Arrow Business Communications has returned to the M&A trail buying Cambridgeshire-based Comms-Solve, its seventh acquisition in six years, boosting revenues and extending its reach into eastern England. The deal increases Arrow's turnover to £27m and brings in additional UC expertise.

Arrow MD Chris Russell said: "Comms-solve has an award winning team which is engineering focused and well recognised in the industry. The company shares our ethos of excellent customer care while complementing our existing Mitel skills."

Comms-Solve's employees will continue to operate from the Cambridge premises.

Simon Finnerty, Technical Director at Comms-Solve, added: "Our shared resources mean customers will benefit from technology delivered by trusted partners."

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The Bristol Network, the name given to the fibre optic network that runs through Bristol city, has announced that wholesale partners are already integrated, customers have been connected and it is unveiling a new brand.

The branding follows the familiar style to other council supported companies such as Bristol Energy.

Last year Bristol City Council awarded a 20 year concession agreement to the partnership of ITS Technology Group and Net Support UK.

The collaboration is to set up a network that can provide internet and other over-the-top services throughout the city by using the existing ducts owned by the council.

The Bristol Network has already integrated the first few ISPs and attracted attention from a number of other prominent ISPs who are looking to connect their customers in the area.

Two high profile Bristol digital and arts organisations Yogscast and Spike Island have already been connected by Spectrum Internet.

Jonathan Griffin, Head of Sales at Spectrum Internet said: "We have a number of business customers in Bristol with high bandwidth requirements due to the nature of their work. In the case of Yogscast, they also had tight timescales to meet which we could only achieve by using The Bristol Network.

"The pricing structure is straight forward and it is easy for us to upgrade any of our customers' circuits up to 10Gbps capacity if needed. The Bristol Network has been designed specifically for this era of digital growth."

Gavin Beckett, Head of Digital Transformation, Bristol City Council said: "The Bristol Network and the collaboration with Bristol City Council is imperative to drive forward a programme of change throughout the city. This project dovetails perfectly into our smart city and 'Internet of Things' initiatives."

Roy Shelton, CEO of ITS Technology Group, added: "We have worked hard with our local partners to design and roll out the network to areas which continue to be underserved and starved of robust ultrafast broadband.

"Working in partnership with Bristol City Council and our partners the network will continue to evolve to be the largest and only council supported network in Bristol."

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Channel services firm Synaxon UK has struck a UK deal with Germany-based TERRA Computer, a manufacturer of systems and storage products.

The partnership will give members access to the company's products through its EGIS buying platform.

TERRA Computer is a subsidiary of the €1bn Wortmann Group, an independent computer manufacturer. The company designs and manufactures a range of desktop PCs, workstations, all-in-ones, notebooks, tablets, thin client devices, and displays.

It also produces servers and direct-access, NAS and SAN storage systems; and is a provider of cloud services in Germany offering co-hosting hosting, IaaS, SaaS and backup solutions from its own Tier 3-certified data centre.

The UK agreement follows a partnership between the two organisations in Germany.

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Kevin Gaskell has joined ITS Technology Group as Group Chairman.

He will lead the board and help attract further investment into the Group.

His experience includes leading brands such as Porsche, Lamborghini and BMW. He was recognised as a 'top 40 leader under 40'.

Gaskell commented: "I have been involved in founding and growing a number of successful companies, and ITS is a business with a first class team, an energetic and innovative approach to the market and has clear objectives."

Roy Shelton, CEO, added: "As we continue to scale at pace Kevin brings a whole new level of drive and energy."

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Chess has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Technology and Telecoms category of the UK Customer Experience Awards 2016.

Chess has made a £1.4m investment in better systems for the future and developed the Chess Wiki instant-knowledge access system that enables teams to deliver accurate information to customers.

Chess also launched a customer service academy for new starters as well as customer passion training that teaches their teams how to deal with different customer personality types.

Each team has a dedicated Knowledge Champion who has increased knowledge in specialist areas.

