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Five use cases that justify ditching VPNs for good

Thu, 10th Jul 2025
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Organisations face rising VPN breaches and slow speeds, prompting a shift to Zero Trust Network Access for safer, faster hybrid work and cloud migration.
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RingCentral debuts customer journey analytics for Australian users

Wed, 11th Jun 2025
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RingCentral has launched Customer Journey Analytics for Australian users of its RingCX platform, enhancing visibility across unified communications and contact centres.
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Comms Group posts record March revenue of $5.0 million

Thu, 17th Apr 2025
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Comms Group achieved record March 2025 revenue of $5.0 million, driven by global expansion and major new contract wins across diverse sectors.
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Zoom & Mitel launch hybrid communications solution

Thu, 6th Mar 2025
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Zoom and Mitel have unveiled a new hybrid communication solution that merges Zoom's collaboration features with Mitel's telephony systems, catering to enterprises' evolving needs.
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Zoom announces enhanced features for Team Chat users

Fri, 31st Jan 2025
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Zoom has unveiled a revamped Team Chat sidebar within its Workplace suite, enhancing user experience with personalised features and AI tools to boost productivity.
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8x8 sees 60% growth in new product sales for FY25 Q2

Wed, 27th Nov 2024
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8x8 has reported over 60% year-on-year growth in new product sales, attributed to the rising demand for its AI-powered customer experience solutions.
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RingCentral leads 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for UCaaS

Thu, 24th Oct 2024
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RingCentral has been named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for UCaaS for the tenth consecutive year, showcasing exceptional innovation and reliability.
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Meals on Wheels SA supporting its critical customer service function with UCaaS

Tue, 1st Oct 2024
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customer service
Meals on Wheels SA upgrades to RingCentral UCaaS, saving 30% in telecom costs while integrating paper-based fax services to accommodate tech-shy volunteers.
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Zoom & Mitel forge hybrid cloud partnership for enterprises

Thu, 19th Sep 2024
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Zoom partners with Mitel to offer a hybrid cloud solution, integrating Zoom Workplace and AI with Mitel's platforms, enhancing enterprise collaboration and security.
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Access4 acquires Channel UC to boost cloud communications

Mon, 16th Sep 2024
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Access4 acquires Channel UC to bolster cloud communications, expanding its portfolio and partner base. Channel UC execs join Access4 to drive innovation.
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Melanoma Institute Australia partners with RingCentral for UCaaS

Mon, 16th Sep 2024
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Melanoma Institute Australia signs five-year deal with RingCentral to deploy RingEX UCaaS platform across 12 clinics, enhancing communication and patient care.
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Zoom launches post-quantum encryption to secure user data

Thu, 23rd May 2024
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Zoom pioneers with post-quantum end-to-end encryption, setting a new security standard in video conferencing to protect against future quantum threats.
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Unified communications market to expand to USD $187.6 billion by 2031

Tue, 21st May 2024
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New research reveals the global unified communications market will soar from USD $48.1B in 2021 to USD $187.6B by 2031, driven by digital transformation and remote work trends.
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Access4 unveils Flex solution for Microsoft Teams integration

Mon, 15th Apr 2024
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Access4 has launched its Flex solution for Microsoft Teams, designed to amalgamate advanced and basic user services within one customer tenancy, fostering cost-effectiveness and scalability.
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Global UCaaS market to reach 131 million users by 2028

Fri, 22nd Mar 2024
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Global Unified Communications as a Service market set for a 10.3% growth over the next five years, with mobile UCaaS services gaining momentum.
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Access4 & efex solidify partnership with unified communications suite

Wed, 6th Mar 2024
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Access4 partners with IT provider efex to supply voice functionality for efex's newly expanded cloud-based B2B communication suite, efex Comms, bolstering its digital service offerings.
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Virtus Health to implement global RingCentral communication platform

Thu, 22nd Feb 2024
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Virtus Health plans a 5-year global implementation of the integrated RingCentral communication platform across its 62 sites, aiming to enhance patient experience and reduce business communication costs.
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Vonage to boost Southern Cross Credit Union's customer support

Wed, 14th Feb 2024
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Southern Cross Credit Union (SCCU) partners with global cloud communications firm, Vonage, enhancing their customer support system in Australia by employing Vonage Fusion's UCaaS and CCaaS solutions.
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Gamma acquires Coolwave to boost global voice services presence

Thu, 8th Feb 2024
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Gamma Communications has strategically acquired international SMS and voice services provider, Coolwave Communications, bolstering its global presence and voice services.
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Prophecy International & SOFTEL Communications announce strategic AI alliance

Wed, 7th Feb 2024
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Prophecy International partners with SOFTEL Communications to integrate emite analytics with SOFTEL's AI, significantly enhancing CX.