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Avenir Telecom, the UK’s leading distributor in mobile telecoms, announced record-breaking results in business landline sales. In October 2009, Avenir Telecom and its dealer base sold more fixed landlines on the O2 network than any other distributor.
Earlier this year, Avenir became the first distributor to partner with O2 to launch ‘Joined Up’, an innovative new service enabling UK businesses to converge their mobile and fixed-line telecoms.
“The cost savings this delivers are considerable” explains Avenir Telecom’s Managing Director, Andy Tow, “especially if the customer also uses O2 mobiles. “The whole of my team is committed to this brilliant opportunity, and we’re proud to have demonstrable results in business landline sales to add to our credentials in mobile airtime, accessories and IT/telecoms convergence solutions.”
Further evidence that O2 are going after the SME segment, both directly and indirectly, very aggressively. There’s a lot of money in the SMEs, and it seems like O2 and Avenir are making good inroads in to them, judging by their announcement.
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Ben Robinson
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas! He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to 'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device) isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question of why you continue to use it... His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.
