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However, during this daunting year, Tracktech are proud to announce a growth in their customer base of 110% over the same twelve month period.  This phenomenal growth is due to several new strategical sales programs and key partnerships.

Due to this unprecedented growth, Tracktech have opened an additional office in Bristol to allow for their ever-growing team.  The new office will manage all sales and customer support, leaving the Cheltenham office to focus on application development.

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Tracktech won an award for eMERIT at the 2008 event held in Monte Carlo, so were approached by RIM to take part in the promotional video to be shown during the 2009 Summit.

The video can be viewed here.

“Research In Motion (RIM) is committed to working with our Alliances partner community to foster innovation, build new channels to market and to help in delivering world-class mobile applications and services in ways that really make a difference to your business. At the EMEA Alliance Summit 2009, we will connect you with other partners in the ecosystem that can help grow your business and will share information on how we are evolving our partner programs to better suit your needs. We will also provide exclusive updates on the BlackBerry product and services portfolio and where the platform is heading tomorrow.

Whether you are a long-standing partner or new to the BlackBerry Alliances program, the EMEA Alliance Summit 2009 will offer valuable insights on the latest market opportunities, technology roadmaps, sales and marketing strategies and who’s who in the partner ecosystem. And as always, it will offer a great opportunity to network with your colleagues at RIM and to meet the newest members of the BlackBerry Alliances team from around the world.”

Independently judged, The Comms Business Awards are designed to genuinely recognise excellence in the Channel.  Acknowledging the successes of the reseller community, the vendors, distributors and service providers as well as those successful individuals who truly set the standard, these Awards are the industry’s most sought after accolade.

Comms Business has a long history of organising events and the 2009 black tie event has been the most glittering to date. Guests enjoyed a drinks reception, lavish dinner and an exciting awards presentation hosted by a top-entertainer. A live band provided entertainment until 2am affording a relaxed atmosphere with numerous networking opportunities.

RIM recognises a diverse range of Alliance Partner innovation – from public to private sector, from small businesses to consumers – and our EMEA Innovation Awards also recognise members that have excelled in delivering customer delight and differentiation of the BlackBerry platform. This year we have expanded the consumer awards to three categories to reflect our growing community and reward our partner’s efforts in making the most of the consumer experience on BlackBerry.

We encourage all BlackBerry Alliance Program members to apply for awards that highlight their strengths. The application or service must be in market and deployed with a customer to qualify for an award.

The deal underlines Commercial Wireless’ plans to target the UK market. While Tracktech will continue to trade under its own name in the short term, Commercial Wireless plans to establish a full operating subsidiary in the UK later this year .

Derek McDonald, CEO, Commercial Wireless, said the transaction had arisen because of the need for the company to set up a UK base to serve its customers operating in the British market, and because of the close fit between the two organisations. ‘Tracktech’s business is very closely aligned with our own, but they also develop bespoke application software for their customers, which is a good add-on to our business’ .

Commercial Wireless has grown significantly by acquisition in recent years. Earlier this year, the company took over the Irish operations of multinational technology services company, A NOVO. In 2005, the company acquired Cork-based mobile phone distributor Choice Communications and was named O2 Business Dealer of the Year.

Tracktech Marketing Director, Tim Corke, added “The recent agreement between Tracktech and Commercial Wireless will open up an expansive set of opportunities for both companies.  We have been approached on more than one occasion over the last 12 months by different companies expressing an interest in having a formal shareholding/ownership of the business.  However, until we met Commercial Wireless, we had chosen not to accept any of these offers because we didn’t believe these businesses had the same vision of the future as we did.

“Due to the extensive range of applications we have developed for current customers, we believe that engaging with the existing Commercial Wireless customer base will give us a faster route to market whilst, in parallel to that, offering Commercial Wireless customers an excellent level of service in the UK to match that which they already receive in Ireland.  This offers excellent growth opportunities to both companies on both sides of the Irish Sea.”

Tracktech have already begun recruiting key new staff throughout the business to cater for the rapid growth they are experiencing both with the Commercial Wireless as well as the revolutionary new applications they are bringing to the market in 2008.

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This conference provided a forum for all people with an interest in legal advice services in rural and coastal communities. The event was attended by the Legal Aid Minister and senior members of the Legal Services Commission.

Tracktech and Yes Telecom joined other delegates to share experiences and ideas for improving access to legal advice.  There was an exciting and productive exploration of issues and solutions on the day and Tracktech/Yes helped support this – all in the setting of one of Cornwall’s most imaginative and attractive venues.

A report will soon be published on the conference overall and a link will be added to this site when that report is available.  In the mean time, please view the LSC Website for further information – www.legalservices.gov.uk