Chess also has Lean Six Sigma trained Quality Champions who ensure processes across the business are adding value for the customer. All of Chess's customer care superstars are UK based, fully trained, and regularly measured on attitude and energy.

Andrew Green, Chess Group Customer Service Director, said:
"Our customers are our number one priority and it's fantastic to see that we are being recognised as a great place to be a customer. I am looking forward to sharing our innovative customer service achievements during the award finals in September."

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Team Channel Telecom has been on the fund raising offensive this month, raising £1,500 (and rising) for Cancer Research and NewLife (a funder of children's specialist disability equipment).

Rachel Verguson, IP service coordinator and one of five runners (pictured) in the North Weald 10km Race for Life, said: "It wasn't easy, 10km is a long way especially when you run the same circuit but I'm glad we did it and am very proud of what we achieved."

Stuart Burdett and James Moores, both part of the Channel Telecom Sales Team, will be running the Boys Beating Cancer 10km, Newbury, at the end of July

Clifford Norton, MD, said: "I am very proud of all those who have put themselves out there and done something for equally fantastic causes. We encourage all our staff to undertake some form of charity work. Well done to everyone who raised money and thank you to those who donated!".

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Vaioni Wholesale has launched a campaign to help channel partners win more connectivity business through its 100Mb and 1Gb promotion.

"The cost of 100Mb and 1Gb Ethernet connections has dropped significantly over the years," said Vaioni Wholesale MD Sachin Vaish.

"In 2008, we were selling 100Mb at £9,600 per annum and 1Gb connections for £18,000, which was very special at that time.

"Today you can generally buy a 100Mb for less than £4,000 per annum and a 1Gb for less than £12,000 per annum.

"Our new promo starts 1st August 2016 until 31st December 2016 and offers a free router on all 100Mb and 1Gb connections, and rich features such as free SIP trunks, free backup connection (with diverse operator), free QoS and a 30-day money back guarantee if we fail to deliver a high quality service," said Vaish.

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TES Wireless Communications Solutions has launched a high-speed voice and data service that it says will significantly undercut the cost of traditional leased lines.

Leyland-based TES Wireless specialises in radio technology and infrastructure systems, and plans to help businesses use a radio-based system rather than leased lines.

Keith Edwards, MD of TES Wireless Communications, said: "Our wireless broadband portfolio will allow businesses to transmit high data rates over long distances in a more cost effective way than with a traditional leased line.

"We believe that our solution will liberate businesses from preclusive leased line costs, while comfortably delivering comparable levels of bandwidth.

"And due to having fewer points of potential failure we expect to offer greater reliability - unlike with copper or fibre, a radio connection can't be dug up by a utilities company!

"We can also offer a reduced lead time where clients will be operational in under a month, as opposed to six months which is commonplace with leased lines."

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Comms Dealer has teamed up with children's charity Sparks to give ICT companies the chance to play at the most beautiful cricket ground in the UK alongside your colleagues or clients and a professional player.

The inaugural Comms/IT Six-a-side cricket tournament at Sir Paul Getty's famous Wormsley Cricket Ground near Beaconsfield (just 40 seconds off the M40), will take place on Tuesday September 6th 2016. This unforgettable day out will include: Places for five players, a draw for a professional to play in your team and a luxurious lunch/tea with guest speaker.

Team places at this 'Once in a Lifetime' event are likely to sell out fast so don't delay - confirm your interest in participating by emailing Nigel Sergent at: nsergent@bpl-business.com

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A1 Comms is ramping up its strategy to simplify the provision of modern comms solutions to organisations of all sizes while cutting costs under its Yodekoo brand, launched in April across all channels including digital, high street retail, corporate and partners.

CEO and owner Paul Sisson commented: "Yodekoo is targeted at the B2B sector and its strap line 'business communication made easy' reflects our ambition to demystify hosted telephony, broadband services and products and solutions such as unified comms."

A1 Comms is currently recruiting for resellers in a natiowide campaign to further establish the Yodekoo brand.

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