Category Archives: Company News

C3 to attend new HE network and telephony show

C3 will be attending UCISA’s Converged Network and Telephony Services show in January.

The event, which is being held at the Electric Works, in Sheffield, on January 29th, gives attendees the chance to share their experience of the IP migration process. This is an issue that is becoming more pressing as institutional legacy switches reach end of life, and is an area in which C3 has a high level of knowledge and expertise.

This is the first Converged Network and Telephony Service event from UCISA. The show will be welcomed by those working in higher education telecoms, particularly as the AUA Communications in HE was cancelled earlier this year.

“We are really looking forward to exhibiting at the UCISA show in January,” said John Wood, Sales and Marketing Director. “It will give us a chance to catch up with our existing customers, as well as speak to others who are considering their options for IP migration.”

This event is aimed at management and staff responsible for providing network and telephony services. Click here for more information about the show.

C3 targets legacy switch owners in 2014 roadshow

C3 is embarking on a UK-wide road show in 2014 to promote IP migration options to those companies still operating legacy switches.

The road show will give companies a more in depth look at the options available to them, as well as learn from C3 reference sites that have already migrated to IP.

“C3 has helped many large enterprises make the IP migration,” said sales and marketing director, John Wood. “We take a very customer-centric approach to migration which gives our customers control over costs, as well as the future-flexibility to adapt the platform to suit their unique requirements.”

Telecoms teams up and down the country are busy considering the options for their legacy platforms as they reach end-of-life and, in many cases, end of support. The Siemens ISDX, for example, reaches end of life in 2017 when Siemens, as original manufacturer, will withdraw support on the kit. In many cases the ISDX, whilst over 20 years old, is still operating and functioning well, which makes it hard for organisations to push on with the move to IP given the cost and potential disruption to their voice infrastructure. At the same time, the pressure is on organisations to future-proof their infrastructure so it supports multichannel interactions, conferencing and collaboration throughout the enterprise.

This is where C3 comes in. C3’s solutions are all TDM and SIP compliant so leading-edge unified communication technology can be deployed at any point in the migration pathway, helping organisations to benefit from new technology as well as extend the life of existing systems.

If you would like C3 to visit your organisation please contact us.

Related articles

Migration in a multichannel era

Multichannel Management: more than just a buzz phrase?

C3 to attend UCISA 2014

C3 will be exhibiting at UCISA’s annual conference in March 2014.

Billed as “the premier IT event for UK universities and colleges”, UCISA 2014 will be C3’s first UCISA (Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association) conference since joining the organisation as a Corporate Member back in June.

“We are hoping to meet many of the networks and telecoms teams who are considering their options for the IP migration of their voice infrastructure,” said sales and marketing director, John Wood. “Many traditional PBX systems are reaching end of life soon but often a complete rip and replace is just not feasible – or even advisable.

“We have a number of “hybrid” sites, including University of Oxford. Our applications can be deployed at any point in the IP migration process meaning that organisations can maximise the investment in the PBX with C3’s leading edge technology. Then simply move those applications over to SIP when they’re ready.”

C3 will be demonstrating the latest version of Contact, its multichannel contact centre solution, at the conference (26-29 March 2014, Brighton). As well as offering universities an effective means of managing their communication across multiple channels, Contact also supports burstable voice capacity for peak call flows e.g. Clearing.

If you would like more information about Contact of any of C3’s products, please email sales@c3.co.uk.

Contact proves a hit at Call Centre Expo 2013

C3’s multichannel contact centre solution, Contact PCI, proved a big hit at Call Centre Expo 2013 (2-3 October).

Visitors to the stand were impressed with the application, which enables companies to integrate inbound and outbound communication across multiple channels for easy control and 360-degree visibility of customer interactions.

A number of other stands were also showing multichannel contact centres, but Contact PCI is equally focused on outbound campaign management. This enables companies to “close the loop” with sophisticated reports that show the relationship between your outbound campaigns and your inbound enquiries, across every channel.

We played this video on the stand. It explains a little bit more about what Contact is about. For more information please email sales@c3.co.uk.

C3 joins UCISA as Corporate Member

C3, an established telecommunication specialist, based in Cambridge, has become a Corporate Member of the Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association (UCISA).

C3 has joined UCISA at a time when university IT teams are increasingly taking on responsibility for telecoms.

“We are well established in the higher education sector, with installations at universities and colleges across the UK,” said John Wood, Sales Director C3. “With telecoms and IT teams frequently merging, we are aware that we need to put ourselves in front of new decision makers.”

C3 provides a range of communication platforms and associated applications, including PCI Compliant billing, unified messaging and multichannel contact centre solutions.

The company supports flexible deployment options, including hosted and on-premise models.

Meet us at Call Centre Expo 2013

C3 is once again exhibiting at Call Centre Expo (2-3 October) at London Olympia, where we will be showing our multichannel contact centre Contact PCI.

Contact PCI offers a genuinely holistic view of your customers, with outbound marketing capability across every one of your communication channels, automatic capture & route of all inbound enquiries (including social media) and centralised PCI Compliant billing to support cross-channel transactions. With Contact PCI, you are able to proactively manage the customer experience across every channel and, ultimately, transform your brand into genuinely multichannel entity.

C3 will be on Stand H6 – near the Pizza Express! If you would like to pop by and see us please email sales@c3.co.uk. Look forward to seeing you there.