More |
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Social networking and contact centres to merge |
12/06/09 |
| Datamonitor’s new report examines the potential market for customer service provided through online social networking and how that might be expanded to formal contact cen... Read More |
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Insider IT snooping on the rise |
12/06/09 |
| Despite a sharp rise in data breaches and increased media awareness on the subject, a new survey reveals that over one third of IT workers now admit to accessing corporat... Read More |
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Mitel Announces SIP Trunking on 5000 Communications Platform |
12/06/09 |
| Mitel has announced the availability of the Mitel 5000 Communications Platform (CP) release 3.1. This significant release supports Session Initial Protocol (SIP) trunk... Read More |
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Extreme Networks Announces New Partner-Branded Service |
12/06/09 |
| Extreme Networks has announced that it is providing enhancements to its services program in North America and EMEA by launching a unique partner-branded offering, Partner... Read More |
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The TalkTalk Group selects Strategic Imperatives for WLR3 |
12/06/09 |
| Strategic Imperatives, the provider of virtual network solutions today announced that the TalkTalk Group, the UK’s third largest fixed-line and broadband business, has se... Read More |
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Gradwell and Fonality Announce Partnership Agreement |
12/06/09 |
| Internet services provider Gradwell has announced a major partnership with Fonality, the company behind the highly successful trixbox Pro IP PBX solution.
The partner... Read More |
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Digby Brown Awards Commsworld WAN Upgrade Project |
12/06/09 |
| Digby Brown, Scotland’s largest injury specialist firm, has awarded Commsworld a Wide Area Data Network contract valued at over £200k to upgrade their existing infrastruc... Read More |
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Cubix Introduces Mobile Call Logging & Recording |
12/06/09 |
| Today’s business climate has brought forward the importance of Telecommunications in organisations and brought to light the dependency on accurate information. Strategica... Read More |
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Riello Multi Plus Provides Energy Saving Power Protection |
12/06/09 |
| Riello say their new Multi Plus UPS sets the specification for energy saving, flexibility and electrical performance.
The latest 30kVA and 40kVA modules are designed ... Read More |
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Chess Wins the Double |
12/06/09 |
| Amid the current economic doom and gloom Chess Telecom, the most active consolidator in the UK telecoms market, shows no signs of slowing down announcing not one, but two... Read More |
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SpiriTel Wins Comms Business ‘Enterprise Solution of the Year 2009' |
11/06/09 |
| AIM listed SpiriTel has won the Comms Business Enterprise Convergence Award 2009 for its nationwide implementation of integrated voice over IP (VoIP) and WiFi solution ac... Read More |
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Ministry of Sound launches Clubbers Guide to Ibiza on iPhone |
11/06/09 |
| Ministry of Sound has announced the launch of its Clubber’s Guide To Ibiza iPhone application. The app is available to download from Apple’s iPhone store for £1.79.
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More than 230,000 new base stations to hit emerging markets 2010 |
11/06/09 |
| While many sectors of the economy are languishing in the global recession, wireless infrastructure is relatively healthy, according to ABI Research. This also holds true ... Read More |
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Sales of low cost mobiles to reach 700m by 2014 |
11/06/09 |
| A new report forecasts that between 2009 and 2014, annual sales of low cost mobile handsets will rise by 22% to over 700 million.
According to the report from Juniper ... Read More |
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Motorola signs Chameleon as exclusive wholesale distribution partner |
11/06/09 |
| Motorola has announced a three year exclusive wholesale distribution agreement with The Chameleon Group to distribute pro-install solutions for the manufacturer in the UK... Read More |
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Mobile operators update child protection content code after formal review |
11/06/09 |
| The UK’s mobile operators have updated The UK Code of Practice for the self regulation of new forms of content on mobile, having conducted a formal review.
