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Month after month, millions of Americans pay on average $120 each month for just TV and movies thanks to their Pay TV bill. And many people pay even more. The low prices always advertised for "triple play" packages aren't low after factoring in monthly box rental fees, extra charges for premium channels, DVR features, not to mention all the government fees and taxes. Then add poor customer service into the mix and it's easy to understand why so many people are looking to cut the cord to cable TV all the time.

Communicate Better Ltd, one of the world's top business communications specialists, unveiled new telematics and small business telephony options. The company's new telematics tracking solutions will help mobile business owners make the most of their time and resources, allowing for the easier optimization of routes and driver activities, as well as simpler, more cost-effective time management. Communicate Better's new telephony options will give smaller businesses access to the kinds of highly customized services that often afford larger operations an edge, making the company's clients even more efficient and competitive.

SCRIBIE, a global provider of audio/video transcription services today announced the launch of its brand new conference call and phone recording service that's inclusive of transcription service. Packed with groundbreaking new features, this new service has been specially designed to facilitate better business communication, and help businesses and enterprises save valuable time and money by getting a complete solution from a single service provider. Hence, removing a lot of middle management, and eliminating the need to contact different vendors for teleconference and transcription.

As the reliance on technology for productivity in business continues to increase, communications systems are offering reliable solutions to ensure employees are able to perform and operate with more efficiency. When looking to upgrade a business phone service in West Virginia, ProCom is announcing they have installation availabilities this March for their quality VoIP communication systems.

Top Phone System Provider TelcoDepot.com has reduced the price of the Vertical SBX Phone System, with an affordable package including Eight 24 Button Phones. Users can now take advantage of this communications solution at reduced costs and zero hassle. With this offer, TelcoDepot.com proves, once again, why it's steps ahead of its competitors.

RingSky, renowned Hosted PBX provider, offers small and midsized businesses flexible unlimited business calling plans available online in its new fully featured website. The company carries a wide array of high-end phones from innovative brands such as Polycom and Yealink (available only once a plan has been selected).

The professional phone system provider buzzbox is proud to announce that they have recently lowered the charges of their international call making services. By doing so, they are saving their customers over 80% in comparison to the old cost of calling out to international destinations, including the United States, India, Nigeria and Australia.

VDS Dubai, a premier provider of high-quality telephony equipment, announced the launch of the company's new reseller program. Qualified resellers who register under the new program will receive special, discounted prices on VDS Dubai's wide selection of PBX systems, gateways, IP telephones, and more. VDS Dubai serves clients in the United Arab Emirates, Nigeria, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and many more countries in the broader region.

Golden Gate BPO Solutions, a global provider of customer management and business process outsourcing solutions, added a state-of-the-art, multi-channel contact center in Miami, FL.

According to the Federal Trade Commission, IRS imposter calls are on the rise.  Complaints increased 2,300 Percent within the last year.  This is why it is important for consumers to protect their phone lines with a T-Lock  call blocker  device; an easy to setup (simply plug-in to existing phone line & start blocking unwanted numbers by simply pressing a button.  The T-Lock Call Blocker is exclusively sold by HQTelecom.com  (also available in Amazon & Ebay ).  It can block up to 1,500 phone calls and fax numbers. It can also block entire area codes and prefixes.

Phone contracts are essential to modern living, especially for those trying to make their way in the world and overcome difficult circumstances. Unfortunately it is usually far more difficult for those people to secure phone contracts. While bad credit doesn't mean no contracts are available, it does often mean that the contracts on offer have punishing rates, especially on smart phones. WePhone offers an alternative, with price comparison services that offer competitive contracts for those with bad credit. They have just expanded these same services to include a huge range of new providers offering smart phones.

Today, one of the upcoming services that seem promising is none other than the virtual PBX. While there are many people who are already making the use of this service, there also many more who are still curious as to which Virtual PBX they can trust.

BMI View: The broadband sector is witnessing strong growth on the back of investments in next generation wireless and wireline networks and the demand for multiplay services. This will lead to the outperformance of telecoms service providers offering convergence services in volume and value terms.

There remains some growth potential Bahrain's mobile market, but the key opportunities in the country's telecoms market now lie in the advanced mobile and wireline data market, such as LTE and fibre services. Operators will need to start focusing on increasing postpaid penetration through the introduction of services which drives usage and bring further revenue. Operators should also be looking at the enterprise segment to diversify from an increasingly competitive consumer market . . The outlook, supported by healthy GDP and private consumption growth forecasts to 201 9, is positive for the telecoms market, but we note that strong competition in the mobile and wireline sectors will continue to weigh on the pace of revenue growth as we expect growth to slow down until 2019 .

Packet Media has risen to become a leading telecoms solutions provider, offering effective products and services that are designed to increase productivity and decrease overhead.

As of the third quarter of 2014, Chinese mobile phone users totaled around 1.28 billion and combined user adoption of 3G and 4G reached nearly 43%. Sales volume of smartphones in China arrived at 99.4 million units in the same quarter. With continuous shrinkage of market share in China, Samsung has not only lagged behind Xiaomi and Lenovo, but also has been in a tug of war with Chinese brands such as Huawei and Coolpad. This report examines the development of the Chinese smartphone market during the third and fourth quarter of 2014, from the perspectives of telecom operators and smartphone branded vendors.

