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Adapt in £30m Co-location Space Deal |
14/09/07 |
Independent Virtual Network Operator (VNO), Adapt, today announced that, as part of its continuing service expansion programme, it has secured an additional 15 000 squar... Read More |
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Horizon equIP Puts Leading Encryption Expertise on ICE |
14/09/07 |
| Horizon equIP Technology, a specialist IP security integrating distributor, announced today it has attained Ingrian Networks’ ICE (Ingrian Certified Engineer) accreditati... Read More |
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Comtec Launches Managed Service for SMB and Mid Market |
14/09/07 |
| Comtec Enterprises, the ICT solutions company, today launches its first network management service, the Comtec Care Solid Ground Solution, in collaboration with Cisco. T... Read More |
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Rocom Report a Record August |
14/09/07 |
| Distributor Rocom reports that the company has enjoyed a record August for system sales with 30 per cent growth on the same period last year. Panasonic, NEC and Samsung s... Read More |
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Alcatel-Lucent Issues Another Profit Warning |
14/09/07 |
| French-US telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent issued its second profit-warning of the year Thursday, sparking a sharp fall in the group's share price despite managemen... Read More |
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Entanet Selected as Only Non-BT Company for the First BT 21CN Broadband Trial |
14/09/07 |
| Voice and data communications provider (CP) Entanet has been selected as the only non-BT company to participate in BT’s first 21CN broadband trial. The other CPs involved... Read More |
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Virtual1 Launch IP Express – Dedicated Internet Access 2M – 40M |
14/09/07 |
| Service provider Virtual1 has announced the launch of IP Express, a new managed Internet service at 2M to 40M at what they say are the most cost effective rates in the in... Read More |
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CTI Monthly from NMS |
13/09/07 |
| New Media Software, vendors of the Adaptive range of CT solutions for business, has introduced CTI Monthly, a scheme designed to provide resellers with a way of selling m... Read More |
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Cisco Invests in Channels – New Initiatives Announced |
13/09/07 |
| As part of its continuing effort to help build a collaborative and adaptive channel to accelerate customer and partner success, Cisco has introduced the Cisco Industry So... Read More |
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Gamma Telecom Creates New Sales Roles |
13/09/07 |
| Gamma Telecom has announced the creation of two new IP Sales Specialist roles in order to continue to support its channel partners in their go-to-market strategies and to... Read More |
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BT To Acquire INS Group S.A. |
13/09/07 |
| BT announced today that it agreed to acquire INS Group S.A. (“INS”), a Belgium-based network and systems integrator. The acquisition will strengthen BT’s operations in th... Read More |
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End of an Era as Freemantle ‘Hangs Up’ after 20 Years With Nimans |
13/09/07 |
| Michael Freemantle has witnessed many significant changes during a near 20-year career with distributor Nimans - clocking up more than one million business miles prior to... Read More |
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TeleWare Joins Gartner “Visionaries” |
13/09/07 |
| TeleWare, a provider of intelligent hosted and on-premise communication solutions to businesses and service providers, has been included in the Gartner Magic Quadrant rep... Read More |
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Convergence Group Build Data Centre For Blue Chip |
13/09/07 |
| Convergence Group, the UK based Virtual Network Operator, have constructed a state of the art multi–tenant data centre for their partner Blue Chip, the largest independen... Read More |
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OpenHand Sales Training: “The Stadium Tour” |
12/09/07 |
| OpenHand is going on the road again with a series of five sales training seminars following up on the very successful technical training days that were held last year.
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Corporate Telecommunications Aims for £1m from New Website |
12/09/07 |
| Corporate Telecommunications, a leading distributor of headsets, handsets, audio conferencing, voice and data installation equipment, has announced bold plans to almost d... Read More |
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Netcall in 3-Year Deal with Cable & Wireless |
12/09/07 |
| Netcall, a provider of call-back, auto-messaging and contact solutions, has announced a new three year strategic partnership with Cable & Wireless Europe, Asia and US. Un... Read More |
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New Sales Director for Comstor |
12/09/07 |
| Distributor Westcon Group has appointed Clive Hailstone as Sales Director for Comstor UK and Ireland. Hailstone joins the business following Simon Thompson’s appointment ... Read More |
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Channel Team Beats Top Gear Team in Britain’s Answer to Le Mans |
12/09/07 |
| A scratch, amateur IT industry team came an amazing 29th out of 80 entrants in the Britcar 24 hours race at Silverstone last weekend. The team, bearing the slogan ‘Kasper... Read More |
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Daisy Staff relax in the Sun |
12/09/07 |
| Lancashire-based Daisy Communications is quickly gaining a reputation as “the” company to work for after taking its employees on holiday to Spain.
