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LG brings its first Android device to market |
15/09/09 |
LG Electronics (LG), a global leader and technology innovator in mobile communications, has announced its first Android mobile device, the LG-GW620, broadening its global... Read More |
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SingTel first in Asia to launch INQ Mini 3G |
15/09/09 |
| Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) and INQ Mobile have announced that SingTel mobile customers will soon become the first in Asia and among the first in the world to ... Read More |
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Fixed Price Ethernet |
15/09/09 |
| Virtual1 the UK wholesale provider for Internet and MPLS solutions has announced fixed price Ethernet MPLS and Internet solutions for the Channel. The package, which avai... Read More |
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VIP and Opal Get Connected |
15/09/09 |
| VIP Computer Centre Ltd (VIP), the UK independent distributor of computer components and peripherals, today announced the launch of a new service made available to the Wa... Read More |
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ETSI and GlobalPlatform sign MoU for joint initiatives |
15/09/09 |
| The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) and GlobalPlatform have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance their joint initiatives in an off... Read More |
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Avenir Telecom hires Paul Sandy to drive new business |
15/09/09 |
| Avenir Telecom, the UK B2B telecoms distributor, has announced the addition of Paul Sandy to its indirect sales team. His role will be to focus on the acquisition of new ... Read More |
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mopay.co.uk launches new TV ad campaign |
15/09/09 |
| mopay.co.uk, the UK online mobile recycler, has launched its first ever TV advertising campaign that will be shown on satellite and freeview, on music and entertainment c... Read More |
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Ofcom to regulate video on demand |
14/09/09 |
| Under revised European law, content on video on demand (VoD) services such as BBC iPlayer, 4OD, ITV Player, SkyPlayer and Demand Five will be regulated from 19 December 2... Read More |
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Excellent customer feedback follows Mayflex course |
14/09/09 |
| Mayflex, the cabling infrastructure, networking and physical security solutions distributor, has seen recent success in the first of a series of CCTV Over IP Networking c... Read More |
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2ergo Appoints Head of MNO/MVNOs and Public Sector |
14/09/09 |
| 2ergo, a provider of mobile enabling technology, has appointed Mark Gilburt as Head of MNO/MVNOs and Public Sector. This appointment fulfils a crucial component in 2ergo’... Read More |
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VIP and Opal Get Connected |
14/09/09 |
| VIP Computer Centre Ltd (VIP), the UK’s leading independent distributor of computer components and peripherals, today announced the launch of a new service made available... Read More |
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Avaya Selected to Acquire Nortel Enterprise Solutions |
14/09/09 |
| Avaya today announced it was selected to acquire Nortel Enterprise Solutions for US $900 million in proceeds to Nortel and an additional pool of $15 million reserved for ... Read More |
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Nio harnesses Bluetooth for mobile phone alarm |
14/09/09 |
| British mobile innovator TenBu has unveiled a gadget that secures mobile phones and other data rich portable devices by creating a personal alarm system powered by Blueto... Read More |
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Sony Ericsson’s FanWalk is back |
14/09/09 |
| Sony Ericsson is inviting music fans to apply for the second annual Sony Ericsson FanWalk experience for the chance to attend the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards and win the... Read More |
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Yahoo! launches Flickr mobile application for iPhone |
14/09/09 |
| Yahoo! has announced the availability of Flickr as a mobile application for the iPhone. The launch underlines Yahoo!’s commitment to bringing the PC experience to the mob... Read More |
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Red Box Recorders and MIND CTI Team Up |
14/09/09 |
| Call logging vendors MIND CTI and Red Box Recorders have teamed-up to launch an integrated voice recorder and call logging solution. Channel partners will now benefit fro... Read More |
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Palm Pixi Phone to hits US for winter holidays |
11/09/09 |
| Palm has introduced the Palm Pixi phone for faster, more intuitive and personal communication in a compact and customizable design.
