From the 4th of January 2011, the standard rate of VAT will be increasing from 17.5% to 20%. Accordingly, the prices we charge for our consumer services (those advertised as VAT inclusive) will be increasing from this date.
Our corporate customers and those registered for VAT will remain unaffected by these changes.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/vat/forms-rates/rates/rate-increase.htm
Another iconic Manx brand has selected BlueWave Communications to provide high capacity, high availability telecoms solutions. Shoprite, the Island’s leading supermarket chain, required a high bandwidth circuit between their head office at Centre House and their new disaster recovery facility in Village Walk, Onchan. There is no line of site between these locations, infact they are separated by several tree lines and two housing estates.
The traditional solution would have involved an ethernet circuit from Manx Telecom. However, to avoid ongoing circuit rental charges, we installed a direct site to site link between the locations. This private circuit provides a high capacity connection with greater than 99.995% availability.
Managing director of BlueWave Communications Stuart Baggs said:
We are delighted to have been selected by Shoprite to deliver on this key project. Our mission is always to deliver reliability, innovation and value. This project demonstrates our ability to deliver on all three.
He continued:
Our company ethos centres around delivering the highest levels of service and quality of product. In this instance we are pleased to have produced substantial cost savings whilst improving on the quality and reliability of other offerings. We look forward to further building our relationship with Shoprite over the coming months and years.
To investigate similar solutions for your business, please Contact Us.
It’s that time of year again, and whilst we’ve resisted the temptation to install javascript snowflakes on our website, the temperature outside tells us Christmas is most definitely here! With that in mind, I am pleased to advise that we will be operating a complete support service over the Christmas period. To raise a support ticket, please login into your account at:
URL: https://secure.bluewave.im/cp/
Your username and password are contained within your welcome email, or inside your service contract / SLA. Please ensure you have these details from your account manager before we close for the Christmas period.
Opening Times
24th December 2010 – 9 AM – 1 PM
25th December 2010 – Closed
26th December 2010 – Closed
27th December 2010 – 9 AM – 6 PM
28th December 2010 – 9 AM – 6 PM
29th December 2010 – 9 AM – 6 PM
30th December 2010 – 9 AM – 6 PM
31st December 2010 – 9 AM – 1 PM
1st January 2011 – Closed
2nd January 2011 – 9 AM – 6PM
It only remains for me to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
With Best Wishes,
Stuart Baggs
Managing Director
BlueWave Communications Ltd
It’s time for the first instalment of The BlueWave Beta Lab. In this feature, I’ll give you a look into some of the projects we’re working on that will be launched over the coming months and years. In this first edition I wanted to show you something that has future potential to unsettle both fixed and mobile incumbents.
We’ve spent the last few months building a GSM/GPRS network architecture (HLR/VLR/MSC/GGSN/SGSN/BSC) and we’re delighted to announce the first test calls and GPRS data sessions have been completed in Ballaugh using a single TRX tri-sectored base station (3 x cells).
Description: ip.access model 139 GPRS pico cell
The technology has many applications. From large scale macro network deployments to replacement of DECT handsets within corporate environments, especially those with difficult coverage or multiple sites.
The beauty of using pico cells from ip.access is they use our native IP network for backhaul. This keeps backhaul costs low and enables rapid deployment without the need for expensive and impractical E1 circuits.
Description: BlueWave SIM Card & Nokia 1208
The technology is limited to our labs at the moment, but subject to appropriate licensing and deployment partners, we hope it will be in commercial deployment late 2011.
That’s all for this first edition, I look forward to writing another early next year.
With best wishes,
Stuart Baggs
Managing Director
BlueWave Communications Ltd
I am pleased to announce the launch of our latest Wi-Fi Internet Zone at Heysham Port in Lancashire. Now you can get online before you get onboard your ferry back to the Isle of Man or whilst waiting for your connecting train.
To see the location of our Wi-Fi Internet Zones, see our handy map http://www.bluewave.im/wifi/finder.php