The review... Read More |
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Nokia introduces developer plug in |
11/06/09 |
| Nokia has introduced three time saving mobile development tools for desktop designers and developers of internet content, enabling the quick and easy conversion of standa... Read More |
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Mobile data usage on budget INQ1 rivals 3G smartphones |
11/06/09 |
| INQ Mobile, maker of the low cost social mobile, has released data on usage of the INQ1 on the 3 UK network. The company’s handset was built from the ground up with socia... Read More |
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Take A Bite Out Of The Big Apple With Nimans And Siemens |
11/06/09 |
| A luxury trip to New York for two is up for grabs for top performing Siemens resellers, courtesy of distributor Nimans, Siemens’ current Distributor of the Year. The top ... Read More |
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Sales Professionals Pay Outstrips Colleagues |
11/06/09 |
| Sales professionals are some of the best paid employees in business, according to The Chartered Institute of Marketing’s latest Croner Sales Rewards study, with both basi... Read More |
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BT Opens International Telepresence Video Conferencing Centres |
11/06/09 |
| BT has unveiled a network of three high definition (HD) telepresence video conferencing demonstration centres where customers can compare telepresence systems before they... Read More |
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Swyx Launches Next Generation Softphone |
11/06/09 |
| Swyx has unveiled a new look and feel for its SwyxWare unified communications platform with the addition of its ‘Productivity Pack’.
Alexandra Ernst, Executive VP Co... Read More |
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Sense-set to save resellers and businesses £thousands in litigation |
11/06/09 |
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PABX toll fraud is becoming increasingly widespread and is costing businesses thousands of pounds in unexpected phone bills. Retell’s new Sense Voice Firewall can sto... Read More |
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Can ISPs Realistically Act as Internet Content Police? |
11/06/09 |
| Communications and Internet services provider, Entanet, is challenging the notion that ISPs should be policing content to ensure that school children cannot defame their ... Read More |
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NextiraOne and North Bristol NHS Trust complete new £5M data centre |
11/06/09 |
| NextiraOne, and North Bristol NHS Trust have completed the construction phase of the Trust’s new £5M data centre on its Southmead site.
Due to be commissioned over the... Read More |
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Alastair Mills, CEO wins Entrepreneur of the Year 2009 Award |
10/06/09 |
| SpiriTel plc, the business communications service provider, is pleased to announce that Alastair Mills, its Chief Executive, has won the prestigious National Comms Busine... Read More |
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Three key challenges as WiMAX ‘grows up’ |
10/06/09 |
| by Caroline Gabriel, ReThink Wireless
The WiMAX Forum held its global congress in Amsterdam this week, and the event was closely watched by supporters and opponents of... Read More |
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Smartphone shipments will reach 406.7 million by 2014 |
10/06/09 |
| Smartphones are the silver lining to the recession, according to research firm, Ovum. During 2008, in a first for the mobile industry, consumer demand for third party app... Read More |
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Boomcomms debuts two way comms management solutions |
10/06/09 |
| Boomcomms has announced the launch of Boomerang, offering a range of new communications services and web-based products which can be used to automate database workflow vi... Read More |
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Doughty to leave Avenir Telecom |
10/06/09 |
| Avenir Telecom, the UK business to business telecoms distributor, has announced the arrival of three new members of its senior management team, as John Doughty, commercia... Read More |
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Consumers angry at high charges for iPhone tethering |
10/06/09 |
| by Caroline Gabriel, ReThink Wireless
The launch of the Apple iPhone 3GS brought a mixture of relief - that the firm had actually unveiled a new model - and disappoint... Read More |
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Unicom Profits Up by 14% |
10/06/09 |
| Telecom service provider Unicom, which specialises in business-to-business connections, has reported a 14.3% increase in profits and a 7.0% rise in sales to the end of Ap... Read More |
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Nimans Leads with First Order of New IP Telephone Brand |
10/06/09 |
| Nimans is leading the way by taking delivery of a cost effective range of IP business phones from new UK brand Yealink - which are being hailed as a significant industry ... Read More |
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Global Crossing Upgrades Network Capacity |
10/06/09 |
| Global Crossing is significantly expanding capacity on its Mid-Atlantic Crossing (MAC), South American Crossing (SAC) and Pan American Crossing (PAC) undersea fiber-optic... Read More |
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Cost reduction driving shift to managed services and virtualisation |
10/06/09 |
| According to Colt’s latest survey of CIOs at large UK enterprises, reducing costs is overwhelmingly the key business priority for IT, closely followed by business transfo... Read More |
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HSC Introduce The Mobile Club |
10/06/09 |
| Mobile phone distributor and air time provider HSC has launched ‘The Mobile Club’, a new reseller loyalty scheme for their channel partners.
