http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk Latest Telecommunications News At 00:01:02 EST en-us Copyright 2011 Miles Publishing Limited http://commsbusiness.co.uk/rss/ Thu, 17 May 2012 00:01:02 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS/Small_Header.gif http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk Vodafone Group Plc announces the following Board changes, which will become effective at the conclusion of the Company's Annual General Meeting being held on 24 July 2012. Sir John Buchanan will retire from the Board in his capacity of Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director as well as me... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16481 Thu, 17 May 2012 17:39:29 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16481 Six months since the launch and Westcoast's Unified Communications team continues their partnership with the channels' leading vendors, such as Aastra, HP, Microsoft and AudioCodes, getting resellers up to speed on the latest UC technology and the benefits it delivers to end users. With an annual... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16472 Thu, 17 May 2012 16:47:28 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16472 Vocal, the emergency notification, business continuity and alerting service specialist advocates a 100% server uptime statement for iModus during the London 2012 Olympic Games. Supporting this statement is the launch of the Vocal Managed Services approach. This announcement comes at a critical time... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16473 Thu, 17 May 2012 16:57:07 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16473 PEER 1 Hosting's cloud division offers better performance and value to customers Recent benchmark tests revealed that Zunicore's cloud hosting services outperform Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), offering customers better system performance and value for their money. UnixBench, th... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16474 Thu, 17 May 2012 17:08:06 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16474 Radio communication distributor, Icom UK is celebrating the appointment of two new company directors. Joining Icom UK's current board of Bob, Dave and Andy Stockley is Sam Taylor-Nobbs as Sales Director and Richard Owen as Financial Director. Both Sam (left) and Richard (right) have worked for Ico... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16475 Thu, 17 May 2012 17:10:11 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16475 Fiberlink®, the leader in software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for secure mobile device management (MDM) and mobile application management (MAM), today announced that Trinity Maxwell will provide MaaS360 to organisations in London and the south of England. As the most comprehensive enterprise devi... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16476 Thu, 17 May 2012 17:15:48 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16476 A new report from Juniper Research has found that mobile network operators face losing nearly one-quarter of revenues – nearly $300 billion – to a combination of fraud and billing error by 2016. However, it argues that through the implementation of revenue assurance and fraud management solutions, n... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16477 Thu, 17 May 2012 17:20:32 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16477 A new weapon has been unveiled in the multi-billion-pound global battle against telephone hacking – to help resellers protect themselves and their customers. Control Phreak, a fully automatic PBX firewall which stops telephone hackers in their tracks, has launched a new software version that incl... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16478 Thu, 17 May 2012 17:23:23 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16478 There is no universal cloud proposition that will meet the overall needs of an organisation, so states Andy Burton, Chair of the Cloud Industry Forum and CEO of Fasthosts. "The Cloud is a means of accessing IT as a service which sits alongside any on-premise capability and does not necessarily re... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16479 Thu, 17 May 2012 17:34:53 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16479 Manchester-based comms specialist Nimans has dialled-up a double charity bonanza by donating a treasure trove of telecoms equipment to a local school – and handing over a cheque for £400. As one of the company's nominated charities, Springwood School at Swinton received a selection of novelty tel... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16480 Thu, 17 May 2012 17:38:06 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16480 The Phone Co-op has reached a turnover milestone having exceeded £10m in its last financial year. The organisation reports 8.8% increase in sales, resulting in a record turnover of £10.08m, as well as improved profitability. Profit before distributions was up 33% to £111,000. Most notably, earnings ... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16470 Wed, 16 May 2012 10:59:04 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16470 Avaya have released financial results for the last six months ending March 31st 2012 in a recent SEC Filing comparing them to Q1 of 2011. A drop of 4.2% in revenues could be a potential hindrance if rumours concerning an IPO come to fruition. These figures have come directly from the Avaya SEC fi... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16471 Wed, 16 May 2012 16:39:27 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16471 Softcat won two major awards – Partner of the Year and Corporate Reseller of the Year – at the EMEA Partner Connections 2012 conference hosted by Sophos, the developer of security software and hardware, at the Grand Hotel Princesa Sofia in Barcelona. The IT provider is Sophos' biggest partner in ... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16456 Wed, 16 May 2012 12:31:14 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16456 Computerlinks adds UCOPIA to its wireless portfolio and allows resellers to deliver secure guest access and rapid ROI to Wi-Fi providers New distribution deal enables resellers to bring cost savings in operations and tech support for Wi-Fi service providers in businesses, hotels, schools, hospita... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16457 Wed, 16 May 2012 12:38:11 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16457 Extreme Networks, Inc. announced new 10 gigabit Ethernet (GbE) copper modules for its BlackDiamond® X8 core switch and new copper versions of its Summit® X670 Top-of-Rack fixed data centre switches. The Dell'Oro Group predicts in its most recent five year market forecast that 10GBase-T copper swi... