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Don’t Be Late to the Party: The Channel Needs to Kick-Start the Move to All-IP, or Lose Out

Channel companies need to start now to help PSTN customers switch to VoIP early to win – and keep – business.

Copper Wire Pile

Copper Price Hikes, Shutoffs Rock Telecom Customers, Partners

“Can you imagine a T1 increasing from $250 to $2,500? That is what we are dealing with right now,” an aggregator leader said.

Internet, Ethernet, DSL

Orange Business Keeps Global Ethernet Lead, While Lumen Divestitures Take Effect

Lumen’s drop reflects the sale of its Latin American business.

Mergers and acquisitions

Upstack Buys Leading Intelisys, RingCentral Partners

LinkSource and The Monaco Group, both successful partners in the Intelisys ecosystem, are joining forces with Upstack.

Survey

Channel Futures Q4 Agent Survey: Economy, Customer Demand Confidence Hold Despite M&A Concerns

Agents’ reported biggest source of competition? Other agents.

The Channel

EagleTEQ Rebrands to X4 Advisors, Seeks to Enable Channel Consultants

For Allen and his partners at X4, the reshaped consulting umbrella is an opportunity to build community in the channel.

Layoffs

After AppDirect Sale, TBI, Shepstone Reckon with Layoffs Fallout

“If anyone promises you equity, get it in writing,” a former TBI employee told Channel Futures.

EMEA

Advantage Communications Group Eyes Expansion Amid Rising EMEA Adoption

Advantage executives said European multinational companies are warming to the firm’s unique blend of agent and MSP services.

People

Ingram Micro, CSG Win Big Verizon Partner Awards

Ingram and CSG registered the highest sales growth in business internet category, according to Verizon.

Opti9's Katlyn Taylor

Channel People on the Move: Lumen, HPE, Fortinet, Five9, Comcast, More

Plus, moves at Sangoma, Cato Networks, Avant Communications and many more.

5G edge computing

Fixed Wireless the Star of Verizon Broadband in Q4 Earnings

CEO Hans Vestberg said Verizon will take a more “prudent” approach to what types of wireline business it accepts.

money

Spectrotel Acquired by Grain Management, Eyes Mobility Expansion

Spectrotel will speed up the expansion of its mobile device management (MDM) services as a result of the deal.

Mergers and acquisitions

Latest Channel M&A: Broadcom-VMware, Microsoft, Bluewave, Thoma Bravo, More

Setbacks for some proposed acquisitions while tech advisors (agents) increase their tie-ups.

money bag

3 New Partner Deals: StrataCore, Bridgepointe, InflowCX

An exclusive distribution deal, a partner equity recognition and a full-blooded CX acquisition.

data center

Microsoft Extends Data Center IP with Acquisition of DPU Startup Fungible

Fungible’s engineers will join Microsoft’s data center infrastructure engineering team.

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