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The Blackberry Curve 8900

The Blackberry Curve 8900 is the thinnest and lightest full-QWERTY smartphone packed with the latest features.

The striking 480 x 360 - pixel screen offers crisp-on-the-go video, images, text, maps and more. With a sleek new twist on a classic style, the Blackberry Curve 8900 smartphone is an easy-to-use device that delivers expanded functionality and […]

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Vaillant, a leading manufacturer of gas and solid fuel domestic heating appliance boilers, called for Interchange’s help to install the latest GPRS mobile technology to enhance and develop its service and support business even further.
The solution helped out the company’s national service organisation Heatcall, which provides after sales support through it team of 100 engineers.
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VoIP

Worldwide smartphone market expands

According to a report on the state of play in the global smartphone market, VoIP traffic is forecast to grow even more in 2010.

The report shows that in the forth quarter of 2009 global smartphone shipments had jumped 30 per cent, year-on-year, marking the industry’s fasted growth rate since the third quarter of 2008.

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VoIP rise slashes mobile roaming charges

The rise in voice over internet protocol (VoIP) software has caused mobile network providers to begin heavily slashing their international roaming rates.

According to industry analysts, products such as Google Voice and Skype are fuelling the rise, as they begin to bring the technologies associated with VoIP into mainstream life.

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VoIP provides cost-effective international calls

According to TMCNet, businesses would significantly cut costs by using voice over internet protocol (VoIP) when making international calls.

The IT site also advised that VoIP can be useful when recruiting non-UK residents, as the technology enables face-to-face interviews without the interviewee having to travel thousands of miles to the UK.

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Food for thought from Copenhagen

The outcome of the UN conference on climate change in Copenhagen is disappointing, but it has served to remind us all of the ongoing importance of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving our environmental practice.

So it does no harm to remind ourselves of the ‘green’ advantages of VoIP conferencing, which eliminates the need for face-to-face meetings, which in turn helps to reduce travel and improve our carbon footprint.

A University of Bradford report has showed each conference call that replaces a meeting can avoid travel and subsistence costs of at least £178 and free up £120 of management time for more productive purposes as well as eliminating a minimum of 40kg of travel-related CO2.

 

 

 

VoIP has many benefits for firms

According to TMCnet, companies that move their communications systems over to VoIP can experience a range of benefits.

Experts claim that cost savings and increased features are two of the main advantages which attract firms to the VoIP technology.

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