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Mobile Services

• March 28, 2024 28 Mar'24

  Exclusive bolsters APAC operations

  Second acquisition in the space of four months gives the distributor a platform to increase the Asia-Pacific region’s contribution to the overall business

• January 26, 2024 26 Jan'24

  M247 shares PTSN switch-off pitch advice

  Managed service player M247 has one eye firmly on next year’s PTSN switch-off and is encouraging fellow channel partners to help customers to take migration steps

• January 17, 2024 17 Jan'24

  Dura Software expands UK footprint with Invosys buy

  The examples of consolidation continue to stack up, with comms services player Dura Software the latest to be caught up in M&A activity

• May 26, 2023 26 May'23

  Hellawell joining Gamma board

  Former Softcat boss has been named as the next chair at comms player Gamma as the business looks for further growth

• March 29, 2023 29 Mar'23

  BT Wholesale arms channel with mobile SIMs

  Telecoms service provider concludes trial and makes its Complete Mobile offering available to wider partner community

• February 03, 2023 03 Feb'23

  Babble returns to acquisitive ways with double swoop

  One of the most active players in the channel M&A space is back adding more depth to its business

• January 31, 2023 31 Jan'23

  EvolveODM seals second deal in three months

  SD-WAN specialist adds more voice and data depot with its latest acquisition in just a few weeks

• July 19, 2022 19 Jul'22

  Babble back on acquisition trail with double swoop

  Cloud comms player continues to add to its geographical and technical coverage with two more deals

• December 16, 2021 16 Dec'21

  My channel take: Jason Walkley, Wireless Logic UK and Arkessa

  The latest person to take part in our ongoing series sharing how they got into the channel and where they believe it is going is the chief sales officer at Wireless Logic UK and Arkessa

• October 01, 2021 01 Oct'21

  Interest in Wi-Fi 6 laptops surges

  The hardware has been in demand over the past two years but as users look to the future, the need for the latest wireless support is rising

• September 14, 2021 14 Sep'21

  BT Wholesale arms partners with PTSN switch-off tools

  With the 2025 deadline getting closer, comms player BT launches services that its channel can take out to small customers

• June 30, 2021 30 Jun'21

  Channel warned comms contracts not flexible enough

  Comms player highlights a negative reaction from some customers to mutli-year contracts

• March 17, 2021 17 Mar'21

  BSL and Sabio adding customer experience depth

  Both BSL and Sabio make acquisitions to add more depth to the support they can give to users looking to improve customer experience

• March 05, 2021 05 Mar'21

  Air IT and Onecom keep consolidation trend going

  Both firms have dipped their toes back into the acquisition waters after making recent purchases

• February 11, 2021 11 Feb'21

  Onecom picks up Olive Communications

  Combination of two of Vodafone’s largest partners, Onecom and Olive, will create a communications powerhouse

• January 07, 2021 07 Jan'21

  DWS demerges from Daisy with Inflexion investment

  Channel comms player starts a fresh chapter with private equity player taking a significant minority stake in the business

• October 05, 2020 05 Oct'20

  Virgin Media Wholesale shows commitment to the channel

  The decision by Virgin to establish its wholesale business shows positive signs of its belief that it can grow with partners

• September 23, 2020 23 Sep'20

  Government looks to open up telecoms networks supply chain

  Former BT CEO charged with driving more diversification in the firms that can supply infrastructure

• February 12, 2020 12 Feb'20

  Developing 5G proposition carries on with or without MWC

  The chances of Mobile World Congress happening later this month hang on a decision being made at the end of the week, but for World Wide Technology the lack of a show will not slow efforts to discuss the future of 5G

• February 10, 2020 10 Feb'20

  Maintel boss confident of transforming the business

  After a few months in the hot seat, Ioan MacRae believes channel player Maintel has the weapons in its armoury to drive future growth

• December 18, 2019 18 Dec'19

  Radius Payment Solutions buys again to strengthen telecom arm

  The firm has made several acquisitions in the past few weeks to add extra muscle to its telecom operation

• June 06, 2019 06 Jun'19

  Goodbye Daisy Partner Services and hello Allvotec

  Daisy Partner Services is to be rebranded and given more independence as voice and data specialist Allvotec

• January 09, 2019 09 Jan'19

  Arrow Business Communications strengthens position in Scotland

  Comms player makes third purchase north of the border to extend country coverage

• November 07, 2018 07 Nov'18

  Tech must be a force for good

  VMware CEO shares his belief that the industry has a responsibility to use technology as a positive force in society

• August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18

  Peach and Getronics add to summer of consolidation

  Peach IT and Getronics have both struck acquisitions adding to a growing list of deals that have been made over the last few weeks

• July 17, 2018 17 Jul'18

  Mitel appoints Westcon-Comstor as part of go-to-market review

  The comms firm has been reviewing its go-to-market strategy for the past few months and concluded that a pan-international distributor would make a good addition to the partner roster

• July 13, 2018 13 Jul'18

  DCC makes double acquisition to bolser portfolio

  A presence in the US as well as Europe and Australia is one of the benefits that comes with the acquisition of AV player Stampede and the mobile accessories business will get a boost with Kondor

• July 11, 2018 11 Jul'18

  Vodafone pointing partners towards IoT and 5G opportunities

  The comms firm has been getting its channel ready for the next wave of innovation

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  Carphone Warehouse Business rolls out dealer reward programme

  Taking a lead from established reward programmes available in the IT channel the firm has launched one to appeal to mobile dealers