Mobile News Awards winners Barclay Communications (Best B2B Dealer) and BT Wholesale (Best Wholesale Partner) have started a £6 million programme to upgrade 50,000 Northern Ireland businesses to high speed broadband this year. Businesses here who have access to full fibre to their premises can upogradetheir broadband at no extra cost to their monthly payments.

BICS and Skylo have teamed up to boost global IoT connectivity using satellites by integratng Skylo’s satellite network with BICS’ IPX infrastructure, enabling direct NB-IoT-to-satellite connections for enterprises. Skylo Technologies is a global NTN service provider based in Mountain View, CA, offering a service that allows smartphone and IoT cellular devices to connect directly over

Focus Group has acquired RPM Communications which sells cloud-based telephony to the healthcare sector. The move bolsters the growth of Focus’ specialist healthcare division Think Healthcare which is an approved supplier to NHS RPM Communications and is also a preferred supplier to NHS England. “When the opportunity arose to further enhance our capabilities and bolster

Focus Group has acquired RPM Communications which sells cloud-based telephony to the healthcare sector. The move bolsters the growth of Focus’ specialist healthcare division Think Healthcare which is an approved supplier to NHS RPM Communications and is also a preferred supplier to NHS England. “When the opportunity arose to further enhance our capabilities and bolster

Next year will see many more device-to-device satcoms services says Peter Kibutu,Advanced Technology Lead at 5G satellite consultancy TTP There will be further partnerships between terrestrial network providers, which own most of the desirable spectrum and have access to a large subscriber base, and non-terrestrial providers. These joint ventures will tackle rural and remote black

Ericsson has slashed £2.4 billion off the book value of Vonage, the American cloud communications provider it bought for £5 billion in 2022.

Belfast unified comms provider Barclay Communications has launched a service called ‘Barclay Bounce’ that allows business customers to easily switch between O2, Vodafone, EE without paying early termination charges or starting a new contract. The company has invested £500,000 in the new service including a £350,000 CRM system and £150,000 in specialist engineering staff to

The Government is to invest £160 million in funding research and development of next-generation satellite communications.  The scheme aims to establish UK leadership in the next generation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communication technologies such as AI and machine learning needed to support the launch of hundreds of satellites. Whitehall believes LEO satellites will

Office phones will cease to exist in 13 years says unified comms group Ringover,

Currys will now be selling Vodafone broadband in its 300-plus stores in addition to Vodafone’s mobile products.

MediaTek and Inmarsat have pledged to provide two-way satellite communications direct to smartphones, IoT devices and cars,

Connect Pulse claimed to be only network product to allow users to configure their own connection packages Vodafone has launched what it claims is the first network tariff product to allow customers to add and remove users as they need without charging a fee. Called Vodafone Pulse Connect it is a converged and flexible solution aimed at small

Mobile phones are the current focus, but there are plans to extend into the trade-in of tablets, games consoles and laptops

Shane Kelly previously spent six years at Dixons Carphone

At its annual roadshow in June, unified communications company Gamma Telecom talked of how companies can make the most of the move to cloud services as the PSTN switch-off approaches

Pusey will provide strategic leadership and advisory input as part of his role

Barclay Comms will supply handsets tariffs and tech support

The acquisition further cements BAI Communications growth plans

The Northern Ireland dealer has struck deals with the Welsh Parliament and New Forest District Council

The acquisition creates a new division called MID Digital Solutions

Businesses of all sizes can apply for the scheme up until late October

The acquisitions adds an additional 1,500 customers for Daisy Comms

Pangea will support partners entering the IoT market with its multi-network SIMs

The acquisition is Communicate Better’s 17th in the last decade

A1 Comms shifts focus to drive its digital consumer business 

The campaign sets out to change rules that allow telecom firms to automatically renew businesses’ contract

Citymain and AXA Partners will provide flexible and affordable Mobile & Gadget Cover to the A1 Comms customer base

The dealer aims to boost this by a further 20 per cent next year

Nearly three-quarters of UK providers anticipate the switch to remote working will be permanent 

