8el set to capitalise on industry's 'Year of Convergence'
8el's converged solutions for voice and data deliver cost savings and increased resilience

Reading, UK, March 9th, 2004 --- Convergence is again becoming one of the most talked about and potentially revolutionary concepts amongst communications and IT managers.

Recent findings from industry analysts IDC indicate that 33% of WAN managers are set to combine their voice and data over the next two years. In doing so, they now expect to benefit from increased network efficiencies and a reduced total cost of ownership.

In anticipation of this trend, specialist telecoms operator 8elhas developed its latest generation of voice and data convergence solutions over the past four years. The company has already attracted over 30,000 users to its network across a range of vertical markets including recruitment, transport, publishing, accountancy and legal professions.

The company now plans to rapidly expand its customer base in response to rising demand for its converged network solutions and aims to capitalise on it's unique technical solutions and highly regarded levels of service.

Said Justin Hamilton-Martin, 8el's Managing Director, Our approach has always been - Why commission convergence equipment that will downgrade the quality of your network by carrying voice, when instead you could effectively upgrade your WAN and improve overall service levels using 8el

8el's unique approach involves using outbound telephony to subsidise the expense of data network connectivity. By efficiently routing customers voice and data traffic over the same private connection, 8elis able to pass the financial benefits of supporting only one infrastructure back to the customer. This is in contrast to traditional Voice over IP offerings where there are still well-founded concerns over quality and stability.

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For more information contact Adam Borrett on 0845 33 000 93 or email [email protected]