An acquisition with a major channel impact hit the presses last month.

Mitel’s $430 million purchase of ShoreTel could present a significant portfolio change for partners selling the companies’ unified communications offerings. And there were plenty of other IT/telecommunications mergers announced in July. From the behemoth CenturyLink-Level 3 deal that is slowly inching toward completion, to Windstream closing its purchase of Broadview Networks, to smaller IT firms banding together, we’ve got you covered in this gallery highlighting the M&A news you might’ve missed in July.

Also featured: Extreme Networks-Avaya, a Verizon-XO update and the huge cable speculation that won’t go away.

Looking for more M&A? Click here to see the biggest channel-impacting mergers and acquisitions from May and June.