Extended Summer Holiday, Soaring Sickness and National Staffing Shortages Creates the Perfect September Storm

With an estimated 50% more holiday to take in 2021 than 2020, the average UK employee still has 17 days of leave to book this year September sees a 53% increase of week-long holiday bookings on pre-pandemic 2019 in the midst of resourcing crisis The Logistics and Delivery industry is overworked, with 35% less leave than the national average as it approaches the festive season, and sickness rates 139% higher than average Nottingham, UK, 23rd September 2021: Data from global absence management provider, Edays has shed light on the perfect…

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Codasip opens UK Design Center led by Simon Bewick

Over one hundred engineers to be hired in multiple locations Munich Germany, September 21st, 2021 – Codasip, the leading supplier of customizable RISC-V processor IP, announced today that it is opening offices in Bristol and Cambridge and is looking to hire over one hundred engineers over the coming quarters. The new design center will be headed by newly appointed Director of the UK Design Center, Simon Bewick, an experienced semiconductor industry executive who recently joined Codasip’s management supervisory board. Although opening two initial offices in the UK, Codasip supports fully…

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iD Mobile signs new, direct contract for MDS Global to deliver industry leading BSS

Warrington, UK | 1 September 2021: MDS Global, a leading provider of BSS-as-a-Service, today announced that iD Mobile, one of the UK’s largest mobile virtual network operators, has signed a new, direct contract with the company to enable it to continue to leverage its flexible, real-time BSS. New to the market in 2015, iD Mobile became one of the fastest growing post-pay MVNOs in the UK and now has more than 1 million subscribers. iD pioneered innovative propositions such as free data rollover, inclusive EU roaming, flexible SIM-only plans, and…

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Parcel Shipping Technology Leader, Logistyx, chooses CloudNine PR for UK Public Relations

Logistyx Technologies’ software helps companies negotiate the pandemic-induced shift to ecommerce Logistyx Technologies, whose cloud-based multi-carrier shipping software is used by retail, manufacturing and logistics companies to manage their parcel delivery operations, has selected technology PR agency CloudNine PR to handle its UK public relations. With many businesses pivoting to ecommerce during the pandemic, getting parcel shipping right is becoming increasingly important. Logistyx’s software provides visibility and data for tracking and ensuring customer orders get to the right place at the right time, improving customer service, while minimising delays and…

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SSE Enterprise Telecoms Becomes Neos Networks

Fast growing UK telco unveils new name and brand reflecting the company’s increasingly significant role in the UK’s digital future LONDON, UK, 31 MARCH 2021 – SSE Enterprise Telecoms, one of the UK’s leading infrastructure-based connectivity providers, today announces the launch of its new brand. Coinciding with the start of a new financial year, the company will now be known as Neos Networks. The rebrand is part of the company’s wider business transformation journey, which began in 2019 when Infracapital acquired 50% of the business with SSE Group retaining 50%….

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Mexican Mobile Operator Exis Telecom Launches on MDS Global-Powered VADSA Platform

Warrington, United Kingdom, 26 November 2020: Exis Telecom, a new mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), will launch in Mexico in December 2020 using MDS Global’s VNOnDemand solution to power its business support systems. As well as connectivity, the new operator aims to provide its customers with a range of additional services, such as personal security and Fintech solutions. Exis Telecom is the first MVNO to launch using the end-to-end platform provided by Mexican MVNO Enabler VADSA (Valor Agregado Digital, S.A. de C.V.). As an MVNE, VADSA offers a full service…

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HUBER+SUHNER partners with Comtec to meet increasing fiber optic demands in the United Kingdom

HUBER+SUHNER is partnering with Comtec, one of the United Kingdom’s largest value-added distributors of IP infrastructure, to provide smart, simple and scalable fiber optic solutions for communication networks in both the carrier and enterprise markets. As a leading supplier of high-quality communications systems across the data center, LAN, WAN and access network markets, HUBER+SUHNER will bring unique offerings to Comtec, beginning with its comprehensive fiber management portfolio for data centers, including the LISA and IANOS systems. “We are excited to deliver the quality solutions from HUBER+SUHNER that customers have come…

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Colt to bring high-capacity bandwidth to the UK’s major cities with 100Gbps NNIs from SSE Enterprise Telecoms

NNIs acquired via pricing portal LIVEQUOTE will be deployed to support the UK’s increasing demand for high bandwidth connectivity services LONDON, UK, October 1st 2020 – SSE Enterprise Telecoms, one of the UK’s leading connectivity providers, today announces that it has been selected by Colt Technology Services, a global network and voice services provider, to deploy two 100Gbps Network-to-Network Interfaces (NNIs) across its UK network. UK cities including London and Manchester will be able to access multiple high-bandwidth 10Gbps Ethernet services as a direct result of the deployment. According to…

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ENSEK expands into Europe with acquisition of NrgFin

Nottingham, UK – 5th August 2020: ENSEK, the leading software supplier to UK energy providers, today announced the acquisition of NrgFin, a Benelux-based consultancy and data analytics company. The deal is part of ENSEK’s growth strategy to expand into new international territories within Western Europe, as well as pursuing wider growth opportunities in the UK. With this acquisition, ENSEK will set foot on the European continent for the first time. ENSEK uses its market-leading software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform to provide energy suppliers with a range of solutions which include CRM, billing,…

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UK ranked sixth in global 5G market, according to OMDIA

(London UK, June 4, 2020) Global research company OMDIA – formerly known as Ovum – today released the first version of its 5G Market Progress Assessment (end-2019) report, showing that the UK is ranked sixth out of the 22 leading 5G countries analyzed for 5G deployment. The OMDIA research assessed the deployment progress of 5G based on commercial operator launches, network coverage, subscriber take-up as well as 5G spectrum availability and regulatory environment. Based on these factors OMDIA’s research concluded that South Korea – as it did in the 4G…

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