Jaguar Wins National Award!

Jaguar Telecom have won the coveted Hosted Telephony Solution of the Year award!  We were by far the youngest and most recently established company among those nominated for this prestigious award, presented recently at the Comms National Awards ceremony.

The award was given in recognition of the Hosted Telephony solution supplied by Jaguar Telecom to our client Capital Cash Ltd, who own the largest franchise of Cash Converters retail stores in the UK.. They operate 25 stores around Greater London, as well as a Head Office in High Wycombe.

Despite the current economic climate Cash Converters are expanding rapidly, with plans to open eight new stores a year over the next five years.  Their requirement for a ‘plug and play’ system for each store that is reliable, cost effective and fully programmable is central to their expansion plans.

Jaguar Telecom’s Hosted VoIP product was the perfect solution, combining a fast and straightforward roll-out with an easy to use web-based interface.  Each store now has its’ own independent telecoms system, whilst the company benefits from free calls between all sites, and the ability to programme the system as required, including diverting calls.

For more information on Hosted Telephony please visit our dedicated website and watch our informative video.

The Comms National Awards are held annually and are open to all businesses operating in the telecommunications market.  For more information please visit www.cnawards.com.

Here’s a photo of Simon receiving the award from TV personality and host of the ceremony, Hugh Dennis.

It took 9 months but it’s finally here……the birth of our new website!

It took 9 months but it’s finally here……the birth of our new website!

Panther Telecom is proud to announce the launch of a fantastic new website  HostedVoIPuk.com

Our new site is dedicated entirely to Hosted Telephony and showcases the benefits of the service, whilst being educational and informative.

VoIP (voice over internet protocol) is growing at an exponential pace and, in time, looks set to become the default communication method for all telephone conversations, globally.

We believe, along with leading industry figures, that Hosted Telephony will become the business solution of choice for the majority of new telephone system installations, over the next few years.

One thing that we know for certain is that Hosted VoIP is here to stay and is already making a significant impact with many of our customers.

Don’t get left behind, visit HostedVoIPuk.com or call us now on 0808 168 4000 to find out how your business could benefit from Hosted VoIP.

Which business phone system should our company buy?

A new breed of business phone systems is evolving to meet the specific needs of small businesses.   Until now, the options available to start-ups and organisations with less than 20 people, have been limited.  At one extreme a costly but professional, fixed-line system and at the other,  a mobile or single land-line.  However the market is changing thanks to internet-based or VoIP (Voice over Internet protocol) systems.

Many people are familiar with consumer VoIP systems such as Skype but so far the call quality and outages have made them too unreliable for business use.   In comparison, Hosted VoIP, from a provider such as Panther Telecom, provides small businesses with high-level call quality, thanks to a dedicated network.  It also provides all the functionality of a switch-board at a mere fraction of the cost of a traditional hardware PBX.

The web based control panel allows each user to manage the features of their own phone system, including specifying functionality and adding new users as the company grows.  Any software updates, including new features are done automatically.

The internet is fundamentally changing the way we live.  Hosted VoIP will help improve the power of phone systems for small businesses; enabling affordable switchboard-functionality for even the smallest of enterprises.

For companies, wanting further information, please visit our dedicated website and watch our informative video.

Hosted Telephony “has a number of benefits for small businesses”

Hosted telephony has a number of benefits for small businesses, it has been suggested.

Writing for Forbes, David Carr noted that Hosted Telephony can be particularly useful for firms that have small premises in a range of different locations.

“Rather than have each office install its own phone switching equipment, you can have all locations tie into the hosted system,” he explained.

Another advantage is solid disaster recovery options, according to Mr Carr, as in the case of fires and floods, hosted telephony would remain operational.

Finally, it can help less-sizable enterprises reduce their technology overheads, he said, while boosting their abilities to run a mobile workforce.

Hosted VoIP enables business managers to move their work extension to their home address with just a computer and headset, the specialist added.

A recent study by Akamai found the average broadband speed in the UK equaled 3.9Mbps in the second quarter of 2010, something it was suggested could help to boost the VoIP solutions market.

Hosted VoIP increasing in popularity, a study finds.

Demand for Hosted VoIP services is very much on the increase in UK business, it has been reported.

A study conducted by ABI Research has indicated that businesses are ramping up their investment in outsourced telecommunications following the recession.

The research firm claimed that Hosted VoIP is a “safe investment” and offers flexibility for businesses in a slow, uncertain economic recovery.

“Consequently, hosted IP PBX services are expected to finish the year with a 15.3 per cent increase in revenue,” said ABI practice director Dan Shey.

Louise Hepburn, product manager at Itec, recently claimed that VoIP technology has emerged as an attractive, cost-saving telephony option for small companies in the last few years.

Increase in mobile VoIP traffic thanks to Smartphones

VoIP Market will Double by 2015

VoIP services are forecasted to continue they’re phenominal growth spurt and look set set to exceed $20billion in five years.  According to ABI research

Specifically VoIP services include; VoIP integrated access, SIP trunking, hosted IP-PBX/IP Centrex and managed IP-PBX services.

The research is part of a new study, which analyses key trends in the above market – considering growth, technology evolution and competition. The market has been growing successively over the last year, as businesses tend to be replacing their traditional phone systems with VoIP.

Smaller businesses in particular are favouring the Hosted VoIP services, but that doesn’t mean that larger businesses aren’t beginning to take advantage of them too.

Senior analyst for ABI, Subha Rama, comments: “The trend of companies outsourcing their communications infrastructure has taken off in earnest, as decision-makers look for cost savings without having to compromise on features and functionality.”