The company says it has r... Read More |
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Executel Strengthens its Workforce |
10/06/09 |
| Voice and data specialist Executel Ltd has recruited a further five members of staff, taking head count to 47 at its Tyneside headquarters.
Following the recent launch... Read More |
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Brightstar Europe and Rim Pan-European in Channel Blackberry Deal |
10/06/09 |
| Brightstar Europe, the distribution and integrated supply chain solutions provider for the mobile communications industry, has announced it will provide the complete Blac... Read More |
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CSI Leasing To Launch Reseller Leasing Programme |
09/06/09 |
| CSI Leasing has announced the launch of its new Reseller Leasing Programme. CSI will be seeking to forge ever closer links with its channel partners by providing finance ... Read More |
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Avaya and BT Wholesale Team up for Voice |
09/06/09 |
| Avaya has joined forces with BT Wholesale to create a new communications solution bundle for service providers with small-to-medium size business customers. The voice ser... Read More |
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Shazam’s mobile music discovery app on Ovi |
09/06/09 |
| Shazam, the mobile music discovery provider, has announced the availability of its mobile application for download inside the new Ovi Store by Nokia allowing users to dis... Read More |
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Roamware responds as data tariff deadline looms |
09/06/09 |
| Roamware, the provider of global mobile roaming solutions and software, has confirmed that recent enhancements to its portfolio of solutions were helping operators to com... Read More |
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Mobile advertising bucks downward trend |
09/06/09 |
| Advertising budgets for mobile channels are expected to buck the downward trend and exhibit strong growth over the next five years, according to a new report from Juniper... Read More |
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MoxieQ launches first mobile Gay Sensibility destination |
09/06/09 |
| MoxieQ, the first mobile centric gay entertainment publisher, has announced its official launch as a mobile and online entertainment destination with a gay sensibility. F... Read More |
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GyPSii launches Java into China |
09/06/09 |
| GeoSentric Oyj’s, GyPSii business unit, developers of the award winning GyPSii mobile social networking application, have announced the launch of the Java version of its ... Read More |
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O2 to launch iPhone 3G S in the UK on 19 June |
09/06/09 |
| O2 today confirmed two exciting iPhone developments. Firstly, the launch of two new iPhones, the iPhone 3G S 16GB and iPhone 3G S 32GB. Both will be available in the UK e... Read More |
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DMSL Predicts Boost For Resellers with BT broadband Offer |
09/06/09 |
| BT broadband distributor DMSL is predicting a bumper time for resellers over the next few weeks as small businesses take up the offer of a free upgrade to broadband servi... Read More |
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EU Roaming Legislation Clears Final Hurdle |
09/06/09 |
| Cheaper roaming prices from 1 July 2009 became a reality today with the formal adoption by EU governments on new EU roaming rules.
The new rules will lead to further r... Read More |
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South West Communications Group Launches Free Download of Data Backup Service |
09/06/09 |
| South West Communications Group has launched its free 30-day trial of its storeiP data backup service.
storeiP is an automatic data backup service that eradicates the ... Read More |
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Exponential-e Wins “Most Innovative Channel Service” |
08/06/09 |
| Exponential-e, the specialist provider of Next-Generation Ethernet Networks and managed applications has won the Comms Business awards for “Most Innovative Channel Servic... Read More |
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Nimans Named Distributor Of The Year |
08/06/09 |
| Chairman Julian Niman said he was “delighted and proud” after Nimans was voted Distributor of the Year by the readers of Comms Business magazine.
“The awards are desig... Read More |
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Pennine Telecom Acquires PAS Partnership |
08/06/09 |
| Pennine Telecom, the Bury-based telecoms, data and radio communications company, has acquired Burnley telephone systems specialist PAS Partnership for an undisclosed sum.... Read More |
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Murphx Supports ISPs’ 21CN Transition |
08/06/09 |
| Flexibility and adaptability are crucial to running a successful business. This is why newly voted ISP of The Year murphx is helping ISP providers grow their business wit... Read More |
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fring mashes up users’ social circles |
08/06/09 |
| fring has announced the launch of a new version of its award winning social community and communication service that combines each contact’s separate online social commun... Read More |
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Industry will be ready for LTE |
08/06/09 |
| A major new report from the UMTS Forum presents a positive picture of LTE’s transformation of the global market for mobile broadband.
