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Jola launches automated quoting tool for dealers

Jola is not another telecoms reseller protecting a base of traditional telephone systems and legacy leased lines. Coming up on their 1st birthday Jola was born in the cloud and every process in their business operates from the cloud. Their Broadsoft platform is the #1 hosted platform in the world and in only 6 monthsRead more…

Hola Jola

Ian Hunter, editor of Comms Business magazine, catches up with Andrew Dickinson, Adrian Sunderland, Lee Broxson, Cherie Howlett and Antony Deardon in a brand new reseller – Jola. So how did the idea for Jola come about? Jola is a brand new reseller/VNO in the channel made up of an experienced team with a triedRead more…

Government extends connection voucher scheme to March 2016

Jola, the business communications supplier, is helping their Partners not only to win connectivity and hosted telephony deals but also to claim up to £3000 to fund the cost as part of the Government’s Broadband Connection Voucher’s Scheme. Nearly 90% of leased lines these days are sold on 36-month contracts with zero set-up charges andRead more…

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…