At the weekend 25 lu... Read More |
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Actimax Celebrate 10th Birthday |
12/09/07 |
| IT Director Marc Good became the star of a company’s 10th anniversary celebrations – because their success stories have run along parallel lines.
Basildon based Actima... Read More |
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BT Unveils Massive Suffolk Development |
12/09/07 |
| Local press has picked up on BT’s vision for the future of its Adastral Park research and development facility in Suffolk which could create more than 1,000 new jobs.
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Call Recording for Mobiles Delivers Industry Compliance |
12/09/07 |
| Compliant Phones Ltd today announced that it has been awarded Vodafone Certified application status for its Compliant Voice application.
With Compliant Voice, Profes... Read More |
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Entanet – One Step Ahead on VoIP |
12/09/07 |
| Darren Farnden, Marketing Manager at Entanet believes that one of the many reasons why resellers choose to resell hosted IP telephony solutions is the ease to maintain an... Read More |
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Tesco Make Further Bid for VoIP Market |
11/09/07 |
| Tesco Telecoms has announced it is launching landline-style call plans for its internet phone service they say will revolutionise the market and give customers the best v... Read More |
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Aruba Gains Wireless Market Share |
11/09/07 |
| Mobility solutions vendor Aruba Networks has announced that its share of the enterprise wireless LAN market has risen to greater than 10% in the second quarter of 2007 fr... Read More |
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Siemens and Belgravium Team Up |
11/09/07 |
| Siemens Financial Services (Siemens), a leading provider of asset-finance solutions in the UK, has announced its partnership with Belgravium Ltd., leading manufacturers o... Read More |
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Entanet Challenges Rivals to “Step Up To The Mark” on Technical Support |
11/09/07 |
| UK Internet industry risks long-term damage to its reputation if action is not taken to follow the company’s lead in reducing call waiting and response times.
Entanet,... Read More |
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Call Recording: Resellers ‘Scratching Surface’ of £2.5bn Market |
11/09/07 |
| The market for business call recording in UK is worth a potential £2.5bn - and resellers have only begun to scratch the surface. With over three million companies across ... Read More |
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Vcomm Goes for ISDN Replacement Market |
11/09/07 |
| Newbury based distributor Vcomm has signed an exclusive agreement to supply and support ViBE across the reseller and service provider community.
Vcomm say ViBE allows... Read More |
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Tandberg to Acquire Codian |
11/09/07 |
| Tandberg, a leader in visual communication, is to acquire Codian, an award-winning developer of high-definition videoconferencing infrastructure products. The transaction... Read More |
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Enta Steps Up its Credit Terms for Customers |
10/09/07 |
| Distributor Enta Technologies has improved its offerings to its Account Card customers, providing better terms to help its customers improve their cashflow. The revised t... Read More |
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Hosted has More than a Foothold say Mitel |
10/09/07 |
| Will Waters, business development director at Mitel has told Comms Business Magazine that a year on from the Convergence Summit 2006 he have seen a significant growth in ... Read More |
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Voice Connect Launch Channel Product for Schools |
10/09/07 |
| In a departure from their normal strategy Voice Connect has designed and marketed a new solution solely for its resellers.
The new product, known as 'InformerSoft Prim... Read More |
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Stone me, What a Co-incidence! |
10/09/07 |
| Rolling Stones fan Steven Swann got some satisfaction when, out of the blue, he was selected to see his heroes in action at the O2 stadium in Greenwich, London.
And he... Read More |
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Vosky Announces VoSKY Exchange Pro |
10/09/07 |
| Skype for business solutions provider Vosky is trailing the forthcoming release of VoSKY Exchange Pro, a turnkey PBX-to-Skype appliance that enables businesses to enhance... Read More |
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Daisy Links up with… Link Telecom |
10/09/07 |
| Lancashire-based Daisy, one of the UK’s leading independent fixed line service providers, has penned an agreement that will see customers of the mobile company enjoy acce... Read More |
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Mitel to Cut 200 Jobs in Wake of Inter-Tel Merger |
10/09/07 |
| Reports last week from Canada indicate that Mitel is cutting up to six per cent of its workforce after its recent US$723 million deal to acquire U.S.-based Inter-Tel.
