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ARCC
KN Circet has closed its acquisition
of ARCC Communications Ltd.
ARCC specializes in wireless
telecommunications networks
providing design, rigging, construction,
installation and commissioning and
maintenance services
IP OFFICE
IP Office has achieved 3CX Platinum
status for Unified Communication
solutions and in parallel have also
qualified as one of the UK’s first 3CX
Solutions Providers. IP Office specialises
in the implementation of small business
and mid-sized company solutions
NORTH SUPPLY
Distributor North Supply has announced
that the company has received ISO22301
Business Continuity Management
accreditation – one of only 290 firms in
the UK to have achieved this standard
making the firm part of an exclusive club
REMOTE WORKING IS
HERE TO STAY
A REMOTE WORKING survey,
conducted by Network Telecom,
part of Enreach, has suggested
that remote working will
continue long after the lockdown
has ended.
Despite businesses rushing to
get set up remotely, 59.7% of
the respondents admitted that
they hadn’t found remote
working difficult, instead stating
that they would be happy to
work remotely on a more
permanent basis.
The standout disadvantage of
remote working is that
respondents are missing their
face-to-face connection with
colleagues, something that
could be counteracted with
regular video calls.
Respondents listed the main
benefits for remote working as:
• Spending more time with their
family (28.61%)
• Being more flexible with work
hours (49.51%)
• Believing remote working was
better for the environment
(42.23%)
• Felt like they were able to work
more independently (29.61%)
• Reduced travel time (61.65%)
Pangea helps NHS effort with Instanet deployment
PANGEA HAS HELPED the NHS by
due to arrive in two days, they
connecting a pop-up hospital
were left with a tiny window of
built for COVID-19 patients with
time to set up connectivity at
their Multi-network SIMs and
the site.
Instanet solution. To deal with
“I think we can all agree that
the rising number of people
our NHS are no less than heroes.
requiring treatment at the height
It was a real privilege to do our
of the COVID-19 pandemic, the
part in keeping them
NHS needed more healthcare
connected,"said Pangea’s MD
facilities—and fast. One of these
Dan Cunliffe (pictured). "The
facilities was a rugby stadium
COVID-19 pandemic left many
converted into a hospital
urgently needing support, and
Pangea were chosen to
we helped where we could with
provide the site with the mobile
intelligent, Multi-network
connectivity that hospital staff
connectivity that kept
needed to run their vital
businesses trading and key
operations. But with patients
workers operating.”
Wildix launches enhanced platform
WILDIX HAS ADDED a host of new functionality to
their Wildix Management Platform including a suite
of tools aimed at end-user productivity and sales
enablement.
WMS5 includes React Native, a mobile application
framework created by Facebook that is used to
develop applications for Android, iOS and Web, this
allows Wildix End-users to get full and uniform
access to the full collaboration platform regardless
of device.
Amongst the announced improvement is the
enhancements to Wizyconf conferencing solution
which now adds functionality without the need to
use external services or pay additional subscription
fees. Wildix now adds items such as Tile Views,
moderator controls and speaker stats to give users
and organisers the full 360-degree view of
participants and contributors. Other highlights
presented are improvements driven by customers’
demands to drive more sales from their websites
through the use of Kite, Wildix’s tool to allow external
collaboration through end-users own website.
Ian Rowan (pictured), Senior Channel Manager at
Wildix commented, “Our partners wanted more from
our video conferencing solution and we delivered,
our partners wanted more from our external
collaboration feature set and we delivered this too,
it’s great to be part of an organisation that not only
delivers on its features set but also gives our
partners the ability to increase revenue while it
seems others around us are either turning partners
into agents or forcing them into long term contracts
that are not in line with customers purchasing
requirements, what’s even more impressive that all
these updates are available now and without
additional cost.”
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