With the instinctively useable Pal... Read More |
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GSMA endorses Integrated Mobile Broadcast |
11/09/09 |
| The GSMA, which represents the interests of the worldwide mobile communications industry, has announced that it has endorsed a new 3GPP standard, Integrated Mobile Broadc... Read More |
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Greyhound launches UK intercity services with free WiFi |
11/09/09 |
| Icomera, provider of cellular broadband gateways, has announced that Greyhound has selected Icomera's award-winning Moovbox M200 Mobile Broadband Gateway to provide WiFi ... Read More |
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What comes after the merger? IDC analyst talks |
11/09/09 |
| John Delaney, research director for European consumer mobile at IDC, commented on what will happen after the T-Mobile –Orange merger in the UK.
“After months of specul... Read More |
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Vodafone To Launch Mobile Broadband Hotspot |
11/09/09 |
| Vodafone has launched their Vodafone Mobile Broadband Hotspot, extending the benefits of mobile broadband from laptop and netbook customers to users of all Wi-Fi enabled ... Read More |
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Toshiba announced launch of TG01Windows phone |
10/09/09 |
| Toshiba Information Systems (UK), mobile communications division, has announced the launch of the TG01 Windows phone, a variant of its groundbreaking TG01 featuring the ... Read More |
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Sony Ericsson brings excitement to the fans for the 2010 FIFA World Cup |
10/09/09 |
| Sony Ericsson announced the launch of its Extra Man campaign for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. The campaign aims to deliver the ultimate football experience to al... Read More |
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Mobile operators to gain little from the UC revolution |
10/09/09 |
| The number of enterprise wireless unified communications (UC) connections will skyrocket by 2014, but few mobile operators are in a position to compete to UC-enable mobil... Read More |
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MEF boosts commitment with appointment of policy and initiatives officer |
10/09/09 |
| MEF, the global trade association of the mobile media industry, has announced the appointment of Miranda Roberts as policy and initiatives officer.
The new appointme... Read More |
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T-Mobile and Orange move to upset UK status quo |
10/09/09 |
| UK mobile network operators T-Mobile and Orange have announced exclusive negotiations to combine their UK operations into a 50:50 joint venture. Based on December 2008 fi... Read More |
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ITU Secretary-General gives T-Mobile and Orange merger thumbs up |
10/09/09 |
| Secretary-General of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Dr H. Touré, has commented positively on the proposed merger of T-Mobile and Orange in the UK. Dr T... Read More |
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HTC Tattoo brings Android to all |
10/09/09 |
| HTC Corporation has introduced the HTC Tattoo, an Android-based phone that brings broad personalisation to the masses. With its distinct design and ability to personalize... Read More |
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BT Wholesale Supporting Vodafone Entrance into SME UC Market |
10/09/09 |
| Vodafone UK and BT have extended their long term partnership that will see Vodafone provide fixed line communications targeting small to medium sized businesses (SMEs) in... Read More |
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Vodafone UK Targets SMEs with FMC Offer |
10/09/09 |
| According to Vodafone small and medium sized businesses can save up to 20% on their communications costs with their One Net, a service they say combines fixed and mobile ... Read More |
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Commsworld appoints industry expert |
10/09/09 |
| Scottish voice and data company Commsworld has appointed industry expert Steve Edwards to the role of Corporate Business Development Consultant.
