Monthly Archives: December 2014

Buying business IT and communications in 2014

When I first started in telecommunications in 1984 the average monthly telephone bill of a medium-sized foreign exchange broker was around £2m per month. Today it is probably less than 1% of this. Think about that. When Mercury started selling switched services in 1986 we were offering a 20% discount to BT and we wereRead more…

Local entrepreneur gets funding for faster Internet for SMEs in Cambridge

Jola, the Business Communications supplier to SMEs has this month opened its first office in Cambridge. Jola’s MD, Andrew Dickinson, who lives in Cambridge, has run multiple business communications companies over the years. His latest venture, Jola, provides fast, secure Internet connectivity, cloud-hosted telephony solutions and flexible mobile solutions. The company is growing fast withRead more…

Jola helps SMEs upgrade their Internet with Government vouchers

A recent survey ran by Swan Independent Research suggested that 85% UK SMEs are content with their broadband connection for accessing email and surfing the web, however another VMWare survey found that UK SMEs are far behind the rest of Europe in adopting cloud-based applications. It seems that fears around speed, reliability and security ofRead more…

Best unlimited deal on Vodafone SIMs for local business

According to a recent survey published by the BBC, Britons spend more time using smartphones and accessing the internet than they do sleeping. They reported that we are spending over £2 billion pounds a year upgrading to the latest handsets with the average user upgrading every two years. The average life of a handset isRead more…