Ericsson doubles down on enterprise with $6.2 billion acquisition of Vonage
Swedish kit vendor Ericsson has made its biggest ever acquisition in the form of cloud unified communications provider Vonage.
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Buoyed by remote working trends, Gamma issues battle cry for remainder of 2020
COVID-19 has dealt numerous companies a very unusual set of cards, but for Unified Comms firm Gamma Communications, there is plenty to be optimistic about.
Verizon jumps on the video conferencing bandwagon with BlueJeans acquisition
Unperturbed by its rubbish M&A track record, US operator Verizon thinks this is a good time to be in the video conferencing game.
Plantronics gets rolling on $2 billion Polycom acquisition
Plantronics has announced it will acquire unified communications specialist Polycom in a cash and stock transaction worth $2 billion, expected to close by the end of the third quarter.
UK telco Daisy swallows up troubled Alternative Networks
UK unified communications provider Daisy has seemingly capitalized on financial woes of competitor Alternative Networks, snapping up the business for a cool £165 million.
Microsoft Teams launches to take on collaboration segment
Collaboration, unified communications and enterprise mobility are three trends which have partly powered the digital evolution, and now Microsoft has weighed in to capitalize on the buzz.
Genband tempts IBM with Kandy cloud
Real-time communications company Genband has got involved with IBM to deliver a bunch of cloud-based enterprise comms goodness.
BT grows cloud communications reach with Daisy partnership
BT has announced a £70 million partnership with Daisy Group which will offer customers of the latter to BT’s Wholesale Hosted Centrex (WHC) platform.
VoLTE levels the playing field for operators
Figures from industry body the GSMA reveal that 208 operators in 80 countries are now investing in LTE. But while rollouts aimed at consumers are gaining momentum, a study undertaken by research house mobileSquared indicates that one third of operators have no trials or network deployments underway at the moment.
Nokia unveils first app from Microsoft partnership
The labour between Finnish handset vendor Nokia and software giant Microsoft has borne its first fruit – an Office productivity suite for Symbian devices.
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