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Atos set to acquire Unify from Siemens

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Industry News, Siemens Unify

An agreement has been made with The Gores Group and Siemens AG for Atos to acquire Unify. With this acquisition Closing is expected in the first calendar quarter of…

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Legacy Telecoms Equipment in Latin America

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Industry News, Latin America

The Latin American telecoms sector is one of the highest potential growth markets in the world. Over the last 20 years, Government privatisation and liberalisation has opened up the…

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Avaya Nortel Legacy Telecoms Equipment a Sound Option for Enterprise Communications

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Avaya Nortel, Industry News

Enterprise telephony, which includes PBX hardware, IP solutions and Unified Communications, suffered a revenue decline of 10% in the first quarter of 2014. Analyst Alan Weckel, of Dell’Oro, predicts…

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Nokia set to take over rival telecoms company, Alcatel-Lucent

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Alcatel-Lucent , Nokia , Nokia merger with Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel Lucent, Industry News, Nokia

Last month, the EU Commission approved the acquisition by Finnish company, Nokia, of its rival, Alcatel-Lucent. The $17 billion merger will see Nokia becoming the second largest telecoms equipment…

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The Continual Demand for Legacy Telecoms Equipment in Saudi Arabia

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Legacy telecoms equipment , maintaining legacy telephone systems , PBX system maintenance

Industry News, Middle East

The Saudi telecoms sector is the largest in the Middle East, with continual growth since the liberalisation of telecommunications services in 2003. There has been a shift of fixed…

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Uptake of VoIP Telephony in Africa

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Hosted telephony , Siemens IP phones , VoIP , VoIP in Africa

Africa, Industry News, Siemens Unify, VoIP

Many corporations in Africa have branches and offices spread across wide areas of the continent. As technology advances, companies are beginning to replace traditional intra-communication via landline with other…

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Changing Broadband Supplier

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Broadband Connection Vouchers , Broadband suppliers , Business broadband , Changing broadband supplier , Superfast broadband

Business Broadband, Industry News

Recent research by Ofcom highlights areas of customer service requiring improvement, in particular, broadband provision and contracts. According to Ofcom, consumers aren’t being given enough information to help them…

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The Importance of Customer Service

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Business phone line suppliers , Business telephone system maintainence , Call contracts , Customer service , Telecoms suppliers

Industry News

Talk Talk recently came under fire for their customer service, or lack of it. An article in the Telegraph highlighted a number of failings, including customers being forced to…

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Ericsson Aastra – Award Winning Manufacturer of Telecommunications Equipment

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Ericsson Aastra , telecommunications , Telecommunications manufacturers , Telecoms suppliers

Ericsson Aastra, Industry News

The ‘Connect To Learn’ initiative, of which Ericsson Aastra is lead technology partner, received an award for Social Contribution at the 2015 Africa Awards organised by Total Telecom. This…

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Fraud Alert – Fake Flood Diverts

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Fake flood diverts , Fraud alerts , phone phreaking , Telecommunications fraud , telephony fraud

Industry News, Telephony Fraud

Latest telecoms fraud alert: Criminals are using flood damage as a way of requesting fake diverts and gaining access to company accounts via hacking of telecommunications’ systems.

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