In this special report, silicon.com examines the emerging trend of converged communications - how telecoms providers are blending different types of services, whether mobile or fixed line, data or voice - and what this means in particular to the small to medium-sized enterprise.
Video: The Bathwick Group / Jonathan Steel (CEO)
In a series of short video segments Jonathan
Steel answers questions on the Bathwick Group research report Small and Medium Enterprise Business Communications in the UK.
Research Report: Small and Medium Enterprise Business Communications in the UK
Demand for new products and services,
including unified communications.
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The techs SMEs need for converged telecoms
Developments in broadband, wireless networks and devices are making converged telecoms services such as fixed-mobile a reality for small businesses. Anthony Plewes takes a look at the technologies that are driving this revolution.
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The telecoms operator of the future
The era of converged telecoms services is bringing big changes to the operators. Stewart Baines looks at what they'll need to succeed in the future.
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Brampton Factor: What's so great about one telecoms provider?
Telecoms companies may like the idea of providing customers with multiple services - fixed-line, mobile, broadband and data. But, asks Martin Brampton, is this really what customers want?
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VoIP takes hold with small businesses
It may be a truism but, nonetheless, voice over IP has the capacity to transform how companies deal with their communications. Large enterprises have been dipping their toe in the water for several years and now it appears that small and medium-sized companies are following suit, says Anthony Plewes.
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Upwardly Mobile: What's on my Christmas list
Dear Santa - please no more lumps of coal
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When mobile meets the landline
The merging of fixed-line and mobile phone services promises to address the desire of businesses to simplify their communications and reduce costs. Anthony Plewes investigates the services available today and asks whether functionality alone is enough to persuade SMEs to switch
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Unwired: The tiny screen problem
Can we reconcile the need for better, bigger screens and greater mobility?
Microsoft, Nortel show off their unified comms
All together now...
BT takes Fusion to the small
SMEs get their own mobile cum landline service...
VoIP not a priority for public sector
They won't be rushed...
BT enters quad-play era with IPTV launch
Broadband, landline, Fusion - and now Vision...
Brits don't do VoIP or IPTV
UK slow to take on latest telecoms tech
Stories from around the web...
2007 Predictions for the IP Communications Industry The Jeff Pulver Blog
David versus Goliaths in fixed mobile convergence Computer Business Review
Q&A: Better VoIP training needed, SANS director says Search Security.com
The hard politics of convergence Computerworld
silicon.com and the Bathwick Group have surveyed small and medium-sized businesses on how they use and view converged communications - the merged mobile, fixed-line, data and voice services from telecoms providers.
What did they say? Read the full report of the results and analysis of this research.
And watch the video interview with the Bathwick Group analyst Jonathan Steel for a discussion of the research findings.
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