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O2 Media delivers location based mobile media campaign |
15/05/09 |
| O2’s recently launched media business has announced a highly targeted mobile marketing campaign for Fitness First, using location services. The campaign is one of the fir... Read More |
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Qualcomm donates £100,000 to The Prince’s Trust |
15/05/09 |
| Qualcomm, a developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, has announced it is donating £100,000 over a four year period to youth chari... Read More |
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GyPSii gets onto iPhone |
15/05/09 |
| The GyPSii location aware mobile social networking application has found a new home, on Apple’s iPhone application store.
iPhone owners can now download GyPSii direc... Read More |
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Solaris Mobile S-band satellite faulty |
15/05/09 |
| Solaris Mobile has announced that its satellite, launched in early April to deliver mobile satellite services, is faulty. The company, which has plans for delivering DVB-... Read More |
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Mobile Marketing Association unveils new directors |
15/05/09 |
| The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) has announced its new European Board of Directors for the 2009 to 2010 period. The election of the new board members comes after ov... Read More |
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Orange reveals digital media boom |
15/05/09 |
| Orange has unveiled its fifth Digital Media Index, a detailed report offering insight into customer consumption of digital media. The latest findings reveal an explosion ... Read More |
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Reducing the Cost of Calls to 0870 Numbers |
15/05/09 |
| Ofcom has set out new rules to provide clarity about the price of calls to 0870 numbers.
These new rules will encourage communications providers:
- To stop chargin... Read More |
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Networks First and 8el Join Forces |
15/05/09 |
| Networks First, an independent provider of support services for network infrastructures, has signed a new partnership with 8el, the managed communications provider for UK... Read More |
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Ixia to acquire Catapult Communications |
14/05/09 |
| Ixia has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Catapult Communications Corporation, under which Ixia will acquire Catapult for $9.25 per share in cash.... Read More |
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Genesis gives customers upgraded MyAccount |
14/05/09 |
| Genesis Communications’ customers now have the ability to view, analyse and customise their account online through its upgraded MyAccount service.
Subscribers to the m... Read More |
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Record year for Ofcom fines |
14/05/09 |
| A new Ofcom report has revealed the range of enforcement action that the regulator has taken to protect listeners, viewers, telecoms customers and people using the airwav... Read More |
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Mobile broadband evolution data revenues up |
14/05/09 |
| Over 15% of revenues generated by mobile operators globally came from non-voice services in 2008, according to the latest data made available by Informa Telecoms & Media’... Read More |
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20:20 Mobile to partner UMU in delivering Mobile Security Suite |
14/05/09 |
| 20:20 Mobile Group is set to team up with mobile security provider UMU in an exclusive strategic partnership to offer UMU Mobile security products to dealers, resellers a... Read More |
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Orange launches Microsoft Mail bundles for business |
14/05/09 |
| Orange has reduced the cost of its Microsoft Mail data bundle by almost one third, to just £4.25 per month for 500MB of data. Orange business customers with larger device... Read More |
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HTC winners take to the track |
14/05/09 |
| The winners of Brightpoint GB’s HTC Partner Programme first quarter incentive took to the race track last week on a Palmer Sport motorsport event.
With their hosts f... Read More |
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Vodafone UK slashes pre pay roaming charges |
14/05/09 |
| Vodafone UK is abolishing roaming charges this summer and bringing in great value prices for international calls, making it easier for customers to phone home while abroa... Read More |
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BT to cut 15,000 jobs |
14/05/09 |
| BT has stated its intention to chop a further 15,000 jobs on top of the already named 15,000 set to go over 2008 to 2009. It also said it would cut its final dividend for... Read More |
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SpiriTel Contract Win and Trading Update |
13/05/09 |
| SpiriTel Plc, the business communications service provider, has announced that it has signed a contract to provide network services to one of the world's largest internat... Read More |
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UC is Revolutionising Work Practices say Plantronics |
13/05/09 |
| Recent research from Plantronics has shown that despite the recession, attitudes towards flexible working are still progressing as new technologies, such as Unified Commu... Read More |
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Lebara announces 200 new jobs |
13/05/09 |
| Lebara Mobile, provider of low cost international mobile services from the UK, has announced the creation of 200 new jobs, including 55 at its new UK-based customer servi... Read More |
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OpenCloud provides operators real time charging solution |
13/05/09 |
| OpenCloud, the supplier of real time application server software for next generation convergent telecommunications services, has announced that it has extended the use of... Read More |
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Vodafone to launch new app store |
13/05/09 |
| Vodafone has announced its plans to launch a new app store for its customers. The company is providing internet service developers with a single point of access to Vodafo... Read More |
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Economic conditions reducing mobile user spend |
13/05/09 |
| Mobile end user average revenue per user dropped between 5% and 15% year on year in the fourth quarter of 2008 compared to the previous year, according to ABI Research.