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Broadband Value Add Revenues up 81% in 2006. |
10/09/07 |
| According to the latest Point Topic report, the market for consumer broadband value-added services (BVAS) grew by 81% during 2006. With over $16 billion in revenues, cons... Read More |
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Pipecentric Hosted Voice Seminar |
07/09/07 |
| VoIP company Pipecentric is running a Hosted Telephony Seminar on 23rd October 2007 at the Glebe Hotel Barford, Warwick
“Not just any seminar” they say, adding that if... Read More |
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Horizon equIP Has Extreme Expertise |
07/09/07 |
| Basingstoke based specialist IP security integrating distributor, Horizon equIP Technology, has announced that it has become the most highly accredited Extreme distributo... Read More |
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Commsworld Founder Exits on a High |
07/09/07 |
| Commsworld has today announced that David McKenzie has decided to exit the company on the back of record financial results. Having co-founded Commsworld with Richard Nico... Read More |
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Thus Launches Demon Virtual Server |
07/09/07 |
| Network operator Thus has launched Demon Virtual Server, a network-based virtual server solution, saying the product provides all the features and functionality of a dedi... Read More |
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Alcatel-Lucent Strikes SIP Deal with Voice Unlimited |
07/09/07 |
| Alcatel-Lucent has joined with VoIP Unlimited to provide Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunking services to businesses in the UK. The new services allow business par... Read More |
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Alcatel-Lucent to Deploy Wireless Networks |
07/09/07 |
| Alcatel-Lucent say that secure and centrally managed Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) are being deployed at all three of Thames Valley University's campuses to provid... Read More |
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Alcatel-Lucent Lead Euro Enterprise Telephony Market |
07/09/07 |
| Gartner has ranked Alcatel-Lucent number one in the Western European enterprise telephony market for the fifth consecutive year, with 17 percent market share in 2006 base... Read More |
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Telecomplete has Fused! |
07/09/07 |
| Telecomplete and Mywebcalls, the Manchester based ISP and VoIP services provider, is pleased to announce they have re-branded and created a group structure under the name... Read More |
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A Northern presence for Zycko |
07/09/07 |
| Zycko Academy, the training arm of Zycko, the value-added distributor of convergent storage and IP solutions is to deliver new instructor led courses in a new Northern tr... Read More |
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TeleWare Upgrades their Service Manager |
06/09/07 |
| TeleWare has announced new capabilities within its web-based Service Manager deployment and configuration tools. Service Manager is used by TeleWare partners to set up cu... Read More |
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BT Sets Out 21CN Agenda for resellers |
06/09/07 |
| In the week that has seen 90% of Comms Business Magazine readers express concern over the amount of information forthcoming from BT regarding their next generation networ... Read More |
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Williams Departs ATC |
06/09/07 |
| Group Marketing Director Campbell Williams has left ATC Group with immediate effect.
Williams, for nine years an outspoken, opinioned but respected front man for Mite... Read More |
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Competition Reignites Broadband Growth in Europe |
06/09/07 |
| The results of the European Competitive Telecommunications Association’s (ECTA) bi-annual Broadband Scorecard show that broadband penetration in the EU has reached an all... Read More |
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IPT Training for Avaya & Cisco IP Systems |
06/09/07 |
| The SAS Group, a provider of IP-based network and communication infrastructure services, has launched a bespoke training service to help businesses maximise the potential... Read More |
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VoIP Centrex Market Grows Rapidly But Fails to Fulfil Promise for Small Business |
06/09/07 |
| In the latest edition to their quarterly Convergence Bulletin, illume reveal a significant upturn in the numbers of UK Business users of ‘Centrex style’ VoIP. With over a... Read More |
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Nimans Plantronics Promotion Ahead of the Game |
06/09/07 |
| Distributor Nimans is reporting an ‘amazing response’ to a Plantronics wireless headset promotion which offers selected dealers the opportunity to provide their customers... Read More |
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Westell Enables BT PBX Net Offering |
06/09/07 |
| Convergence migration specialist Westell Limited says BT is using its IiQ 2030 gateway product to allow them to launch a new solution in its convergence portfolio called ... Read More |
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Cable & Wireless Introduces Fixed Cost Secure Mobility Service |
06/09/07 |
| Cable & Wireless Europe, Asia & US is now offering customers Secure Mobility, a fully managed service enabling secure, fixed cost WiFi access anywhere around the world.
