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Big news for the telecoms world! Plantronics, the leading headset maker, has announced that it will be acquiring video conferencing equipment maker, Polycom in a whopping cash-and-stock deal worth $2 billion (£1.4 billion for us Brits). The deal comes two years after Polycom was acquired by private-equity firm Siris Capital for $1.7 billion (£1.2 billion), […]

Welcome to the third issue of Packnet’s newsletter! With March reaching its timely end, and holidays just around the corner, we’d just like to fill you in on all that’s been happening. In this issue, we give you the rundown on our delightful meeting with Yealink and Provu (who generously gave us some authentic Chinese […]

Due to public holidays in the UK, the Packnet office will be closed during normal business hours on Friday 30th March and Monday 2nd April. We are also using this opportunity to remind customers to send in their dial plan requirements for the bank holiday weekend before Thursday 29th March. Read on for answers to […]

Telecommunications regulator Ofcom is shaking things up once more. As their battle with Vodafone continues, the regulator has now stirred service provider Three into the mix. While the US reels from its net neutrality uproar, it’s beginning to look as though we may have our own little scandal in the oven. Ofcom has begun their […]

In the latest edition of ‘huh?’ worthy news, the UK government has formed a new accord with the ‘National Church institutions of the Church of England’. The accord aims to spread Wireless broadband into the rural communities of England through none other than church spires and towers! Due to their astronomically sized spires and towers, […]

Welcome to the second edition of our newsletter. Thanks for sticking with us. February is a short month but we’ve still managed to squeeze some work in. Much of it is “under-the-bonnet”, so whilst we don’t have another new website to showcase, hopefully, some of our customers are interested in our recent Provisioning and API […]

VoIP is quickly dominating the world of telecommunications, and for us, it’s pretty darn great and amazing. However, with all things great and good in the world, myths swirl around slowly plotting its demise (it’ll never happen). So, here we are to bust some myths and lies about VoIP. Myth one: VoIP will cost your […]

When Openreach first launched its Fibre First FTTP campaign, the company hoped to be able to supply a million homes and business with ultrafast broadband. With things moving along nicely, Openreach has made the surprising move to up their promise of a million to three million by 2020. Openreach’s chief executive Clive Selley, says that […]

Well, it looks like Vodafone is in Ofcom hot water again! In October of last year, Ofcom published their year-long investigation into Vodafone’s breach of customer protection rules. The investigation concluded with Vodafone being fined a jaw-dropping sum of £4.6m. The investigation came about when Ofcom was notified of Vodafone’s continuous incorrect billing for Pay-as-you-go […]

Everyone’s favorite company got a nice surprise for the holidays. However, I can’t say that the surprise was nice.  Now, don’t tell them I told you, but it was a good old class action lawsuit. I know what you’re thinking, ‘What the hell is going on?’ Vigilante group ‘Google You Owe Us’ has surfaced with claims of […]