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TomTom to support National Family Week 2009 |
13/05/09 |
| TomTom, the portable navigation solutions provider, is supporting National Family Week (25 to 31 May 2009) and has joined forces with Enjoy England to help families aroun... Read More |
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Unified comms are opportunity in challenging ICT market |
13/05/09 |
| According to the latest research by IDC, the unified communications (UC) market in Europe was worth $2.6 billion in 2008, and will grow at a CAGR of 39% to a value of $13... Read More |
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20:20 Mobile to partner UMU in delivering Mobile Security Suite |
12/05/09 |
| 20:20 MOBILE Group is set to team up with mobile security provider UMU in an exclusive strategic partnership to offer UMU Mobile security products to dealers, resellers a... Read More |
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Lebara announces 200 new jobs |
12/05/09 |
| Lebara Mobile, provider of low cost international mobile services from the UK, has announced the creation of 200 new jobs, including 55 at its new UK-based customer servi... Read More |
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Vodafone to launch new app store |
12/05/09 |
| Vodafone has announced its plans to launch a new app store for its customers. The company is providing internet service developers with a single point of access to Vodafo... Read More |
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Lebara Mobile defies economic gloom |
12/05/09 |
| Lebara Mobile, the provider of international mobile services from the UK, has claimed it is bucking the UK economic trend through significant Group financial growth. Leba... Read More |
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National Work from Home Day this Friday! |
12/05/09 |
| Friday 15 May is National Work from Home Day. With an estimated five million people taking part, the day will focus on how businesses in these straitened times can cut co... Read More |
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Suppliers suffer more than operators in first quarter 2009 |
12/05/09 |
| First quarter 2009 results are showing greater recession impact on suppliers than operators, according to the latest analysis. Two weeks into the 1Q09 earnings cycle, res... Read More |
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Sorex Wireless transforms mobile phone into electronic key |
12/05/09 |
| Austrian company, Sorex Wireless has developed the wirelessKey, an innovative application that transforms almost any Bluetooth-enabled mobile telephone into an electronic... Read More |
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Men more likely to have unprotected sex on male pill |
12/05/09 |
| Ed says: Nothing to do with the mobile device market, but I thought you’d like to know….
According to a new survey by global research specialists Hall & Partners, 64% ... Read More |
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Inclarity Recognise Importance & Role of the Distributor |
11/05/09 |
| Inclarity, the hosted IP telephony provider, is sponsoring the ‘Distributor of the year Award at the Comms Business Awards 2009 being held at the Royal Lancaster Hotel on... Read More |
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CPW Snaps up Tiscali |
11/05/09 |
| Carphone Warehouse is to buy the UK assets of Italian internet service provider Tiscali for £236m. The deal, which is expected to be completed by the end of June, will c... Read More |
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Carphone Warehouse to buy Tiscali UK |
11/05/09 |
| Carphone Warehouse on Friday agreed to acquire Tiscali’s UK operations for £236 million, expecting to complete by June 2009. This will make the combined business the coun... Read More |
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Vodafone launches new fixed price plan for SMEs |
11/05/09 |
| Vodafone UK has launched Vodafone Business Clarity, a new price plan for small and medium sized businesses offering the same predictable price, month after month.
Th... Read More |
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Fone Logistics offers new extranet facility |
11/05/09 |
| Mobile phone dealers across the UK are set to benefit from faster commission payments and increased control thanks to new software from Fone Logistics.
Fone Logistics ... Read More |
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Vodafone enhances Grant Thornton’s client service |
11/05/09 |
| Vodafone UK today announced that financial and business advisor Grant Thornton UK has awarded it a two year contract worth around £2 million to protect and manage its ent... Read More |
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Friday is National Work from Home Day |
11/05/09 |
| Friday, May 15, will be National Work from Home Day. With an estimated five million people taking part, the day will focus on how businesses in these straitened times can... Read More |
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Mobility Moves on for Nimans |
11/05/09 |
| The mobility arena has entered a new phase of margin-rich activity according to distributor Nimans, creating additional valuable revenue streams for dealers. Head of Deal... Read More |
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Update once for Twitter and Facebook with new GyPSii CONNECT |
11/05/09 |
| GeoSentric Oyj’s, GyPSii business unit, developers of the award winning GyPSii mobile social networking application, have announced the launch of GyPSii CONNECT, a web-ba... Read More |
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Commission acts on termination rates to boost competition |
11/05/09 |
| The European Commission has set out clear guidance for EU telecoms regulators on the cost-based method to be used when calculating termination rates; the wholesale fees c... Read More |
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Knight Corporate Finance Announces Sponsorship for Comms Business Awards |
11/05/09 |
| Channel M&A specialist firm, Knight Corporate Finance today announced its sponsorship of the Channel Entrepreneur of the Year category at the Comms Business Awards 2009 t... Read More |
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Deakin Sheds Loads |
11/05/09 |
| Microsoft’s top UC man Mark Deakin is set to raise cash for a cancer charity later this year and is asking for help.
