As 2011 draws to its close, we all owe it to our respective businesses to start looking ahead to another new year and the opportunities 2012 will present.

From our perspecitve, like many of our customers, we remain positive, despite the political, economic and global change we have all faced throughout the year.

For instance, I’m delighted to announce we have taken on two new Account Mangers, who I look forward to introducing you to early next year, as well as experienced support staff who will provide you with unparalleled levels of service and support.

Here at Pink we will continue to provide you with innovate and adaptable products with a long term view to reducing your operational expenditure. 

Whilst we understand you may be wary of looking at new offerings which could result in capital expenditure, we can reassure you the technology upon which these new products are based will make any investment worthwhile.

Perfect examples of this include our free installation on Ethernet circuits, and  0% finance on Cisco communication solutions. 

I sincerely hope you find these newsletters useful, and to those of you who may be reading this with a view to using our services, I urge you to take note of the many offers and new products which become available to you throughout the year.

For our regular readers, you will know we have been supporting the HAVEN HOUSE CHILDREN’S HOSPICE in their efforts to raise money for the incredible work they carry out in the community.

If you would like to extend your support to this worthwile cause and make Christmas a little more special for the children Haven House look after, you can make a donation as follows:

TEXT LUAL50 £5 (or your preferred donation amount) to 70070.

Alternatively, you can donate via www.justgiving.com/havenhouseLUAL

With a market currently growing at 25% pa, Ethernet has become the mainstream connectivity choice for businesses of virtually any size indeed in the UK.

The popularity of this product is no surprise and Pink’s Ethernet proposition ticks all the right boxes in a customer’s checklist for speed, cost, and more efficient networking, and can meet the bandwidth needs of ever hungry applications.

Pink’s Ethernet offering brings together the cost and efficiency advantages of Ethernet and BT’s 21CN combined.

The result is a genuinely competitive connectivity solution that can be supplied quickly and easily, and one which will evolve allowing changes in scalability, configuration and speed, reducing the burden of significant, upfront capital investment.

Without being distant dependant (excluding the local access network) it provides important cost efficiencies with an ability to converge voice, data and broadband over one platform.  As your business grows it can accommodate ‘Point to Point’ and ‘Point to Multi-point’ and ‘Any to Any’ network topology.

Because Pink’s Ethernet is offered in increasing speed increments with a gentle step change, it enables us to offer our customers a ‘right size’ solution and so avoid the cost (and the waste) of network over-extension.  Pink’s Ethernet offers circuit bandwidth speeds at launch of between 1Mbit/s and 1Gbit/s and offers a choice of access speeds of 2Mbit (EFM), 10Mbit/s, 100Mbit/s and 1Gbit/s.

CALL US TODAY FOR AN INSTANT QUOTE ON REPLACING YOUR CURRENT DATA CIRCUIT AT NO COST……

* for data circuits connecting to the BT network on a minimum 3 year term.

Should you require any help setting these up, please call our Service Desk on 0870 333 0533 without delay to avoid disappointment.

We are happy to announce the cost for this remote programming remains at £50 plus vat (up until close of business, December 23rd).

You should also be aware the Christmas holiday season brings with  it an increased risk of PBX hacking.

Many offices are empty for long periods of time, and with the seasonal demand for international calling, this combination can result in targeted hacking activity.

There are a number of simple steps you can take to reduce the risks of PBX hacking:

• remove all default password settings from your voicemail
• limit access to maintenance ports
• ensure passwords are changed regularly
• limit call types by barring calls to international or premium rate numbers
• provide us with contact details of someone we can call should we see an unusual increase in your call traffic.

Call us today on 0870 333 0533 to book your pre-Christmas programming. 

These products utilise fibre connections to the street cabinets, significantly reducing the amount of copper, thereby resulting in greater line speeds.

There are many benefits which will enhance the running of your business today..!!

• Significantly increased upstream speeds
• A wide range of variants which will suit your needs
• Increased downstream
• Improved through-puts
• No restriction on downloads
• Up to 40mb/s downstream
• Up to 8 static IP addresses

Why not give your staff the benefit of seeing in the New Year using 2012′s technology – call us today to find out more.

• Enabling faster responsiveness
• Making it easier for the outside world to do business with you
• Creating the right customer experience
• Efficiently managing business growth

So, the time to act is NOW..!!

Today’s new IP-based telephone systems are designed with capabilities your business can use to attract more customers, expand operations, streamline routine customer transactions, and much more.

Here at PINK we would like to talk to you about how your communications system can deliver real results for your business.

We would like to show you how your communications system can:

• help attract new customers
• increase revenues
• develop more repeat business
• keep overheads in check

Why should you listen to us?  Because you need to know about technology, and how it will benefit your business development.