With a career spanning... Read More |
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Geffen UK joins forces with AdMob |
09/09/09 |
| Geffen UK, the standalone record label rolled out by the Universal Music UK, is promoting female pop duo Mini Viva's debut single 'Left My Heart in Tokyo’ with the help o... Read More |
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NEC helps Pannon meet demand for mobile apps and services |
09/09/09 |
| NEC Corporation, a provider of microwave and optical solutions, has announced that Pannon, the second largest mobile operator in Hungary and a subsidiary of Telenor, has ... Read More |
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Mobile Commerce partners with O2 for location-based money search |
09/09/09 |
| Mobile Commerce, the UK provider of location based services (LBS) and mobile content integration, has partnered with O2 to provide LBS for O2 Money, the new business with... Read More |
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Industry heads develop technical spec for IMS network services |
09/09/09 |
| Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Fujitsu, NEC Corporation (NEC), Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) and NTT DOCOMO (DOCOMO) have announced the joint development and successful testing... Read More |
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Avenir and O2 launch ‘All I want for Christmas…’ |
09/09/09 |
| Avenir Telecom, the UK B2B telecoms distributor, has announced a major sales incentive promotion in conjunction with O2. Channel sales of various products and services, i... Read More |
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T-Mobile UK to go into joint venture with Orange |
09/09/09 |
| by Caroline Gabriel
Two of Europe's largest telcos, Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom, are to merge their UK mobile arms, as FT's Orange emerged as the favoured par... Read More |
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MMA extends deadline for Global Mobile Marketing Awards |
08/09/09 |
| The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) has announced the extension of the nomination deadline for its annual Global Awards. Entrants now have until 14 September to put fo... Read More |
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Mobile cloud computing subscribers to total nearly one billion by 2014 |
08/09/09 |
| ABI Research forecasts that the number of mobile cloud computing subscribers worldwide will grow rapidly over the next five years, rising from 42.8 million subscribers in... Read More |
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Sprint turns to Android to make up for Pre disappointment |
08/09/09 |
| by Caroline Gabriel
With Sprint likely disappointed by its flagship handset launch of 2009, the Palm Pre, the operator is turning to Android to revive its smartphone ... Read More |
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Zenprise automates mobile security and expense management |
08/09/09 |
| Zenprise, a provider of mobile management software, has announced the addition of security and expense management to its MobileManager platform.
Zenprise MobileManag... Read More |
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Zenprise opens UK office to fuel overseas growth |
08/09/09 |
| Zenprise, an automating mobile management provider, has announced that it has opened an office in Slough, UK to meet growing international demand for its mobile managemen... Read More |
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T-Mobile UK and Orange UK to merge say parent companies |
08/09/09 |
| Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom have announced that they have entered into exclusive negotiations to combine T-Mobile UK and Orange UK in a new 50:50 joint venture co... Read More |
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Nimans Launches NEC Webinar Programme |
08/09/09 |
| Nimans is launching a series of informative webinars so NEC resellers can keep up-to-speed with all the latest industry developments from the comfort of their own office.... Read More |
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Streamlining at Mitel Sees Senior Departures |
07/09/09 |
| Mitel has moved to quell rumours in the channel by issuing a statement regarding company performance and organisational structures.
“Despite the recession impacting th... Read More |
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More Superbikes Sponsorship For Node4 |
07/09/09 |
| A world away from the high-security temperature controlled environment of the data centre, Node4 this year got involved in the noise and excitement of British Superbikes.... Read More |
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ThinkGrid Launches ‘IT Services from the Cloud’ Partner Programme |
07/09/09 |
| ThinkGrid, the provider of IT services from the cloud, has officially launches its partner programme, giving the channel the ability to quickly capture opportunity from t... Read More |
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Nokia lays groundwork for 2010 with new Ovi and S60 tools |
07/09/09 |
| by Caroline Gabriel
Last week’s Nokia World event was, as expected, heavily focused on the Finnish giant's software and services ambitions, despite the appearance of ... Read More |
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Sony Ericsson realigns brand in next stage of company transformation |
07/09/09 |
| Sony Ericsson has announced the next stage of its ongoing business transformation with the realignment of its external visual identity and brand values in order to delive... Read More |
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Level 3 launches advanced reporting service for CDN customers |
07/09/09 |
| Level 3 Communications has announced the launch of the Level 3 Content Analytics service, a new reporting platform for content delivery network (CDN) customers that provi... Read More |
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Vodafone announces eight own brand devices ready for Christmas |
07/09/09 |
| Vodafone has announced eight new additions to its own branded consumer devices, building on the success of over 20 million handsets shipped so far under the Vodafone bran... Read More |
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Call.com domain sells for $1.1 million |
07/09/09 |
| Online domain marketplace Sedo has announced the sale of ‘call.com’ for $1.1milllion. The announcement marks the highest sale of a telecoms-related domain name this year,... Read More |
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Nokia and Telecom Italia sign agreement for Nokia Messaging |
07/09/09 |
| Nokia and Telecom Italia have announced the new offer of Nokia Messaging, an easy to use messaging service, to Telecom Italia customers in Italy.
