Recently, BT announced that it had managed to complete the purchase of the group “IP Trade”, providers of solutions for unified communication and collaboration in command-and-control centres, and trading floor environments. The acquisition was completed after approval from the UK CMA (Competitions and Markets Authority).
As per an announcement on the first of February, the acquisition of the new company will enhance the ability of BT customers to unify their control-room and trading solutions. Teams will have the opportunity to work together across global and complicated communities far more effectively, using an innovative spread of video, speech, and messaging, with the best range of mobile and fixed applications and devices.
Technology groups and operations groups will begin to integrate their systems with control room IT and specialist trading floor solutions, as well as combining on-premise solutions with the cloud in the way most suitable for everyone. Firms will also have the option to better meet with regulatory obligations for compliance.
The Growth and Development of BT
Ultimately, BT hope that they can change the world with communication solutions, one step at a time. Today, the brand is known as one of the leading providers throughout the world when it comes to communication services. In fact, BT are responsible for communications in around 180 countries.
BT can offer global, local, international, and national solutions for networked IT, including broad communications services for mobile, work, and home purposes. Currently, the brand consists of a range of different customer-facing segments, including Business and Public, EE, Consumer, Global Services, Openreach, and Wholesale.
The IP Trade Purchase
Originally created during 2005, IP Trade are innovators in the world of reliable and effective SIP communications. They create solutions for session initiation protocol, as well as collaboration solutions for trading floor providers, and dispatch centres.
The brand is well-known for offering impeccable solutions for communication among enterprises in the financial trading sector. Over the years, the company has offered scalable, innovative, unified solutions for trading which merge data, voice, and streaming media into one platform for profit and customer service.
Additionally, IP Trade offer a range of high-quality bespoke solutions for command centres that need to upgrade their collaboration. Today, IP Trade can offer sophisticated end-to-end platforms that blend seamlessly with UC solutions delivered by Cisco, Avaya, Alcatel, and more.
