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Supercharge your WhatsApp for Business with OmniChat

By Laura Swatton | April 17, 2024

First, there was WhatsApp, a chat app service officially launched in November 2009 (1). It has skyrocketed to become the world’s most popular messaging platform, with over 2 billion monthly users (2); and every day more than 100 billion messages are sent on WhatsApp, talk about impressive (2). WhatsApp for Business empowers businesses to build […]

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2025 Digital switchover update

Jul 31 2019

2025 Digital Switchover Update

In the Evoke January newsletter we provided a comprehensive guide to the 2025 digital switchover. We are aware that subsequently many of you are being increasingly bombarded with telesales calls from alternative providers insisting that you must upgrade to SIP immediately to avoid putting your business at risk. Here is a quick re-cap and latest […]

Jul 31 2019

Giff Gaff fined for over charging customers for 8 years

The Mobile phone group Giffgaff has been fined £1.4m by regulator Ofcom for “unacceptable” billing mistakes that saw 2.6 million customers overcharged over an 8-year period. Ofcom said Giffgaff, owned by O2’s parent Telefonica, overcharged people up to a total of almost £2.9m. “Getting bills right is a basic duty for every phone company,” said Gaucho […]
Flexible workers travelling on the train

Jul 31 2019

Heatwave promotes call for more flexible working

Just last week, the UK railways were in chaos as searing heat sparked fear of derailed trains.The ongoing problems came after thousands of passengers were left stranded at major stations on Thursday, the hottest July day on record, as temperatures of up to 38.7C (100.6F) created havoc for some train operators. This week we see UK weather warnings for […]
Smart schools

Jul 31 2019

Avaya Launches UK Wide Media Campaign to showcase Loughborough Schools Foundation ‘Smart Campus Solution’

Evoke are bursting with pride this month as the UK wide Avaya ‘Safe School’ Media Campaign commenced its rollout across key education and unified communication publications. Here are some of the first publications to run the story. The Educator: Avaya and Loughborough Schools Foundation launch UK-first communications solution to help keep students safe and staff connected […]

Jul 12 2019

Evoke Telecom June 2019 updates

Welcome to our June newsletter at the end of what has been one of the wettest Junes in living memory. Some parts of the UK saw months of rainfall in just a couple of days with some areas of Eastern England becoming flooded. Meanwhile, just across the channel the European mainland scorched in an unprecedented […]
10mbps

Jul 12 2019

Broadband universal service becomes a thing in the UK

As regular readers of our newsletter, or those who follow us on social media, will be well aware, here at Evoke Telecom we have been banging on about dreadful broadband speeds in the UK since Noah was in short pants! So, the latest news from Ofcom on new broadband minimum speeds is sweet music to […]

Jul 12 2019

Ericsson LG – Spring/Summer Product Update and Ideas Lab Workshops

Last month Ericsson-LG’s exclusive UK distributor ‘Pragma’ took to the highways and byways, travelling literally the length and breadth of the land. They visited Edinburgh, Leeds, Cheltenham and London, delivering their ‘Ideas Lab’ workshops. The objective of this new style of ‘roadshow’ was to share recent product updates and promote their Idea’s Lab Workshop initiative. […]
Cybereason

Jul 12 2019

Researchers identify global telecoms hacking operation.

Another article which has caught our eye this month was a piece on a suspected global telecom hacking campaign. US cyber security vendor Cybereason, say that they first spotted concerning trends last year as they investigated suspicious activity on one of their customer’s networks. It is thought that perhaps as many as 10 global networks […]

Jul 12 2019

Strike at school as parents demand SAFETY for their children.

A shocking piece of news caught our attention this month. The BBC reported that up to 30 teachers had gone on 2-day strike and parents had picketed the gates, at The Starbank Secondary School in Birmingham, following concerns over safety. A member of the National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT), said […]
Trent bridge

Jul 12 2019

A day out at the Trent Bridge for the Cricket World Cup

The sun at last came out and scene was set fair at beautiful Trent Bridge as we settled down with a small handful of customers to enjoy England’s Cricket World Cup match against Pakistan at the beginning of the month. The ground was ‘abuzz’ with a wonderful mix of fans and entertainment including a very […]
Spearfishing and Extreme sports

Jul 12 2019

Cornish Company uses cloud telephony to run two businesses

Tony Eynon is a very busy man. That is because he is Managing Director of not just one, but two vibrant businesses down in sunny Cornwall. Following nearly 10 years’ experience in the education services industry, Tony decided it was time to do something a bit different and upped sticks, relocating to St Austell on […]
Evoke telecom May news

May 31 2019

Evoke Telecom May 2019 updates

Welcome to our May update, in the month that delivers not one but TWO, yes two bank holidays. What a wonderful month May is. As the old saying goes “April showers bring May flowers”. All we can say is that April must have been very wet given the beautiful sight we are greeted with as […]

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