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Business Phones, Remanufacturing:

Cisco CP7962G and CP7942G remanufactured business phones

Following a recent Cisco decommission contract, involving a large Cisco network belonging to a European re-insurance group, Office Phone Shop has a number of Cisco business phones to offer. This includes various handset models such as the Cisco CP7962G and CP7942G. Cisco CP7962G The CP7962G IP phone has a large, 4-bit grayscale graphical LCD that…
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Posted on , 6th October 2017
Business Mobile, Business News, Ofcom:

Ofcom taking steps to stop nuisance calls and protect vulnerable customers

From the 1st October 2018, a series of measures, including financial penalties, will come into force to protect vulnerable customers. These include people with learning or communication difficulties and those suffering physical or mental illness or bereavement. The measures will require all communications providers to offer disabled users access to priority fault repair, third-party bill…
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Posted on , 29th September 2017
Business Telecommunications Services, Unified Communications:

Technology in the workplace and its effect on productivity

Research commissioned by TalkTalk Business and conducted by YouGov found technology in the workplace is having a negative effect on productivity. The research, which consulted 500 British business decision makers, as well as 2,000 consumers, found 64% of respondents blamed poor technology for lower productivity. Slow Internet connection is a problem, with 40% of British…
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Posted on , 15th September 2017
Business Mobile, Business News:

TalkTalk to exit its mobile business and re-focus as a low-cost internet provider.

Offering pay TV and mobile services in addition to internet access, since launching in 2010, TalkTalk has close to 1 million mobile customers. However, following the departure of long-standing boss Dido Harding, earlier this year the telecoms provider has begun discussions with rivals Vodafone, O2 and Virgin Media to offload its mobile operations. This move…
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Posted on , 8th September 2017
Business Broadband, Business Telecommunications Services:

Government re-announces broadband investment plan

Businesses across the country depend on a reliable and fast broadband connection. Having already pledged £400 million for the broadband Digital Infrastructure Investment fund, in the Spring Budget, the Treasury is set to re-announce this pledge. The £400m investment is being ploughed into the UK’s digital infrastructure, to ensure it is fit to cope with…
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Posted on , 1st September 2017
Business News, Fraud, security:

Businesses face £17m fine for failing to protect against cyberattacks

Failing to protect your business from cyberattacks could cost you up to £17m in fines or 4% of global turnover. This Government crackdown aims to safeguard essential services such as water, energy, transport and healthcare. Showing your organisation has disaster recovery measures in place to cover power failures and environmental disasters will also be a…
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Posted on , 11th August 2017
Business Broadband, Ofcom:

Is the fall in broadband satisfaction levels due to us streaming more content?

Streaming of media content into homes may be leading to dissatisfaction with broadband services according to Ofcom. The way we watch television is changing, with streaming programmes or using online catch-up services becoming increasingly popular. According to Ofcom’s annual Communications Market Report (CMR), this may be contributing to increased dissatisfaction with residential broadband services in…
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Posted on , 4th August 2017
Business Broadband, Business Telecommunications Services, Ofcom, Openreach:

Boost for Openreach as Ofcom’s proposal for ‘dark fibre’ market overruled

A High Court Competition Appeals Tribunal told Ofcom it had wrongly defined the dark fibre market and the leased lines business, claiming it should have taken into account the different connection speeds available, regional variations in Openreach’s dominance and the core parts of its network where there is already competition. Dark fibre is optical fibre…
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Posted on , 27th July 2017