'Taiwan: Higher Mobile Interconnection Charges and Falling Voice Tariffs Will Offset Increasing Data Services Revenue' a new Country Intelligence Report by Pyramid Research, offers a precise, incisive profile of Taiwan's mobile and fixed telecommunications and mobile markets based on comprehensive proprietary data and insights from our research in the Taiwan market. Published annually, this presentation-quality, executive-level report provides detailed analysis of the near-term opportunities, competitive dynamics and evolution of demand by service type and technology/platform across the fixed telephony, broadband and mobile sectors, as well as a review of key regulatory trends.

The fallout from the merger of O2 Ireland to Hutchison 3G Ireland continues to weigh on the Irish telecoms market. Incumbent eircom ramped up its plans to roll out a next-generation access network based in fibre in light of the 3 group's increased broadband capabilities and reach. It then committed itself to a costly fibre-to-the-home rollout after the European Commission approved the formation of a wireline broadband joint venture between Vodafone and the Electricity Service Board (ESB). Pay-TV operator Sky will see an increase in content after its UK parent buys its German and Italian sister companies. And at least two new MVNOs will enter the market in the near future, although we have a bearish view on their chances of success and the impact they will have on the value of the market.

Liberty Technology Solutions is an organization providing the greater Philadelphia, PA and South New Jersey areas with reliable, strategic IT solutions for a wide array of implementations. For January 2015, Liberty Technology Solutions is offering the latest and greatest offerings for conventional business phone services as well as state-of-the-art Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone services.

Being the number 1 antenna company in America for selling 7 out of 10 antennas since 2007, RCA Antennas will continue to serve Americans with high quality antennas that are proven to offer true multi-directional reception, receives both UHF and VHF frequencies, and use excellent quality components. With the kind of antennas they are selling to improve the viewing experience of many people, RCA is the true innovator in the antenna market in both form and function.

Relatively low penetration and increasing GDP per capita will give impetus for mobile market growth in the Philippines. BMI believes that mobile growth will average 3.5% over 2015-2018. A new entrant - media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation - launched its mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service under the ABS-CBNmobile brand in December 2013 using the network infrastructure of Globe Telecom. Despite the new competition, BMI believes market dynamics are likely to remain in favour of the incumbents, Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) and Globe Telecom, given their strong brand and unassailable scale, which make it hard for new entrants to compete effectively. A r ise in public Wi-Fi spots is likely to add growth to the broadband services.

Amid the growing importance of ecommerce in China, this research focuses on international, Chinese and Taiwanese smartphone models sold in China through two major B2C (Business to Customer) websites, tmall.com and jd.com, which constitutes a combined share of over 70% in the China ecommerce market. The report analyzes the volume ranking by smartphone brand and presents their online visibility ranking, brand favorite mapping, and key factors influencing purchase of smartphone brands as well as some user reviews. Also included is the analysis of user characteristics of smartphone brands in China, including Apple, Samsung, Nokia, Huawei, Xiaomi, HTC, and ASUS, with user distribution by gender, age, and hobby. The content of this report is based on a large volume of online data obtained from tmall.com and jd.com and, after performing big data analytics, some finding on internet users' purchase behavior patterns are discovered.

The key theme for Russian mobile market s has been that of consolidation. Although the merger of Tele2 and Rostelecom has been finalised, BMI believes that there is further consolidation and rationalisation in the pipeline as mobile operators try to stay competitive in an already highly saturated market. Although market saturation reached 166 % in Q214, BMI believes that there is still some scope for growth as some of these subscribers will be discounted as inactive SIM-cards get deactivated. Expanding LTE services offer opportunities for more value-add data products to add revenue, while rural areas could provide customer base growth.

The Czech Republic telecoms market is one of the most advanced in Central and Eastern Europe, with high penetration of both voice and data services. However operators are now facing challenging conditions as price pressures threaten margins, due to market saturation; regulatory factors, such as cuts to mobile termination rates; and the impact of the eurozone crisis on macroeconomic performance acting as drags on performance. Furthermore, t he market is in a period of change with the arrival of MVNOs from 2012 and the regulator's efforts to attract a fourth operator into the market. These pro-competition measures should provide a boost to growth and innovation in a market that already contains a number of major international players including T-Mobile and Vodafone in mobile, and UPC in wireline. However, significant opportunities remain, not least in the booming wireless data market after LTE spectrum was auctioned in November 2013, and VAS opportunities arising from the rapid proliferation of smartphone ownership .

My contact™ is the latest company working to combat unwanted phone solicitors, email spammers and nuisance text messengers.  "It seems that almost every communication I receive is because someone wants something from me. My mobile phone, my landline phone, my email and my text messaging are being used for everyone else's convenience but I am the only one paying for it.", says Kevin Carr founder of BillSharing.com who is working on a solution that will allow rate payers a way to get paid for each communication they receive.  "If everyone else is going to use the service that I pay for then it's only fair that they pay a little bit of the bill, even if it's only a small amount, right?"