Channel Partners Evolution is one week away. Get in touch with Doug Dembiczak to meet and discuss collaboration opportunities. [email protected]

ConnecTel is at Channel Connect - Intelisys. Contact Joe Bonino to schedule a time to connect. [email protected]

#TBT Inventor Martin Cooper placed the first cellular mobile call in 1973 to his rival at Bell Labs, Joel Engel. The first mobile phone had a maximum talk time of 30 minutes, and it took a year for the battery to recharge.

#FunFactFriday The first Voice over Internet Protocal (VoIP) call was made Dec. 1974.

How carriers can help enterprises in the collaborative era. .ow.ly/KUga50jhZ67 ow.ly/KUga50jhZ67

ConnecTel is at Channel Partners Evolution in Philadelphia for the rest of the week. Get in touch with Doug Dembiczak to meet and discuss collaboration opportunities. [email protected]

Free Resource Highlight: Download the reference guide on Making a Seamless Migration to the Cloud. ow.ly/qh7m50jhZ6V

#TBT The first commercially automated cellular network was launched in Japan in 1981. The network was originally launched only in Tokyo in 1979 and then was expanded.

#FunFactFriday The first text message sent was "Merry Christmas" by Neil Papworth.

Getting back to basics: An overview of 5G wireless networks ow.ly/643P50jhZ7R

Free Resource Highlight: Download the quick reference guide on Mutliprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) ow.ly/OPLm50jhZ8h

Narrowband IoT may be the answer to cellular IoT woes ow.ly/WFwK50jhZ8o

#TBT In 1982, Jonathan Postel wrote the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and shifted the focus of the Internet from security to reliability using the networks as relay stations to send electronic mail to the recipient through cooperative hosts.

#FunFactFriday International calls rarely travel via satellite anymore. Instead most are sent over fiber optics and VoIP.

Free Resource Highlight: Learn the value of partnering with a Managed Service Provider ow.ly/KaPe50jhZ9c

#TBT On January 1, 1983, the Internet was officially born. ARPANET officially switched its old network control protocols (NCP) and Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) became standard.

We are very honored to be the recipient of the Intelisys Top Performance Champions recognition! connecTel achieved Gold Level partnership and was recently awarded the Club TPC acknowledgment.

Learn how partnering with telecommunication providers will increase employee productivity and company profitability. ow.ly/49yo50kjy0t

connecTel's Jeff Nemcek and Scott McKinney recently attended TBI's The Big Event - where some of the best and most knowledgeable technology and enablement experts come together to share information. Jeff Nemcek was a participant in a panel discussion on wireless topics.

We were very happy to have the opportunity to engage with many senior IT executives at the recent Tech Summit in Cleveland. Together with Star2Star, connecTel was a presenting sponsor and our own Scott McKinney was a presenter.