Polycom will lay off workers

Polycom revenue decreased by 5% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2008, and the company is laying off about 150 workers worldwide, states TMC Net.

Officials say the figure represents about 6% of the communications solutions company's global workforce. Polycom took in just $263 million (R2.65 billion) in the fourth-quarter, mostly due to the slumping economy's negative effect on sales of the company's flagship HD voice products.

Polycom chairman and CEO Robert Hagerty says the realignment of resources should bolster the company going forward.

Doro has signed a distribution agreement with IT reseller Tech Data to sell and market VOIP telephones and headsets for the French market, reports Your Industry News.

The agreement is mainly for Doro's VOIP and other business electronics' products, which are communication products designed for the business sector.

"The collaboration with Tech Data is a strategically important step in the continued development of our business electronics business unit in France, one of our prioritised markets," says Doro CEO J'er^ome Arnaud.

New Global Telecom (NGT) has surpassed 100 000 VOIP seats under management, according to PR USA.

"NGT continues to lead the market and currently holds the largest market share in the US hosted IP telephony services market," states Elka Popova, global programme director of unified communications in the ICTs with Frost & Sullivan.

The provider of wholesale hosted and trunk-based VOIP solutions credits growing expertise within its provisioning team along with enhancements to its systems and processes as enabling it to effectively scale services to meet the demands of its partners.