Offering major enhancements in s... Read More |
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Nokia N97 Black available to pre-order from Phones 4u |
08/06/09 |
| Phones 4u has announced that the much-awaited Nokia N97 Black is available for pre-order at Phones 4u online, free from £40 a month on selected networks.
After Nokia, ... Read More |
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Spin3 recognised for high standards of best practice |
08/06/09 |
| Full service mobile gambling solutions provider Spin3, powered by Microgaming, the online gaming software provider, has become the first specialised mobile gambling provi... Read More |
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Delays in Nigeria for WiMAX licenses |
08/06/09 |
| The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) issued licences for spectrum in the 2.3GHz frequency band for WiMAX services, which were allocated this month to Mobitel, Spe... Read More |
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20:20 Mobile and Barclay Comms take Comms Business Awards honours |
08/06/09 |
| Thursday night’s Comms Business Awards were a resounding success, with a 600-strong crowd of respected channel members from both fixed line and mobile entertained till th... Read More |
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Griffin offers their Partners access to retail transactions ‘in the cloud’ |
08/06/09 |
| ISP Griffin Internet is helping Resellers to win retail network bids in partnership with TNS. A large percentage of the UK’s credit and debit card transactions transit TN... Read More |
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SpliceCom Delivers a Clear Vision for Business and the Workforce |
08/06/09 |
| SpliceCom, the IP convergence company whose maximiser Unified Communications platform combines voice, video, IP TV and web enabled IT applications at the desktop, today a... Read More |
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Comms Business 2009 Awards Winner Announced |
08/06/09 |
| The winners of the coveted Comms Business Awards for 2009 were revealed last Thursday night at a Gala Awards Dinner at the Lancaster gate Hotel in London.
Over 600 gue... Read More |
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Marketers markedly more positive on economy |
05/06/09 |
| The Chartered Institute of Marketing’s latest Marketing Trends Survey for Spring 2009 has revealed that many marketers believe the worst of the recession is over, althoug... Read More |
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Femto Forum and WiMAX Forum link to push WiMAX Femtos |
05/06/09 |
| The Femto Forum, the independent industry association that supports femtocell deployment worldwide, and the WiMAX Forum, the non-profit organisation dedicated to the depl... Read More |
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Sony Ericsson launches new GreenHeart products |
05/06/09 |
| Sony Ericsson has unveiled two new GreenHeart pioneer products underpinning its ongoing commitment to environmental sustainability.
The GreenHeart programme launches ... Read More |
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Acer announces Android netbook |
05/06/09 |
| Acer has unveiled its first Aspire One netbook featuring the Android operating system to offer users outstanding wireless internet capability. The Android operating syste... Read More |
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GSMA announces 2009 Mobile Asia Congress |
05/06/09 |
| The GSMA has announced that the 2009 Mobile Asia Congress will be held on the 18 to 19 November 2009 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Under the ban... Read More |
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Sign up for the Soho Fun Run! |
05/06/09 |
| The Soho Fun Run, organised by Vision, the broadcast, production and post production industry charity, is here again. On 9 July up to 150 teams of three-legged runners, ... Read More |
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AdMob helps app developers ready for iPhone 3.0 |
05/06/09 |
| AdMob, the mobile advertising platform, has announced new social, search, and dynamic rich media ad units for the iPhone. These new ad units will be available in early Ju... Read More |
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Free Music Friday at Vodafone |
05/06/09 |
| Customers can download free tracks on Vodafone to mark the launch of unlocked music from Vodafone UK. Eight free tracks from major international artists will be available... Read More |
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20:20 Mobile and Barclay Comms take Comms Business Awards honours |
05/06/09 |
| Last night’s Comms Business Awards were a resounding success, with a 600-strong crowd of respected channel members from both fixed line and mobile entertained till the ea... Read More |
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Travel at the Speed of Light With Nimans |
05/06/09 |
| Distributor Nimans is launching a series of engineering training workshops to dispel the fear factor of fibre optics installation. The day-long courses take place at Nima... Read More |
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Rocom Panasonic Channel Forum Hailed A Success |
05/06/09 |
| UK resellers have declared the first meeting of the Rocom Panasonic Channel Forum as a success. The meeting, held at Highgate House in Northampton on May 28th, gave lead... Read More |
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Team Telecom Group Embarks on Search or its own Apprentice |
05/06/09 |
| Telecommunications specialist Team Telecom Group has announced its quest to find a number of apprentices, as the company continues to expand its operations around the glo... Read More |
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Aspirins not Vitamins |
05/06/09 |
| Don Smith, CEO of Mitel has told Comms Business Magazine that we are in an ‘aspirin and not a vitamin’ market.
