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Yorkshire Choice Awards – And the winner of Business Woman of the Year is….

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The glitz and glamour of the Yorkshire Choice Awards evening on Saturday 6th April, could have been mistaken for an Oscar style ceremony event with well over 700 people attending at the Centenary Pavilion at Elland Road, Leeds.

Deep Blue were proud to sponsor the Business Woman of the Year category for the fourth year running at these prestigious Awards.

Yorkshire Choice Awards Business Woman of the Year

Deep Blue Managing Director, Ross Knapman with Business Woman of the Year winner Nicky Chance-Thompson.

Nicky has demonstrated a massive commitment and passion for The Piece Hall, in Halifax and to Calderdale generally, through her role is namely as CEO of The Piece Hall. Nicky is immensely proud of what her team have achieved since re-opening the huge gates of this iconic building, aptly on Yorkshire Day, back in August 2017.

Congratulations Nicky.

ARE YOU ELIGIBLE TO SAVE £3,000

Are you eligible to save £3,000?

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ARE YOU ELIGIBLE TO SAVE £3,000

The Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme is designed to increase the speed of deployment of full fibre networks within the UK by providing micro-grants to support the cost of new connectivity. Vouchers are the mechanism the Scheme uses to provide these grants.

Full fibre networks are the future and getting ready for a gigabit speed is a key step for most businesses.

If you are a small or medium sized business, you may be eligible for vouchers worth up to £3,000 to upgrade your business broadband to a fast and reliable connection over gigabit capable infrastructure.

Am I eligible?
The scheme is available for small to medium sized enterprises.

The category of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is made up of enterprises which employ fewer than 250 persons and which have an annual turnover not exceeding 50 million euro, and/or an annual balance sheet total not exceeding 43 million euro. This includes sole traders.

What is a gigabit connection?
The UK now has 95% coverage for superfast broadband with speeds of 24 megabits per second or higher. However, most superfast connections still depend on copper telephone wires, which are limited in the speeds they can support. For the fastest and most reliable broadband, capable of delivering gigabit speeds, a full fibre connection is required.

One gigabit is the same as 1,000 megabits – so it’s a big leap forward in connection speeds that could benefit you and your business into the future. Full fibre also supports symmetrical connections – meaning your upload and download speeds can be the same.

Interested?
Want to Check your eligibility?
If you wish to find out more information please get in touch at theteam@deepbluetelecom.co.uk

Win with Deep Blue

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Are you attending Yorkshire’s hottest Conference?

We will once again be exhibiting at Yorkshire Ladies Links Be Inspired Conference which takes place on 8th March at Wetherby Races.

Running for the fourth year, Be Inspired attracts thousands of visitors from across the UK, there really is something for everyone and the best part is it’s FREE to attend.

You won’t want to miss this… take part in our prize draw, all we need is your business card and you could be the proud new owner of one of these fabulous prizes (don’t worry if you can’t make it on the day, head to our social media pages to enter).

First Prize – Dog and Bone Telephone
Second Prize – Telephone Bird Feeder
Third Prize – Telephone Salt & Pepper Pots
5 Runners Up – Earphones

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Come and find us if you would like to discuss working smarter or giving your customers a better service, we’ll even send you away with one of our special telephone chocolates! Of course, if you would like to arrange an appointment with us at the event, or have any questions, please email us at info@deepbluetelecoms.co.uk

Our Telecoms Predictions for 2017

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Our 2017 Predictions

HAPPY NEW YEAR

 

At Deep Blue Telecom, we enjoy keeping up-to-date with technology developments, so we thought we would share some of the trends and predictions we anticipate for 2017:

The pace of change in Telecoms and IT continues to accelerate fast. Standing still is not an option and constant innovation is needed to keep pace with evolving and ever more challenging customer demands.

But challenges bring with them opportunities and 2017 is set to be a big year for a number of breakthrough technologies.

Figuring out what the next big thing is going to be and investing the right amount of time, money and resource will be key to keeping Deep Blue Telecom and our strategic partners, ahead of the curve.

TRENDS

5G: should be piloted by the end of the year but unlikely to be fully standardised until the end of the decade as the unrelenting march of IOT (Internet of Things) continues.

