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technolog y reseller.co.uk 17 Olive extends Vodafone relationship Cloud communications provider Olive Communications and Vodafone are building on their long-term relationship with a new five-year partnership that will enable Olive to deliver a broader range of Vodafone services to its 3,500 business customers, including integrated mobile, 5G, IoT, fixed line and SD WAN. The partnership is expected to generate revenues in excess of £125m over five years. Olive CEO Martin Flick said: “We’ve worked collaboratively with Vodafone for many years. This new partnership takes the relationship to the next level and is an exciting new chapter for both parties. We recognise that our customers want end-to-end digital solutions; Vodafone 5G, IoT, fixed line and SD WAN are fantastic additions to our portfolio. Vodafone joins Google, Microsoft, Mitel and V1 in delivering the key building blocks of our service.” NEWS : VENDORS Airband recruitment drive Worcester-based internet service provider Airband has announced an office expansion and a new recruitment drive following several large contract wins. Just one year after relocating to larger premises in Kirkham House, Worcester, the company has acquired part of the upper floor of the building, formerly occupied by training provider CHS. Airband’s workforce has doubled to 113 staff in 2019 and is set to grow further as the company implements its strategy to invest in digital transformation in rural and hard-to-reach areas. It is currently recruiting engineers in Oxford and Shropshire, field sales advisors in Worcestershire and has five apprenticeships available in business admin, customer services, IT and telecoms. To help it attract the best engineering and digital talent, Airband has gained accreditation to the Worcestershire Works Well scheme operated by Worcestershire County Council, which aims to encourage businesses to improve the health and well- being of their employees. Human resources director Miranda Peel said: “We were delighted to gain our Worcestershire Works Well accreditation, which is a great testament to our dedication to creating a positive working environment for all our staff.” https://airband.breezy.hr/ Introducing EPOS Audio and hearing technology group Demant has formed a new company, EPOS, to take over the Enterprise Solutions and Gaming headsets business of Sennheiser Communications A/S when the 16-year-old joint venture between Demant A/S and Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG is broken up this year. When that happens, the business segment of Mobile Music headsets will become part of the Sennheiser Consumer business, with the Enterprise Solutions and Gaming headsets being transferred to EPOS. EPOS will manufacture and sell the existing Sennheiser Communications portfolio for Enterprises and Gaming products, co-branded as EPOS | SENNHEISER, and introduce a portfolio of new EPOS-branded headsets. Søren Nielsen, President & CEO, Demant, said: “The establishment of EPOS marks the start of a new independent company specialising in audio solutions and with a premium sound experience. We are very happy to have EPOS and the strong competencies in the company as an integrated part of the Demant family. We are certain that the R&D synergies within the Demant Group will become even stronger going forward with the emerging trend of intelligent audio, low power connectivity and small form factors. I believe that EPOS, in the future, will play an important part in creating audio experiences to meet the unique needs of its customers.” Jeppe Dalberg-Larsen, President at Sennheiser Communications, will become President of EPOS. www.eposaudio.com Strategic Imperatives earns Pavilion berth Strategic Imperatives, a provider of SaaS solutions to telecoms service providers, will be showing its ground-breaking billing and service monetisation solution, Elevate, in the UK’s Innovation Pavilion at MWC20. Built from the ground up for today’s telecoms market, Elevate transforms service monetisation into a modern, fully integrated flexible cloud-native SaaS solution. Managing Director Wail Sabbagh said: “Our award-winning billing system addresses the critical need for a modern subscription and monetisation framework that seamlessly powers service providers’ growth and enables them to embrace the connectivity revolution. Elevate has completely transformed monetisation for our customers and empowered them to capitalise on the rapid advances in the industry. There’s no better place to showcase the ground-breaking capabilities of our solution than at the world’s largest telecommunications and innovation event.” imperatives.co.uk Data visualisation, reporting and analytics software developer Panintelligence has secured Series A funding from YFM Equity Partners and Comhar Capital, with YFM investing £3.5m for a minority stake and Comhar Capital investing £1m. Mike Clarke from YFM and Craig Wilkinson from Comhar Capital will now join the Panintelligence board. Led by CEO Zandra Moore, CTO Ken Miller and operations director Charlotte Bailey, Panintelligence was established in 2014 and employs 40 staff at its Leeds head office. Its Panintelligence ‘Pi’ suite of data visualisation software is used by 200,000 people worldwide to trigger bespoke reports and visualise trends in real-time, helping to lower costs and inform strategic decisions. Zandra Moore said: “We’re immensely proud to have grown from a handful of people into a leading-edge BI software business with international clients. This Series A capital allows Panintelligence to take advantage of the huge opportunities we are seeing in global markets, particularly the US.” Funding boost for Panintelligence Moore & Miller (L to R) CEO Zandra Moore & CTO Ken Miller at their Boston, USA office