So, why not start the New Year by letting us talk to you about how PINK’s new IP-based communication systems can deliver real results for your business.

In short, this new feature will unify your voice and CRM systems, which will boost productivity, reduce call handling time, and improve customer interaction.

CRM CONNECT will provide you with a high level of integration between your CRM and your IP telephone service, and will provide you with the following features:

• Click to dial
• Screen popping of inbound calls
• Instant access to CRM information
• Click to dial from web pages
• Click to hold from the desktop
• Click to transfer from the desktop

CRM CONNECT works with the 15 best selling CRM systems including ACT, GoldMine, Maximizer, Lotus, Sage, Salesforce and Microsoft.

For a limited period we are offering this product at £5.95 per individual user, so its well worth adding to your exisitng VoIP portfolio…..

With a market currently growing at 25% pa, Ethernet has become the mainstream connectivity choice for businesses of virtually any size indeed in the UK.

The popularity of this product is no surprise and Pink’s Ethernet proposition ticks all the right boxes in a customer’s checklist for speed, cost, and more efficient networking, and can meet the bandwidth needs of ever hungry applications.

Pink’s Ethernet offering brings together the cost and efficiency advantages of Ethernet and BT’s 21CN combined.

The result is a genuinely competitive connectivity solution that can be supplied quickly and easily, and one which will evolve allowing changes in scalability, configuration and speed, reducing the burden of significant, upfront capital investment.

Without being distant dependant (excluding the local access network) it provides important cost efficiencies with an ability to converge voice, data and broadband over one platform.  As your business grows it can accommodate point to point and point to multi-point and any to any network topology.

Because Pink’s Ethernet is offered in increasing speed increments with a gentle step change, it enables us to offer our customers a ‘right size’ solution and so avoid the cost (and the waste) of network over-extension.  Pink’s Ethernet offers circuit bandwidth speeds at launch of between 1Mbit/s and 1Gbit/s and offers a choice of access speeds of 2Mbit (EFM), 10Mbit/s, 100Mbit/s and 1Gbit/s.

CALL US TODAY FOR AN INSTANT QUOTE ON REPLACING YOUR CURRENT DATA CIRCUIT AT NO COST……

* for data circuits connecting to the BT network on a minimum 3 year term.

An easy way of providing you with the tools to allow your staff to work more efficiently whilst taking productivity to the next level at an affordable price,  is to look at the 0% FINANCE OFFER we are currently running in conjunction with Cisco.

A Cisco Unified Communications system can help you bring together your phone, email, text, conferencing, and video, making your business more productive.

With 0% Financing available on all Cisco solutions, you can acquire the solution your business needs now, rather than when budgets dictate.

Pink Telecommunications and Cisco Capital^SM could help you keep pace with your evolving technology needs with accessible financing solutions.

WHY FINANCING IS RIGHT FOR YOUR BUSINESS: 

Access to the right solution

• Plan and pay for technology with predictable monthly payments
• Ease the pressure on your budget

For further information on how you can take advantage of our 0% offer, call your Account Manager today.

Haven House cares for children and young people between the ages of 0 to 19 who have life-limiting conditions and who are unlikely to reach adulthood.

Helping families by providing a range of services that include day, short break and end of life care, together with therapeutic play in the community, families can find the support they need when they need it most at no cost to themselves.

Peter Southgate, Pink Telecom MD, is working with Haven House on reducing all aspects of  their communications expenditure.  “Community charities such as Haven House deserve to be treated with the same respect as they give others, and, as such, we are more than happy to show them how they can save money and increase productivity, without compromising any of the incredibly valuable work they provide.”

Haven House Children’s Hospice is a charity looking after children and their families in Central and North East London and West Essex.

For further details about this charity and the wonderful work they carry out on behalf of the commuinty, find out more by visiting www.havenhouse.org.uk

• concerns with the cost of travelling to and from meetings;
• concerns with the time spent travelling to and from meetings;
• concerns with the impact on the environment of travelling to and from meetings;
• concerns with keeping your company at the forefront of modern day technology;
• concerns with keeping in touch with an increasingly dispersed workforce.

All of these issues are on our minds, especially in the current economic climate.  We all want to save money, and maximize staff productivity.

The ultimate objective of iMeet is to meet these challenges by making video-enabled conferencing more productive by making it more enjoyable for the individual users, and hence more engaging.

Designed for elegance and simplicity of use, iMeet is based around online personal meeting spaces, or “rooms,” into which participants are invited to collaborate using any combination of audio, video and chat, as well as document or media sharing.

Requiring no downloads, no user manuals and no technical support, each personal meeting room is a unique URL address specific to the individual user, and is incredibly easy to use.

Ring your Account Manager to organize a demonstration for you, or click on the following video link: http://promo.pgi.com/videos/iMeet-vl/