Network Communications News (NCN) April 2017 | Page 8

INDUSTRY NEWS
Imagine Group
joins Epsilon’s SIP
Trunk Federation
Epsilon, a privately owned
global communications
service provider, has
announced Imagine Group,
one of Ireland’s leading
telecommunications
providers, has joined the SIP
Trunk Federation.
The SIP Trunk Federation
is a group of service provider
partners that collaborate
to offer end-to-end SIP
Trunking capabilities across
the globe. By entering the
Federation, Imagine Group
is able to extend the reach
of its regional SIP Trunking
solutions beyond its home
markets and capture new
revenue opportunities.
Jerzy Szlosarek, Epsilon’s
chief executive, said, ‘The
SIP trunking market is
growing rapidly but so far
there has been no way for
local and regional ser vice
providers to connect and
efficiently ser ve the global
needs of their enterprise
customers. Our federation
bridges that gap and
provides a neutral location
for ser vice providers of
all sizes the ability to
interconnect and work
together to grow their SIP
Trunking businesses.
‘Imagine Group is
able to find partners with
comparable services
and rapidly roll out new
international networks to
create a global and unified
SIP Trunk service.’
Imagine Group offers
fixed and wireless
communications ser vices
to both business and
residential customers
throughout Ireland. The
group also delivers a
por t folio of voice and
data products throughout
Western Europe via its
wholly owned subsidiary
Coolwave Communications
in the Netherlands.
For further information visit
www.siptrunkfederation.com
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Siemon named
Network Cabling
Vendor of the Year
Siemon is celebrating after winning
the Network Cabling Vendor of the
Year title at the Network World
Middle East Awards 2017.
The event took place at the
prestigious Habtoor Grand Resort
and Spa in Dubai, where leading
vendors and end users from
across the Middle East gathered to
celebrate the very best the industry
has to offer in the region.
Now in its eighth year, Network
World Middle East Awards recognises
and celebrates networking
excellence. It honours IT companies
and business professionals that
demonstrate innovative leadership
and provide innovations that produce
measurable results. This year’s
winners were chosen via public
online voting from a list of finalists
Byju Joseph, Siemon’s business development manager (left) and
selected by an esteemed panel
Mennat El Nazer, Siemon’s marketing communications executive
of judges from a selected pool of
nominations.
Siemon’s entry focused on its work in the areas of convergence and intelligent buildings –
in particular its ConvergeIT solution.
Prem Rodrigues, Siemon’s director of sales and marketing for the Middle East, India and
the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), said, ‘We are incredibly
proud to have been named Network Cabling Vendor of the Year at the Network World Middle
East Awards 2017, and equally delighted that our dedication to pushing the boundaries of
technology has been recognised in this way.’
For further information visit: www.siemon.com
Hotel Wi-Fi specialist secures
£1.7m to fund growth overseas
Airangel has secured a £1.7m funding package from Santander Corporate & Commercial to
support its further growth. 
Based in Warrington, Airangel, which has recently opened a new office in Dubai, is
expanding rapidly across Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia.
Dean Wilkinson, Airangel’s chief executive, said the company’s software platform,
MyAirangel, is now the number one solution in the hotel industry, with clients including IHG,
Malmaison, Hotel du Vin, the Eden Project, Mövenpick Hotels and Resorts.
MyAirangel is also widely used in private rental sector apartment buildings with large scale
deployments in several prestigious developments in London.
The cloud based platform enables guests to access fast, high quality Wi-Fi connections,
in addition to providing hoteliers and property owners wi th valuable data insights to enable
them to engage more with customers and personalise the guest experience. 
Mr Wilkinson said, ‘In the digital age, connectivity is central to the guest experience and
a key factor in people’s choice of hotel. MyAirangel offers a high quality solution and not
surprisingly, is in growing demand from leading hotel chains and venues around the world.’
Airangel, which employs around 40 staff, was set up by Mike Gardner, the current
chairman, in 2002. It now manages Wi-Fi connections to more than 100,000 hotel rooms or
apartments in 27 countries, and has 18 million registered users.