“As Product Manager for UC, you may have an image ... Read More |
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5-Minute Fraud Tester |
11/05/09 |
| Call Management vendor MIND has produced a simple and easy to use spreadsheet based application that will reveal within five minutes how exposed an organisation is to com... Read More |
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Carphone Warehouse to buy Tiscali UK |
08/05/09 |
| Carphone Warehouse today agreed to acquire Tiscali’s UK operations for £236 million, expecting to complete by June 2009. This will make the combined business the country’... Read More |
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Orange announces eight charity partners in UK |
08/05/09 |
| Orange has announced eight new charity partnerships in the UK with Alzheimer’s Society, Barnardo’s, Crisis, Guide Dogs for the Blind, Groundwork, Leonard Cheshire, NSPCC ... Read More |
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Telmap appoints Motti Kushnir as chief marketing officer |
08/05/09 |
| Telmap, provider of mobile location solutions, has announced that it has named Motti Kushnir as chief marketing officer. Kushnir brings with him a proven track record of ... Read More |
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Are content providers ready for Vodafone’s HTC Magic? |
08/05/09 |
| With the release of Vodafone’s HTC Magic last week, Keynote Systems has asked if content providers are ready to provide the apps and content that this and other Android-b... Read More |
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O2 Joggler on sale |
08/05/09 |
| O2 has announced that the O2 Joggler is now available to buy from O2 stores, and the ‘Your Family Bolt On’ product will shortly be avilable.
Designed to help family l... Read More |
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3G mobile broadband success story to be short lived |
08/05/09 |
| Although the number of people using mobile networks to connect to the internet through dongles will continue to rise, Screen Digest has predicted that the rate of growth ... Read More |
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CPW Snaps up Tiscali |
08/05/09 |
| Carphone Warehouse is to buy the UK assets of Italian internet service provider Tiscali for £236m. The deal, which is expected to be completed by the end of June, will c... Read More |
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Conclusion of distribution arrangement between Avenir and Vodafone |
08/05/09 |
| Avenir Telecom UK and Vodafone Ltd have confirmed that they have reached an agreement regarding the termination of their distribution relationship.
As a result, a rel... Read More |
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Brightpoint GB Shares Knowledge With Tech Blog |
07/05/09 |
| The Brightpoint GB Tech Blog (http://blog.brightpointuk.co.uk/) has been launched to provide product reviews, setup guides, industry news and the odd bit of ‘geek humour’... Read More |
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Average UK broadband speeds break through the 4Mbps barrier |
07/05/09 |
| Research by analysts at broadband.co.uk have shown that the average broadband speed has now broken through the 4Mbps barrier to reach 4.137Mbps.
"Looking back to a yea... Read More |
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Swine Flu highlights the need for business continuity plans, says Aastra |
07/05/09 |
| Concerns about a possible swine flu epidemic have prompted some companies, such as Nokia, Samsung and Adidas, to impose temporary bans on nonessential international busin... Read More |
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fring accelerates mainstream accessibility with third round funding |
07/05/09 |
| fring, the mobile internet community and communication service, has announced the successful completion of its third round of funding to accelerate fring’s growth, openne... Read More |
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Tier two mobile handset vendors must compete on two fronts |
07/05/09 |
| Tier two mobile handset vendors shipped 80.5 million units last year, a small fraction of the global total. But they face significant challenges when seeking greater mark... Read More |
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Vopium mobile VoIP application on BlackBerry App World |
07/05/09 |
| Vopium, the international mobile communications company, has announced the launch of its free application on BlackBerry App World. As the world’s first mobile VoIP applic... Read More |
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O2 report puts families at the heart of the digital revolution |
07/05/09 |
| With increasing pressure on household purse strings, a nationwide Digital Families report published by O2 has found that UK families are prioritising access to the intern... Read More |
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Orange slashes price for business mobile broadband |
07/05/09 |
| Orange has cut the price of its Business Everywhere mobile broadband packages, making them the most cost effective broadband packages on the market. Between 1 May to 31 J... Read More |
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Richard Moat new Managing Director at T-Mobile UK |
07/05/09 |
| Richard Moat has been appointed the new Managing Director of T-Mobile UK and will be joining the company in June. The 54 year old Briton, who has been the chief executive... Read More |
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Sony Ericsson launches smiles pic challenge |
07/05/09 |
| An international smile hunt has launched looking for the best smile hunters from around the globe.
