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These days, business owners cannot afford to be taken for a ride by their telecommunications providers. With the economy in a tailspin, many companies have opted to take effective measures while keeping productivity up and costs down.

While telecommunications is one of the most important facets of a business, how many business operators actually know what’s available to them and whether they are optimising their business operations through telecommunications?

Have you ever considered shopping around for cheaper, more effective options when it comes to your PBX system? Many companies don’t know what questions to ask or how to gauge which service provider will offer the best solution. And, as a business owner, do you know whether you are overspending on your telecommunications costs?

Maybe it’s time to take a closer look at just what you are spending, what you receive in return, whether you could be saving costs and, most importantly, whether the communications system you’re using (or planning to use) suits your business growth plans and your business operations.

We are conducting a survey to find out whether businesses understand what’s on offer to them in the telecommunications sphere. So please do take just five-minutes to complete a quick survey and, at the same time, find out more about whether your current telecommunications solution is ticking all your boxes.

PLUS: Stand a chance to win Telfree’s cloud-hosted PBX system, Office Connection, valued at R10 000.

Being a virtual switchboard in the clouds, Office Connection delivers an end-to-end fully integrated desk, office, mobile, voice, SMS and fax communication solution

Office Connection has been custom built to provide the necessary tools to help meet ever-changing business challenges.

It has low set-up and running costs; wide flexibility and configurability through a simple web interface with ‘drag and drop’ features to give 24/7 control. It also connects dispersed office-bound, mobile and home workers under one telephone system.

Competition terms and conditions:

1. The closing date for entries is 12 noon on February 14, 2012.

2. IOL and the competition sponsor reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to cancel and / or suspend any competition.

3. The judge's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

4. To be eligible for the draw, entrants must be residents in South Africa.

5. Winners will be notified by email (by Telfree)

6. Prizes will be sent by the sponsor, by post (or whichever way Telfree chooses to deliver). IOL takes no responsibility for the delivery of prizes, and all queries need to be directed to the competition sponsor.

7. Employees of IOL, the sponsors & their agents, or any company associated with the competition & their immediate families are not eligible to enter.

8. Prizes are not transferable or redeemable for cash.

9. The entrant accepts that entry to the competition does not constitute a contract or any form of legal commitment between the entrant and the participating station.

Stand a chance to win Telfree's cloud-hosted PBX system, Office Connection, valued at R10 000 by taking the five-minute survey.