Tag: Sales

April 19, 2021

International Sales Team (IST), a worldwide network of highly experienced broadcast and media industry sales professionals for hire, has announced the addition of Charlie Day as IST Global Partner Manager. IST is a new concept in global broadcast sales team […]

July 1, 2020

Magor, Wales – July 1, 2020 – Indigo Telecom Group Limited, the UK-based global provider of telecom and data centre network support services, today announces two senior additions to the leadership team as part of the company’s ongoing expansion plans […]

December 11, 2017

The consumer market for telcos has reached a saturation point. Millions of homes are equipped with cable and streaming services, and consumers are using mobile devices to instantly access entertainment on-the-go. As a result, telco executives are challenged to continue […]

July 5, 2017

Communications service providers (CSPs) spend a lot of money on their call centers. Whether outsourced to a third-party or run as an in-house department, it is expensive to recruit and pay employees, provide IT infrastructure and train staff on the […]

May 16, 2017

Cisco Systems spent billions acquiring seven companies in 2016, right after it made 11 acquisitions in 2015. This month, Cisco unveiled its plan to buy artificial intelligence and machine learning specialist MindMeld for $125 million, as well as software-defined WAN […]

May 9, 2017

Verizon named Prysmian as an additional supplier of fiber cable to support its 4G and 5G wireless and wireline broadband plans, signing a $300 million deal with the company. Under the terms of the three-year contract, Prysmian will supply Verizon […]

March 16, 2017

The chip industry is expanding into new fields, ranging from electric vehicles to the credit cards used to purchase them, from household appliances to the drones that might one day deliver them, and from clothing factories to the clothing leaving them. But in […]

March 13, 2017

Equinix has completed the sale of eight European data center assets to Digital Realty for $874 million, fulfilling a mandate by the European Commission to gain approval of its Telecity Group acquisition. The eight facilities Equinix sold to Digital Realty […]

December 9, 2016

Having recently passed its “first component” milestone, the Federal Communications Commission’s 600 MHz incentive auction continues to rake in the dough, with bids set to see a significant minimum bump beginning next week. Through 18 rounds of the forward auction […]

November 11, 2016

Sprint and parent company SoftBank moved on previously announced plans to set up a separate entity designed to acquire Sprint network assets for $2.2 billion, and then lease those assets back to the carrier. The deal is said to allow […]

July 26, 2016

Solution providers said Verizon’s $4.83 billion acquisition of Yahoo could have a negative ripple effect as the telecom giant attempts to integrate the web company’s consumer content business. “I do think that this acquisition will distract them from their core […]

May 23, 2016

Looking to capitalize on infrastructure upgrades in the cable industry, private equity company Soaring Pine Capital said Friday that it has acquired Chicago-based cable installation services provider Technology Solutions Inc. After the acquisition earlier this month, Technology Solutions was rolled […]

March 29, 2016

Solution providers say Dell’s deal to sell its Perot Systems IT services business to Japan-based outsourcing firm NTT Data for nearly $3.1 billion opens the door to dramatically increased services revenue for Dell partners. “I’ve got to believe it creates […]

March 25, 2016

Sirius Computer Solutions tapped into its new private equity backing to purchase a 170-employee U.S. government solution provider dedicated to next-generation network security technology. The San Antonio-based company, No. 28 on the CRN 2015 Solution Provider 500, said its acquisition […]