From the middle of S... Read More |
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Score a hat-trick at Convergence Summit South with ipcortex |
07/09/09 |
| Once again, ipcortex, the UK based company behind the VoIPCortex IP PBX will be exhibiting at the Convergence Summit South event in October. Located on stand 49, they wi... Read More |
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Notts Police Cop a Killing with MLL |
07/09/09 |
| Nottinghamshire Police says it has made substantial cost savings while increasing the connectivity between its sites and enabling new services for staff and public, by sw... Read More |
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Nimans Launches New Compact Trade Catalogue |
04/09/09 |
| Nimans has launched a new compact Trade Directory catalogue which showcases thousands of the latest telecoms products. The handy sized 2009/10 edition has been specifical... Read More |
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IP Emphasis Grows for Nimans |
04/09/09 |
| Nimans is reporting an enthusiastic response to the launch of a new version of Panasonic’s highly successful Network Communication Platform, the KX-NCP - which represents... Read More |
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Vortex 6 Gains Cisco Authorised Training Status |
04/09/09 |
| Cisco have appointed Vortex 6 as it newest Learning Partner in the UK. Vortex 6 is the creation of Peter Olive who has been joined by an experienced senior management tea... Read More |
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Samsung’s first Android smartphone now on sale with O2 |
04/09/09 |
| Samsung Mobile UK has announced that its Galaxy handset (i7500) is now available on the O2 network in the UK through O2. The Samsung Galaxy is the company’s first device ... Read More |
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Vodafone first to bring new LG Windows handset to Europe |
04/09/09 |
| Vodafone and LG Electronics have announced the launch of the LG GM750, a new Windows phone based on Windows Mobile 6.5, available from 6 October.
Fully loaded with fu... Read More |
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Women win remote control battle |
04/09/09 |
| New research from O2 has revealed the battle between the sexes for the remote control has finally drawn to an end and women have come out on top.
Mums claim to be in ... Read More |
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Mobile Entertainment Forum announces regulatory tour |
04/09/09 |
| The Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) will tour four key Southeast Asian countries to foster collaboration between regulators and members and create an environment conduci... Read More |
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Most annoying mobile users top 10 |
04/09/09 |
| A new survey has unearthed the ten most annoying habits people are guilty of when it comes to using their mobile phone, with talking too loudly into your mobile ranked as... Read More |
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NEC Univerge Helps Workers Stay Connected On the Move |
04/09/09 |
| NEC is allowing businesses to stay in touch on the move with the launch of the UNIVERGE MH240 Multi-line Mobile Handset.
The company says their MH240 delivers all of t... Read More |
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Brand-Rex Introduces Complete High Density Fibre Solution |
04/09/09 |
| Global supplier of structured cabling solutions attacks existing cable management headaches with innovations that transform cabinet installation layouts, onsite deploymen... Read More |
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Node4 Reduces Cost of High Speed Ethernet Packages |
04/09/09 |
| Communications and Data Centre specialist Node4 has introduced a range of new high capacity ethernet packages starting at £399 per month for a 10Mb connection.
Availab... Read More |
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Admiral Voice and Data set to grow with Aastra |
04/09/09 |
| Admiral Voice and Data has been awarded Premier partner status for SME products and Certified partner status for enterprise products under the new Aastra channel partner ... Read More |
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Griffin Recognised with IIP Award. |
03/09/09 |
| Griffin recently achieved the prestigious Investors in People (IIP) award after an extensive assessment of the business that included interviews with staff and a thorough... Read More |
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BT to Accelerate Next Generation Broadband Market |
03/09/09 |
| BT has announced the introduction of a new broadband service enhancement that will enable communications providers to deliver a mix of next-generation and legacy broadban... Read More |
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Siemens Announces Global Sales and Service Partnership with Netlink |
03/09/09 |
| Siemens Enterprise Communications Group (SEN Group) and Netlink, one of the fastest growing U.S.-based providers of IT solutions, have announced a strategic global sales ... Read More |
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Board Changes at Daisy |
03/09/09 |
| Daisy Group plc has announced the appointment of Anthony Riley as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, with immediate effect.