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16458 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:28:53 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16458 Vemotion provides mobile phone video streaming solution Vemotion Interactive, specialists in live video transmission over low bandwidth connections, today announced a new product, the VBox 10. This is a unique app that will allow the capture and real-time transmission of live video from the camer... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16459 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:35:55 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16459 Fully-managed eight-port switches are ideal for low-density deployments and with IPv6-certified software included, provide future-proofing and investment protection ZyXEL, a supplier of networking and communications solutions, has announced the availability of two eight-port additions to its GS22... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16460 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:38:50 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16460 With growth across key European countries a major strategic objective for UK-based M2M Managed Services Specialist Wireless Logic, the organisation has made a number of senior appointments. Country managers now head up new subsidiaries in France, Germany and Spain where focus will be made on rolling... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16461 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:44:42 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16461 Nimans is shouting about the benefits of an innovative IP DECT solution from Gigaset that features a ‘business class' handset – technology exclusively available only through selected distribution partners. The SL610H PRO is described as a sophisticated DECT device that seamlessly operates with a ... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16463 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:51:10 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16463 O2 today announced the launch of All In, its brand new communication package developed especially to meet the unique needs of some of Britain's smallest and fast-growing companies. The first ever business package of its kind in the UK market, All In brings together the very best of O2's mobile, land... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16465 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:57:51 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16465 Contact centre managers see a strong link between system integration and employee productivity as both play a critical role in the efficient running of today's contact centers. Key technology integration plays a vital role when choosing a vendor for the contact centre's state of the art telecommunic... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16468 Wed, 16 May 2012 10:42:48 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16468 Vodafone UK study finds organisations are better prepared for technology and environmental risks ahead of risks faced by losing ‘talent' and employee absence. •Only one in ten organisations say they have robust plans in place to ensure their business continues to run smoothly if a number of emplo... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16469 Wed, 16 May 2012 10:48:54 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16469 AVM announced that it has achieved SMART Gold Business Partner status as part of the SMART Reseller Accreditation Programme. The programme was developed to enhance the sales and technical competencies of SMART's reseller network. The accreditation represents the highest tier of product and servic... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16441 Tue, 15 May 2012 10:12:21 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16441 Powwownow, UK free conference call provider, today announces a 30 percent increase in its teleconferencing year on year; confirming that remote working is on the increase, moving towards a more flexible working Britain. In recent years the revolution in technology has made it possible for busines... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16442 Tue, 15 May 2012 10:16:51 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16442 Wyndham Hotels has appointed Bitbuzz, specialists in innovative Wi-Fi solutions for the hospitality sector, as its preferred supplier of Wi-Fi internet access to its portfolio of hotels across the UK, including its Days Hotels, Ramada, Ramada Encore and Wyndham Grand hotel brands. Wyndham Hotels ... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16443 Tue, 15 May 2012 11:13:50 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16443 Specialist managed IT service provider Netshield Limited joins an elite group of companies in the UK, who has been accredited as a VMware Enterprise Partner. To be accredited with this status a company requires a range of certifications, skill sets, experience and training across both technical a... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16444 Tue, 15 May 2012 11:15:15 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16444 Samsung to give customers an experience of a lifetime through purchase of a Samsung Galaxy Note or Galaxy Y smartphones Samsung, Worldwide Olympic Partner in the wireless communications equipment category, is offering customers buying a Samsung Galaxy Note or Galaxy Y smartphone the chance to win... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16445 Tue, 15 May 2012 11:18:22 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16445 ‘Model' Service Agreement paves the way for other education institutions looking to improve communication and achieve cost savings UK Managed IT Service Provider InTechnology today announced the signing of a landmark agreement to provide Cloud telephony and unified communications to the London Sc... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16448 Tue, 15 May 2012 11:43:39 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16448 GridTEQ, a Vodafone Global VAR for M2M Services will launch their on line management platform, 'CAMS' at the end of this month. The platform has been designed to give customers the ability to directly control their M2M sim estate. The portal will also provide data analytics, application management a... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16449 Tue, 15 May 2012 11:57:25 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16449 Softcat has recently signed up the 100th customer to use its managed firewall support service. The service, which forms part of Softcat's growing managed services security portfolio, offers clients proactive availability monitoring and protection against malicious attacks over the Internet. Malic... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16450 Tue, 15 May 2012 12:08:04 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16450