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This Week in Telecom is a weekly news round-up on VoipReview.org that aims to give our readers a fast and easy way to catch up on the latest news and top stories that are trending in the voice and telecommunications space. Check in each and every Friday to find out more about stories you may have missed in regards to new companies, mergers, trends, and other telecom advancements.
Let’s take a look at some new items you may have missed this week:
8x8, Inc. (NASDAQ: EGHT), a trusted provider of high-powered communications and collaboration solutions for enterprises, is increasing its cloud communications footprint even further after its recent annoucement that it has expanded its partnership with leading global workplace provider IWG plc (formerly Regus). With their expanded partnership, 8x8 will now be able to provide Communications Cloud services to an additional 13 new countries as well as offer a broader selection of 8x8 services for Regus customers.
Toshiba’s decision to close its Telecommunication Systems Division (TSD) and exit the North American business telecom equipment market earlier this year caught many of its customers, resellers, and dealers by surprise. Toshiba TSD was in business since 1975, and has always been considered by many as an innovator in the telecommunications industry, offering a wide range of telephone system products and other business solutions. But as the telecom industry has slowly shifted in the past decades from on-premise towards the cloud, Toshiba seemingly failed to keep up.
As enterprises throughout the globe quickly realize the advantages of switching to cloud-based communications, service providers are subsequently being presented with numerous growth opportunities by tapping into the cloud services market. However, transitioning to a cloud business model and carving a name in the industry does not come without its challenges.
This Week in Telecom is a weekly news round-up on VoipReview.org that aims to give our readers a fast and easy way to catch up on the latest news and top stories that are trending in the voice and telecommunications space. Check in each and every Friday to find out more about stories you may have missed in regards to new companies, mergers, trends, and other telecom advancements.
Here’s what you may have missed this week:
Worldwide technology leader Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO: $34.30) furthers its transition from hardware to software after recently announcing that they are acquiring San Jose-based Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) startup Viptela for $610 million in cash and assumed equity awards.
Connecting and supporting workforces across multiple countries was once a complex, arduous, and expensive process. However, all of this has changed thanks to the advent of the cloud, which now helps businesses of all sizes drive their operations. Cloud-based communications and collaboration solutions enable businesses of all sizes with multiple locations to quickly, conveniently, and cost-effectively bring their teams together regardless of where they are working from.
This Week in Telecom is a weekly news round-up on VoipReview.org that aims to give our readers a fast and easy way to catch up on the latest news and top stories that are trending in the voice and telecommunications space. Check in each and every Friday to find out more about stories you may have missed in regards to new companies, mergers, trends, and other telecom advancements.
ShoreTel (NASDAQ: SHOR:$6.45), a trusted provider of telecommunication systems to enterprises worldwide, recognizes the important role that their channel partners and resellers play in the success of their business. Thus, in order to support its partners and establish a more consistent experience for them, ShoreTel has announced its expanded relationship with ScanSource Communications, a trusted global provider of communications technology products and solutions and the sales unit of ScanSource, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCSC: $40.40).
This Week in Telecom is a weekly news round-up on VoipReview.org that aims to give our readers a fast and easy way to catch up on the latest news and top stories that are trending in the voice and telecommunications space. Check in each and every Friday to find out more about stories you may have missed in regards to new companies, mergers, trends, and other telecom advancements.
Let’s take a look at some new items you may have missed this week:
Since its acquisition of Texas-based Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) provider Fonality earlier this year, NetFortris, a leader in secure cloud-based communication solutions, has wasted no time in putting the puzzle pieces together.
Windstream (Windstream Holdings, Inc., NASDAQ: WIN: $5.52), a premier business network and cloud services provider, has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Broadview Networks Holdings, Inc., a New York-based provider of business communication services to small and medium-sized businesses in an all-cash transaction valued at $227.5 million.
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