Anthony is a chartered accountant and ... Read More |
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DMSL Calls On Resellers to Take Wi-Fi Message Back to Market |
03/09/09 |
| DMSL, the leading distributor of BT broadband and related services in the UK, is calling on resellers to take the message about the benefits of Wi-Fi out to the market ag... Read More |
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Samsung launches Corby touchscreen mobile for kids |
03/09/09 |
| Samsung Electronics has announced the availability of Corby, the S3650 model, its first mobile handset designed to support the highly connected lifestyles of today’s youn... Read More |
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Nokia expands ecosystem opportunities |
03/09/09 |
| Nokia has made it easier for web publishers and developers to create applications with integrated services and native-like user interfaces, quickly and with less effort w... Read More |
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Tele2 chooses ip.access for picocells in Europe |
03/09/09 |
| ip.access, developer of 2G and 3G in-building wireless solutions, has announced that it has signed a frame contract with European mobile operator group Tele2.
The ip.... Read More |
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Accedo Broadband introduces App Store for IPTV |
03/09/09 |
| Accedo Broadband has announced the release of the Accedo App Store for IPTV.
The App Store functionality allows consumers to access their favourite IPTV applications ... Read More |
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Consult Hyperion joins GlobalPlatform membership |
03/09/09 |
| Consult Hyperion, an independent UK-based consultancy that specialises in the fields of secure transactions, contact and contactless multi-application smart card and mobi... Read More |
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Nokia N900 and N97 Mini available on pre-order |
03/09/09 |
| Nokia has announced that its latest Nseries devices, the Nokia N900 and Nokia N97 Mini, are now available to pre-order online from the Nokia online shop.
Priced SIM-fr... Read More |
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Live life without boundaries with the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2 |
03/09/09 |
| Sony Ericsson has announced the XPERIA X2, a new Windows phone that offers a best in class email and multimedia experience. In the modern world where 24/7 communication i... Read More |
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North Bristol NHS Trust Transforming Patient Care Alcatel-Lucent’s Comms Solution |
02/09/09 |
| Alcatel-Lucent has announced that North Bristol NHS Trust – one of the largest NHS Trusts in England – is deploying Alcatel-Lucent solutions to overhaul its telecommunica... Read More |
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ACT Conferencing Launches New Video Conferencing Managed Services |
02/09/09 |
| Due to increased demand worldwide for its video conferencing services, ACT Conferencing has unveiled new video conferencing managed services as well as an online conferen... Read More |
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BE and Cerberus Networks Partnership a Hit with Channel |
02/09/09 |
| The partnership between ISP BE Broadband and Cerberus Networks for business providers has already proven to be a recession beater, with 50 partners signed up during the f... Read More |
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Easynet Global Services Makes Four New Appointments |
02/09/09 |
| Easynet Global Services, the international provider of managed network, hosting and telepresence services, has announced some new changes to its management team, which wi... Read More |
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CCI Launches B2B Division |
02/09/09 |
| Storage and multimedia distributor CCI Distribution has announced the launch of its new Professional Storage division, designed to provide channel partners with pre-integ... Read More |
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Apple approves Spotify for iPhone |
02/09/09 |
| Andrew McCormick, Revolution Magazine
Apple has approved Spotify's iPhone app, enabling millions of handset owners to gain unlimited access to the music service on the... Read More |
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Orange to acquire Unamis digital advertising network |
02/09/09 |
| The Orange France Telecom Group has announced that it has acquired 100% of Unanimis, the UK's largest exclusive digital advertising network.