Speaking ahead of his Director Conference with key resel... Read More |
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Big System – Small Price |
05/06/09 |
| Wembley based V4 is looking for more resellers to sell its Asterisk based PBX Trixbox. The PBX has been developed by US company Fonality and according to V4 Managing dire... Read More |
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ROI is Channel King in 2009 |
05/06/09 |
| Zycko, the value-added distributor of convergent IT solutions, has seen a surge in sales of products that offer quick return on investment, as CIOs face pressure to imple... Read More |
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Zigor appoints UK Distribution Manager |
05/06/09 |
| Zigor, the producer of energy conversion systems, electronic power devices and renewable energy solutions, has appointed Lee Allen as its UK Distribution Manager. Lee bri... Read More |
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New Nine Club Website Unveiled |
04/06/09 |
| The highly anticipated Nine Club website was launched today, 4th June, to the Reseller community. See www.nineclub.co.uk.
The site provides Resellers with instant acc... Read More |
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Carphone Warehouse combats cyber crime with Trend Micro |
04/06/09 |
| Trend Micro, a provider of internet content security, has announced that it has been selected as the exclusive content security solution at The Carphone Warehouse.
As... Read More |
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Nokia N97 to hit shops 19 June |
04/06/09 |
| Nokia has revealed that its flagship Nseries device for 2009, the Nokia N97, will go on sale in the UK on Friday 19 June. Consumers will be able to get their hands on the... Read More |
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Truphone launches 3.0 for the iPod touch |
04/06/09 |
| Following hot on the heels of the launch of Truphone 3.0 for the Apple iPhone, Truphone has launched Truphone 3.0, a major new upgrade to its mobile VoIP application for ... Read More |
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Sony Ericsson announces new GreenHeart portfolio strategy |
04/06/09 |
| Sony Ericsson has unveiled goals for reducing CO² emissions across the whole company by 20% by 2015 in absolute terms. At the same time the company committed to reducing ... Read More |
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The Acer F900 new smartphone hits markets |
04/06/09 |
| Since its first debut at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Acer F900, the third and newest addition to the Acer Tempo Smartphone Series, is now reaching glo... Read More |
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Free laptops at Tesco with mobile broadband |
04/06/09 |
| Dealers now have competition for mobile broadband customers on the High Street from national supermarket chain, Tesco. Tesco has announced that it will offer mobile broad... Read More |
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Independent tests rate T-Mobile top for mobile broadband |
04/06/09 |
| The results of independent tests have placed T-Mobile’s mobile broadband network ahead of all other major UK mobile operators for network performance in the first quarter... Read More |
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Brave face for dealers |
04/06/09 |
| Chris Everitt, managing director at TMAC Wireless Solutions and Panaramix, has stated that many dealers are finding it harder than ever to compete in today’s marketplace.... Read More |
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How to go GREEN |
04/06/09 |
| Charterhouse Voice and Data (CVD) is an information and communication solutions integrator, and an industry trailblazer in going green. The company has an environmental p... Read More |
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BT Boosts Broadband Speeds for Home and Business |
04/06/09 |
| Millions of homes and businesses are set to enjoy a free broadband boost after BT announced it will more than double the headline speeds for its residential and business ... Read More |
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New Appointment at Swan |
04/06/09 |
| Exeter based Alcatel-Lucent reseller Swan Communications has announced the appointment of four new personnel to their team.
