We started trading in Carlisle in 1992 with only two members of staff; today we have a team of over 50 people. No matter how much we grow, our personal, friendly approach will always remain at the heart of what we do, which is why we’ve retained so many of the customers who’ve been with us from the very beginning.
1992
We opened our first office
in Riverside
House,
Warwick Road, Carlisle.
1992
First UK public internet access
provided. Digital (GSM) cellular
radio commenced in UK.
1995
Caller ID introduced.
At the
time, you needed a
small box that
plugged into
your telephone jack
or a
specially adapted phone.
1995
VoIP was developed in
1995
to save money on long
-distance
and international calls.
1996
We partnered up with Securicor
to
start selling Samsung
telephone systems.
1997
BT launched ISDN2 and
ISDN30 in the UK.
1998
The World Wide Web was born,
marking the beginning of the
Internet as we know it.
1998
We launched our first
website.
Greg, our MD,
joined
the business as
a
trainee salesman.
1998
The Nokia 6110 was launched. It was the first phone to feature Nokia’s famous Snake game and included advanced features for business customers. The phone sold over 100 million handsets and (if you really wanted to) you could still use that phone today!
1999
BlackBerry released its first two-way pager
,
the BlackBerry 850, which supported
email and web browsing.
2000
We relocated to our new
offices
at Kingstown Industrial Estate.
2000
The “Web Phone” combined a traditional telephone with an LCD touch-screen
and a retractable keyboard to let customers surf the Internet, check e-mail,
make phone calls and check voicemail from a single device.
2002
We teamed up with
Avaya to start selling
the IPO range.
New Text
Message
Received
2006
We launched a
new mobile division
originally reselling
Vodafone
and Orange.
2006
Samsung launched the Officeserv range of telephone systems.
2007
The BlackBerry Curve
8300 went on sale,
the same
year
Apple introduced
the
very first iPhone.
The 8300 was designed
to reach both the
consumer and business
markets.
2008
BT announced plans to deploy
super-fast broadband reaching both homes
and businesses.
2009
We launched a new data division
providing
leased circuits
and MPLS to businesses.
2010
The Samsung Galaxy S brand
was introduced. It was
considered
a global success, selling 24
million
smartphones across the world.
2011
We launched our Wholesale
Mobile Tariffs.
2012
EE was the first mobile provider to
launch 4G across 11 cities in the UK,
promising speeds of up to 8-12 Mbps –
up to five times faster than 3G.
2014
We became a
Mobile Virtual
Network Operator.
2016
We launched our own
branded Sim Card.
2016
82% of adults access the internet
daily
and ¾ have a smartphone so
they
can get online on the go.
2016
Greg Morton completed a management
buyout of Online Systems and took
over as Managing
Director.
2017
We celebrated 25 years in Telecoms.
2019
Still going strong!
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