Sony Ericsson is offering three lucky people from the UK the chance... Read More |
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Headset Market Turns Full Circle for Nimans and Jabra |
07/05/09 |
| Distributor Nimans is in a spin over a new corded headset innovation from GN Netcom which features a noise cancelling boom arm with a 360 degree rotation. The Jabra BIZ ... Read More |
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Comverse Lets Mobile Operators Offer Enterprise Telephony Services |
06/05/09 |
| Comverse has announced the launch of its Mobile Centrex solution, which will allow mobile operators to move into the enterprise market by offering advanced telephony serv... Read More |
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FPB says Lending Restrictions Limit Benefit of Capital Allowances for SMBs |
06/05/09 |
| The Forum of Private Business (FPB) is joining the Finance and Leasing Association (FLA) in pointing out that, despite the Government’s claims, increasing capital allowan... Read More |
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Fone Logistics offers business logistics facility |
06/05/09 |
| Mobile phone distributor Fone Logistics is helping dealers through the credit crunch by managing transaction outgoings on their behalf.
As an extension to Fone Logist... Read More |
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Cellcrypt enables secure voice calls on BlackBerry |
06/05/09 |
| Cellcrypt, the provider of secure mobile voice calling, has announced that Cellcrypt Mobile is available now for BlackBerry smartphones.
Cellcrypt Mobile introduces e... Read More |
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Mobile VoIP poses huge challenge for mobile voice providers |
06/05/09 |
| Mobile portal voice over VoIP offered by third party application-based providers poses a huge and direct challenge to the $692.6 billion global mobile voice market, accor... Read More |
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Getting business ready for swine flu |
05/05/09 |
| Business Link, the business advice and support service, funded by the Government, is encouraging all businesses to consider their business continuity planning and crisis ... Read More |
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BuzzCity debuts whitelabel mobile advertising service |
05/05/09 |
| BuzzCity, a provider of global wireless communities and consumer services, has announced the release of the BuzzCity White Label Ad Service, a powerful management tool fo... Read More |
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Average UK broadband speeds break 4Mbps barrier |
05/05/09 |
| Research by analysts at broadband.co.uk has shown that the average broadband speed has now broken through the four megabits per second barrier, to reach 4.137Mbps.
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TM Forum takes pole position to help industry tackle recession |
05/05/09 |
| TM Forum, the world's industry group focused on business effectiveness for the communications and media sectors, has announced results for the financial year ending 31 Ma... Read More |
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Accumulate introduces Flexion to kill one price fits all mobile content |
05/05/09 |
| Accumulate UK, the company that provides flexible pricing solutions for mobile retailers, has announced its newly branded service Flexion and the launch of the On Game Po... Read More |
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HP and RIM announce alliance to mobilise business on BlackBerry |
05/05/09 |
| HP and Research In Motion (RIM) today announced they are establishing a strategic alliance to deliver a portfolio of solutions for business mobility on the BlackBerry pla... Read More |
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Mobile operators grow brand value despite downturn |
01/05/09 |
| The brand value of mobile operators grew by almost one third in 2008, more than any of the 17 sectors surveyed in the fourth annual BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Br... Read More |
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Mopay.co.uk partners with WE7.com |
01/05/09 |
| mopay.co.uk, the UK online mobile phone recycler, has announced that users can now turn their old mobiles into MP3 music credit through a partnership with online music pr... Read More |
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Poor mobile shopping experiences costing millions |
01/05/09 |
| Bad shopping experiences are costing mobile dealers sales and opening up gaps for competitors, according to the latest research from You Gov. Additionally, only half of p... Read More |
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Mobilising CRM delivers competitive advantage |
01/05/09 |
| Access to customer relationship management (CRM) resources while on the move creates a competitive advantage that all businesses should be capitalising on in today’s clim... Read More |
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Orange launches Bright Top Ups |
01/05/09 |
| Orange has today launched Bright Top Ups for its Pay As You Go customers, so every time a customer top ups by any amount, they will have a one in three chance to instantl... Read More |
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