Adam Cru-Gee joins in the newly created r... Read More |
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Entanet Extends 21CN Provision With 40mbps FTTC Trials |
04/06/09 |
| Wholesale voice and data communications provider Entanet has announced that it plans to continue with its strategy of pushing the limits of BT21CN by trialling BT’s Fibre... Read More |
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Interactive Telecoms named Cisco’s Select Partner of the Year |
04/06/09 |
| West Midlands based Interactive Telecoms has trounced established competition across the UK to be appointed Select Partner of the Year by global telecoms giant Cisco.
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Customer Delays Complicate ATC Group Bank Negotiations |
03/06/09 |
| In an announcement to the London Stock Exchange the Board of ATC says it has had discussions with a major customer and been informed that a substantial proportion of a pr... Read More |
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HP ProCurve Delivers Converged Networking Solutions for Enterprise Customers |
03/06/09 |
| HP ProCurve has announced new converged wired and wireless networking solutions that allow customers to drastically simplify delivery of multiple IP-based services by com... Read More |
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Twelve partners go exclusive with O2 |
03/06/09 |
| O2 has announced that a further twelve UK Centre of Excellence partners have now severed all ties with the UK’s other major network providers to become exclusive O2 partn... Read More |
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Acer joins Open Handset Alliance and plans Android launch |
03/06/09 |
| Acer has announced it has joined the Open Handset Alliance and expects to launch smartphones based on the Android platform in the fourth quarter of this year.
As a mem... Read More |
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Kondor and BullGuard launch antivirus offering |
03/06/09 |
| Kondor and BullGuard have teamed up to offer protection with a user friendly, affordable antivirus software for computers.
The real bonus for resellers is the 25% reve... Read More |
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Mobile ops publish Principles of Good Practice for mobile broadband |
03/06/09 |
| The UK’s mobile operators O2, Orange, T-Mobile, Vodafone and 3, together with Virgin Mobile, the UK’s largest virtual mobile network operator, have published Principles ... Read More |
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Device management boom |
03/06/09 |
| As sales in smartphones continue to rise despite the economic slump, mobile device management is the next hot area for mobile dealers to jump on, said Simon Green, commer... Read More |
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Solution to spectrum argument? |
03/06/09 |
| Finally a way out of UK spectrum re-farm deadlock?
Kip Meek, the UK government’s advisor on what to do over the re-farming of spectrum to even out the market, has come... Read More |
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MZA PBX Figures Show Sharp Market Decline |
03/06/09 |
| MZA has recently released its latest figures on the PBX and IP PBX market in the UK in its publication ‘The UK Quarterly Corded PBX and IP PBX Report’. The report showed... Read More |
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Aastra Unveils New Generation of DECT Handsets |
03/06/09 |
| Aastra has launched a new range of DECT handsets tailored for the needs of businesses of all sizes. According to research published by Frost & Sullivan the emergence of S... Read More |
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Customers Rate Oak Comms Suite Support |
03/06/09 |
| Technical support service for Oak’s Comms Suite applications has been rated excellent or good by over 95% of service users who completed the feedback evaluation.
Phil ... Read More |
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Average Broadband Speeds Continue Improving |
02/06/09 |
| Research by analysts at broadband.co.uk have shown that average broadband speeds in the UK have continued their recent improvement during May reaching 4.25Mbps.
"These... Read More |
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Genesis Unveils New Deal to Help Channel Cloud Computing |
02/06/09 |
| Mobile and SaaS specialist Genesis Communications has launched the most affordable hosted packages on the market, designed to help its reseller partners sell SaaS to smal... Read More |
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Griffin selected to trial 40Mb/s broadband for the channel |
02/06/09 |
| Griffin Internet say they are the only channel focussed business ISP participating in BTW’s first fibre-to-the-cabinet trials starting in July. This trial involves testin... Read More |
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Orange move for T-Mobile fails |
02/06/09 |
| Orange is understood to have made an offer for T-Mobile's British operation but has been rebuffed by the company's German parent, Deutsche Telekom, according to a report ... Read More |
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Mobile recycling report |
02/06/09 |
| According to the GSM Association, recycling for mobile devices is increasing. Currently, recognised take-back or recycling schemes operate in more than 85 countries, the ... Read More |
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Cash grab at Mainline’s new Dealer Referral Scheme |
02/06/09 |
| Orange distributor, Mainline Digital Communications, is giving its dealers the opportunity to earn fistfuls of cold hard cash with the launch of its brand new Dealer Refe... Read More |
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Nokia and Vodafone launch Nokia 6730 classic |
02/06/09 |
| Consumers wanting a feature packed mobile only have to look as far as the new Nokia 6730 classic, which begins shipping in June and will be available exclusively across V... Read More |
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Sony Ericsson’s Pocket TV offers new consumer experience |
02/06/09 |
| Sony Ericsson’s Pocket TV, a distinct music-based entertainment show that can be watched on a mobile handset or online via YouTube, will launch on Thursday 4 June.
