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There is a new WiFi wave reminiscent of the optimism in the last decade when the public wireless hotspot startup phenomenon was in its heydays. I am referring to it as Big WiFi, because some of the new wave providers’ focus on WiFi coupled with social (big) data and advertising and the ambitions of most […] Read more »
Yesterday Dutch cable operator Ziggo announced the acquisition of Esprit Telecom, valued at €18 million. Esprit Telecom sells voice, data and hosting services to Dutch small and medium enterprises (SME). In 2012, Esprit Telecom – together with its subsidiary Zoranet – generated revenues of €37 million with 100 employees. In 2012, Ziggo Business generated €106 […] Read more »
METISfiles analyst Pim Bilderbeek presented at the inaugural meeting of imellem this week, a new member-based networking platform for executives in the Dutch IT and Telecom sector. The presentation focused on the unique aspects of the Dutch telecoms market and the challenges that operators face to remain relevant in a rapidly changing regulatory, customer, and […] Read more »
This Monday, Dutch VoIP and business broadband player Voiceworks entered the mobile market. As MVNE on the KPN network, it launched three (converged) business mobile services. Voiceworks Mobile is the core mobile voice and data service. Mobile Connect mobilizes existing on-premise PBX installations through a connection with the Voiceworks hybrid VoIP/GSM core. Managed Mobile hosts […] Read more »