Through the combination o... Read More |
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Nortel and LG Electronics complete CDMA and LTE handover |
02/09/09 |
| Nortel and LG Electronics have demonstrated the world’s first 3GPP standards compliant active handover of a data transmission between a LTE network and a CDMA network.
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Swinton Upgrades to IP Communications with Azzurri |
02/09/09 |
| Swinton Group, the high street insurance broker, has an objective to continue to grow its business through both acquisition and organic development and demonstrate that t... Read More |
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Motorola Android phones to debut on 10 September |
02/09/09 |
| by Caroline Gabriel
Motorola's long awaited Android phones should make their debut on September 10, at an event in San Francisco, but while the US firm has scored maj... Read More |
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Quantifying mobile trends in Western Europe |
02/09/09 |
| Thomas_Husson, Forrester Research
At the end of this year, Forrester expects mobile internet penetration to reach 17% in Western Europe, the same adoption rate for th... Read More |
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Connected Britain Offers £31.7 Billion Savings to UK Business |
01/09/09 |
| UK business could save up to £31.7 billion by helping workers fulfill their ideal work/life balance, according to a report by Orange into the impact of universal connecti... Read More |
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Blue Chip named Cisco Premier Partner |
01/09/09 |
| ICT specialist Blue Chip, has announced that they are a Cisco Premier Certified Partner.
Blue Chip already has experience in the implementation of Cisco solutions for ... Read More |
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Ebay Revelation over Skype is a Warning about VoIP |
01/09/09 |
| Graham Francis of Cambridgeshire based company OpenCloud says that the recent revelation that ebay may in fact not own the IPR for the peer-to-peer protocol that supports... Read More |
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Siemon Claim to Cut Termination Time in Half |
01/09/09 |
| Siemon has launched a new XLR8 mechanical splice connector and termination system for fibre optic cabling. The XLR8 system incorporates an exclusive dual-process activati... Read More |
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Opal Launch Dealer Incentive |
01/09/09 |
| Opal, the provider of next generation communication technologies for the channel, has today announced an aggressive new dealer incentive, offering partners powerful new w... Read More |
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Openwave appoints Heikki Makijarvi |
01/09/09 |
| Openwave Systems, one of the world’s main software innovators offering a mediation platform and tools to mobilise the internet, has announced the appointment of Heikki Ma... Read More |
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Buy and sell words on Twiiter (kayak, jerk and pants all less than $2) |
01/09/09 |
| Gareth Jones, Revolution Magazine
Pretweeting is a new Twitter app that allows users to maker a virtual profit by buying and selling words on the microblogging service... Read More |
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New faces join Swains |
01/09/09 |
| ISP Swains plc has just welcomed six new members of staff to their Norfolk-based team.
Paul Norman and Trevor Wootton, Business Development Managers, have joined the... Read More |
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Samsung launches application store in Europe |
01/09/09 |
| Samsung has announced that it will launch a new on-device application store for Samsung Smartphone users on 14 September.
The Application Store will open in the UK, Fr... Read More |
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Synchronica-Pakistan contract win |
01/09/09 |
| Synchronica, the AIM-listed mobile email and synchronisation provider, has announced it has signed a contract with a mobile operator in Pakistan for an initial 50,000 use... Read More |
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Ipadio releases audio blogging and mobile broadcasting Android app |
01/09/09 |
| Ipadio’s first Android app is in the market now, hot on the heels of last month’s iPhone app. It gives users the choice between recording high quality audio for publicati... Read More |
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3G networks will face capacity problems in 2010 |
01/09/09 |
| 3G traffic volumes will continue to increase significantly, and some HSPA networks will have capacity shortfalls by the middle of 2010.
A new report from Unwired Ins... Read More |
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Atia Secure PCT Infrastructure Business |
01/09/09 |
| Atia Communications are deploying hosted voice services and infrastructure to UK Primary Care Trusts (PCT’s). The infrastructure is to support the first UK health centre... Read More |
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