S... Read More |
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Android to appear in netbooks and 20 phones |
02/06/09 |
| by Caroline Gabriel, ReThink Wireless
Google said at its annual developer conference that there could be up to 20 Android phones on the market by year end, though as S... Read More |
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Businessman Launches Innovative Telecoms Brand |
02/06/09 |
| A businessman is promising SMEs a fresh approach to telecoms, with the unveiling of his new company. Simon Stockdale has launched Pandala Communications on the back of 15... Read More |
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Actimax Drives Marketing at Dealer Showrooms |
02/06/09 |
| Reseller Actimax Plc has enabled one of the most successful motor companies in the South East, the West London Motor Group, to significantly improve its business efficien... Read More |
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Uniworld Premiership Road Shows |
01/06/09 |
| Reseller Uniworld Communications recently held successful channel road shows at the homes Premiership football clubs, Manchester United, Chelsea and Aston Villa.
The r... Read More |
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82% of UK Organisations Concerned About Network Performance |
01/06/09 |
| Research released today by enterprise ICT solutions and service provider, Damovo UK, has revealed that 82% of UK organisations are concerned about their network performan... Read More |
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Computertel and Aurix Partner to Offer Call Recording and Speech Analytics |
01/06/09 |
| ComputerTel, providers of Call Recording and Quality Monitoring software, are announcing a partnership with Speech technology specialist Aurix. The partnership enables Co... Read More |
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Trend Communications Improves ADSL Tester |
01/06/09 |
| Trend Communications has announced significant product improvements to its hand held ADSL tester, model MC2+.
ADSL, which is the principal method used to connect broad... Read More |
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Nimans Expands Systems Range |
01/06/09 |
| Nimans has expanded its systems portfolio by adding three major global brands - Samsung, Aastra and Nortel - to provide resellers with more choice and convenience.
Ni... Read More |
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Orange launches £5 pay as you go monthly tariff |
01/06/09 |
| Orange has today announced that it is extending its pay monthly (PAYM) range to include a £5 tariff, the lowest contract price point on the market, alongside new £10 and ... Read More |
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3 UK sweetens its prepaid offering |
01/06/09 |
| 3 UK has announced that from 1 June 2009, all new and existing prepaid customers will get free texts based on the value of their top up (starting from 25 texts for £5). I... Read More |
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Shareholders bail at ECMS |
01/06/09 |
| France Telecom has announced that its fully owned subsidiary, Orange Participations, has received expressions of interest from a number of shareholders of the Egyptian Co... Read More |
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Idou becomes Satio: still high risk for Sony Ericsson |
01/06/09 |
| by Caroline Gabriel, ReThink Wireless
For all the risks of ditching its iconic Walkman and Cybershot brands, Sony Ericsson seems determined to plow ahead rapidly, and ... Read More |
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Orange brings BlackBerry Curve to pay as you go |
01/06/09 |
| Orange has announced the launch of the BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone exclusively on pay as you go. The offering builds on the success of the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 smar... Read More |
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Innovation remains strong during economic downturn |
01/06/09 |
| Survey findings released by the GSM Association reveal that an overwhelming majority of global mobile network operators, investors and technology vendors believe that the... Read More |
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Peter Jones launches online charity tennis auction |
01/06/09 |
| Children’s charity, The Peter Jones Foundation, has partnered with eBay to offer tennis fans the chance to bid to partner one of three legendary tennis players in an excl... Read More |
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Number of mobile payment users to increase 70% this year |
01/06/09 |
| The mobile payment industry will experience steady growth, as the number of mobile payment users worldwide will total 73.4 million in 2009, up 70.4% from 2008 when there ... Read More |
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