Sales & Marketing

The channel community has been discussing the topic of business ethics in its blogs, conferences, forums and backrooms. At the suggestion of master agent Josh Anderson, CEO of Telephony Partners LLC, PHONE+ is tackling the topic in a new and, hopefully, constructive way by presenting “ethical dilemmas” that have happened in the indirect sales channel and seeking comment from suppliers ...

With the huge surge in sales for smartphones driven by a wide range of customer apps delivered from a handheld mobile platform, it may not be too surprising to see optimistic, if not wildly enthusiastic, projections for the smartphone market, but global market research and consulting firm MarketsandMarkets has pegged total worldwide smartphone sales to hit $150.3 billion – yes, ...

Master agent Interactive Telecom Solutions Inc. (ITS), Paramus, N.J., announced this week it has become the exclusive agent for its sister company, Hudson Fiber Network (HFN), also based in Paramus, N.J., a high-bandwidth, low-latency network solution provider specializing in the financial services industry.As a result of the agreement, ITS’ agent partners can now serve financial customers by connecting them to ...

A shortage of supply is the only thing keeping the HTC Droid Incredible from outselling its older sister, the original Droid smartphone, said Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam in an interview with MSNBC.Verizon sold 100,000 Incredibles in the first two days they went on sale last month. Online is about the only place you can order it now because supply is ...

Bowing to the inevitable, Google said it will halt sales of the Nexus One through its online sales portal.The much-ballyhooed “Googlephone” has been a major flop since its inception and the revolutionary direct-sales model that Google adopted was plagued by poor customer service, high termination fees, and consumers’ reluctance to move away from the carrier-sales model for mobile devices.Built in ...