AI (Artificial intelligence): has been a major technology theme this year, from computers beating humans in games to the growing automation of previously human-only tasks such as customer service and logistics.

Cybercrime: 2016 was yet another record year during which more malware, malicious IPs, websites, and mobile apps were discovered than in any previous year.  There was a lot of talk about hacking during the US elections but the reality is that cyberwar has been going on for some time between various nations and it’s only likely to accelerate in 2017. We can expect attempts at major attacks, causing serious damage, occurring at both government infrastructure as well as commercial companies.

Ofcom has finally announced that it is proceeding with a formal notification to require the legal separation of OPENREACH from BT. With its own Board of Directors this will guarantee greater independence with a duty to treat all of its customers equally…albeit, 5 years too late.

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

Economic volatility will continue to be a factor, so any product like Cloud telephony that reduces, or even eliminates, upfront capital outlay will be in demand. Customer confidence will be a key driver to continued recovery.

Buying habits will continue to be driven by technology with 2016 statistics suggesting that most people complete 64% of the purchase process before even engaging with suppliers. We believe this percentage will continue to increase during 2017.

IN CONCLUSION
Despite the challenges out there, the telecoms industry continues to be resilient and adaptive, growing and changing, as demand requires. At Deep Blue Telecom we take this ethos to heart, providing customer specific solutions that can change to the world around them. So if your New Year’s resolution is to overhaul your telecoms, why not give Deep Blue a call (0333 240 9100) today.

And who would have thought…we used to cell phones and fax machines a few years ago…Happy New Year!!

Our predictions for 2016 – By Ross Knapman

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OK, it’s that time when we all begin to focus, look ahead and determine the changes we make within our business for the year ahead. In the world of telecoms, these changes are fast-moving and vast. At Deep Blue, we enjoy keeping up-to-date with technology developments, so we thought we would share some of the trends and predictions we anticipate for 2016:

GAME CHANGERS
Cloud based technology and applications will continue to grow as business owners recognise the advantages. Further demand for joined up voice anywhere such as the office, home and out and about, as well as hosted IT services and video calling, will increase as improved broadband creates less reliance on traditional telephony hardware. Business by business, area by area, how we work will continue to evolve with technical development and improving upload speeds.

We will become more mobile than ever (although there’s plenty of room for improvement!). We should see continued expansion of applications and tools allowing us to interact with each other via mobile devices, home-based electronics and automotive tools. There’s even a term for this “The Digital Mesh”…not Mess!!

IoT (Internet of Things) and wearable technologies will continue their rise and with a combination of new robotics and AIS (Artificial Intelligence Solutions) we should see this development go mainstream in 2016.

Big Data will become even more relevant as we see a shift from connected devices to intelligent devices (i.e. computing capabilities). For example, Pizza Hut is testing the world’s first ‘subconscious menu’ using eye-tracking technology to predict the customer choices.

KEY CHALLENGES
New players, with lots of financial muscle and no experience just looking for the quick win continue to be disruptive to both the industry and customer. We have seen it all before, but it won’t stop it happening. Remember, modern telecommunications is now a service industry and not about selling on low price.

With on-going growth in digitalization and IoT there will be an increase in security threats and hacks, unfortunately, this looms over all business today. As such, there will be an increased focus on detecting and responding to these threats faster than ever as well as the introduction of more efficient blocking measures.

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Economic volatility will continue to be a factor, so any product like Cloud telephony that reduces, or even eliminates, upfront capital outlay will be in demand. Customer confidence will be a key driver to continued recovery.

Buying habits will continue to be driven by technology with 2015 statistics suggesting that most people complete 57% of the purchase process before even engaging with suppliers. We believe this percentage will continue to increase during 2016.

IN CONCLUSION
Despite the challenges out there, the telecoms industry continues to be resilient and adaptive, growing and changing, as demand requires. At Deep Blue we take this ethos to heart, providing customer specific solutions that can change to the world around them. So if your New Year’s resolution is to overhaul your telecoms, why not give Deep Blue a call (0333 240 9100) today.

And who would have thought… we used to sell phones and fax machines a few years ago…Happy New Year!!