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BT Web Clicks put Business’ Together |
05/09/07 |
| A new search engine marketing service - BT Web Clicks – is helping small businesses to reach new customers over the internet, offering guaranteed results at a fixed cost ... Read More |
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Softlab Recruits Contact Centre Specialist |
05/09/07 |
| Softlab has recently recruited Elisabeth Olafsdottir into its Customer Management practice. Elisabeth is focused on Contact Centres specifically assisting organisations ... Read More |
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Clever IP – a brand new IP Voice and Data Business |
05/09/07 |
| Clever IP, a Cheshire based communications company specialising in the provision of voice and data solutions for business and reseller customers, has announced the formal... Read More |
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Green Policy Pays Dividends for Swyx Reseller |
05/09/07 |
| IP PBX vendor Swyx has reported that one of its top-performing partners, Watford based Atia Solutions, has become the first IP telephony company to be awarded ‘Carbon Neu... Read More |
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Private Mobile Networks Scoops Award |
05/09/07 |
| Private Mobile Networks, the UK provider of private GSM network technology, has been recognised by Frost & Sullivan for its 2007 Entrepreneurial Company Award in recognit... Read More |
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Interoute Attains Microsoft Gold |
05/09/07 |
| Interoute, who operate one of Europe’s most advanced next-generation voice and data network, has attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program. ... Read More |
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2e2 Achieves Gold Certification from Cisco |
05/09/07 |
| Reseller group 2e2 has recertified its Gold status from Cisco, for the ninth year running. The Cisco partner certification program provides 2e2 with the resources to dev... Read More |
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Carphone Warehouse to Sell Avaya SMB PBX – and more… |
05/09/07 |
| TalkTalk Enterprise, part of The Carphone Warehouse group is to begin selling the Avaya Quick Edition to SMB customers.
In an announcement TalkTalk say their initiativ... Read More |
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Alternative Networks Acquire Echo Communications |
05/09/07 |
| Reseller Alternative Networks has announced the acquisition of The Telecom Centre Ltd, trading as Echo Communications (“Echo”), and its subsidiaries for a maximum conside... Read More |
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Is anyone there? |
05/09/07 |
| Failing to carry out one simple task is actually costing UK companies millions of pounds and enormous amounts of lost business every year?
It’s something as straightfo... Read More |
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M2M Launches VoIP Partition Service |
04/09/07 |
| m2m Wholesale has launched a VoIP partition service aimed at helping new and existing service providers to speed up their entry into the voice market.
Based on NexTone... Read More |
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Easynet Deploys Global Managed HD Videoconferencing |
04/09/07 |
| As part of its commitment to delivering managed global solutions, Easynet is to provide managed video conferencing services and Polycom systems to the NDS Group and BSkyB... Read More |
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Rob Sims Joins Convergence Group |
04/09/07 |
| Rob Sims has joined Virtual Network Operator and Wide Area Networking specialist Convergence Group in the role of Commercial Director.
Sims brings many years Sales and... Read More |
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Gradwell Reduces VoIP Rate by 16 percent. |
04/09/07 |
| VoIP provider Gradwell Communications is set to intensify its price challenge in an attempt to consolidate its top 3 status among the UK’s SMEs using VoIP.
“We have re... Read More |
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Private Mobile Networks Scoops Entrepreneurial Company Award |
04/09/07 |
| Private Mobile Networks Ltd, the UK provider of private GSM network technology, today announced it has been recognised by Frost & Sullivan for its 2007 Entrepreneurial Co... Read More |
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Cisco Set to Shape Future of Mobile Business |
04/09/07 |
| Cisco has introduced what they claim is the industry's only integrated 802.11n solution designed to combine superior wireless performance and reliability with simplicity ... Read More |
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ITU Encourages Transitions to NGN |
04/09/07 |
| The ITU has released a major publication, Trends in Telecommunication Reform: the Road to NGN. In its 8th edition, Trends reports on the evolution of circuit-switched tel... Read More |
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Security and Performance Concerns Hold Back UK Wireless Adoption |
03/09/07 |
| Employee mobility (43%), convenience (23%) and increased productivity (12%) are the key factors driving wireless network adoption by UK businesses according to recent ind... Read More |
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Microsoft Strengthens UC Portfolio |
03/09/07 |
| Microsoft has agreed to acquire Chicago-based Parlano, maker of MindAlign, an application for enterprise group chat. Microsoft expects to add Parlano’s group chat functio... Read More |
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Day-to-day IT Challenges are Headache for UK SMEs |
03/09/07 |
| Connect, the IT support company for small to medium-sized businesses, says according to new research everyday IT problems are the biggest headache for SMEs in the UK.
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BT Retail Passes Broadband Milestone |
03/09/07 |
| BT Retail today became the UK’s first broadband supplier to pass the four million customer mark. The achievement cements BT’s position as the UK’s most popular supplier o... Read More |
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Jabra Unveils New Headset Range for Multitasking Office Professionals |
03/09/07 |
| Headset vendor GN has today unveiled a completely new category of Bluetooth headsets. The Jabra JX10, Jabra BT5020 and Jabra BT5010 are the first in a range of Jabra bran... Read More |
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MTV in Sennheiser Distribution Deal |
03/09/07 |
| Distributor MTV Telecom has signed a deal with Sennheiser that will see the company become a full distribution partner for their high end headset range.
Managing Direc... Read More |
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Croft Deploys the Biggest Wireless Network in the North |
01/09/07 |
| Croft Technology has increased communication links within the region by helping to deploy the biggest wireless network in the North.
As part of their ongoing partnersh... Read More |
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