The contract will see Barclay Comms add an additional 5,000 mobile connections

The dealer which rebranded in July is aiming to hit £5 million in revenue this year

The dealer announced the partnership with Unison in November 2019

Customers can purchase a range of Samsung smartphones from Samsung.com on contract

The company enjoyed success with strategic marketing campaigns

The deal runs for two years and is worth £100,000 in billed revenue

Bhogal will be tasked with developing digital strategy across the firm’s portfolio

The Ealing-based dealer currently has 15,000 UK connections 

The merger of both firms creates a £55m company

Openreach is aiming to reach four million FTTP by 2021 

The Scottish dealer is aiming to break the £20m revenue barrier this year

O2 monthly contracts are available now to buy from Affordable Mobiles, Buymobiles.net, Phones.co.uk and Go Mobile

A1 Comms are expecting to exceed £130 million in turnover and £2 million in profit at the end of its financial year in March  

The telecoms provider is on track to hit £130 million this year

Online retailer will be the only place to get the Mate 20 in black on contract until Christmas

Külünk joins from Vodafone dealer CommsXchange

Garnell Corporate Comms,, New Image Comms, Connect Telecom and iTalk Telecom also pick up awards following operator’s conference

Unified communications provider acquires its 13th business since 2008 as product and service portfolio grows

The move will strengthen the dealer’s Vodafone One Net offering

Increased partnership with EE and call centre growth will pave the way for achieving milestone

Former Data Select pair Kemp and Taylor’s new branding firm to drive sales for big-button manufacturer

Platinum Partner of the Year gong went to Qualitel, while iTalk, Rock Networks, Trinity Maxwell and 4G Mobile and Data also took home awards

Comms-Care offers support services to more than 850 IT resellers and becomes the latest in a long line of acquisitions for the distribution giant

Handset manufacturer will distribute MD501 rugged handset through Ingram

Airtime distributor’s base set to top 150,000

Profits expected to hit £3 million, helped by the demise of Phones 4u, successful iPhone launches and internal system improvements

Vodafone platinum partner has been tasked with driving organic growth at UC provider a year on from acquisition

Cost-cutting exercise follows record breaking half year profits of £1.8 million for B2B telecoms provider

Distributor to supply 80 stores across the UK with a range of accessories from brands including Sennheiser, Integral, House of Marley and Noisehush

Swindon-based firm looking to raise more than £50,000 for charity

O2 Centre of Excellence partner targeting mobile and fixed line businesses, with one close to completion

Craig Wellman joins list of recent departures from B2B dealer

B2B dealer beats more than 20 other Centre of Excellence rivals to the award after coming top for the operator’s quarterly league tables

Head of marketing becomes latest staff member to leave service provider, taking up a similar role at the dealer

Dealer drawn at random from qualifying entrants to win VIP trip to the Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this weekend

The acquisition is Olive’s ninth in two years and takes its base above 110,000 connections

Latest move represents Welcomm’s sixth acquisition in the past four years

Purchase of gold partner takes firm’s base to more than 70,000 connections on the network as it targets more acquisitions

Fourth online consumer brand, Phones.co.uk, to also launch as company continues to build on last year’s success

EE principal partner also takes on six new business account managers as part of its expansion plans this year

Tech Data Mobile UK and Ireland sales director joins company, along with a new finance director, to complete its senior team

Internal restructure and recruitment drive see operations director Stuart Joce become MD, with Paul Sisson moving to group CEO role

Ten year contract with Essex County Council will see unified comms provider supply services forming part of the local authority’s Next Generation Network

Dealer becomes one of less than 20 chosen by EE to sell its 4G services, making connections through Daisy Distribution

Tablet designed by consumer retailer costs £1,099 SIM-free and is targeted at construction staff or environments where devices can be easily damaged

Firm looks to boost revenues by £30m by re-entering the high street

B2B dealer projecting sales of £120 million this year following its purchase of Shebang’s Go Mobile Purple Partnership franchise programme