Corporate News

October 14th, 2011
Getting The “Fax Out” about UNiTE’s Newest Service

Today UNiTE is pleased to announce the addition of a new option to our fax service. Now in addition to our popular Fax to Email service, whereby inbound faxes are automatically directed to your email inbox as a PDF attachment, UNiTE now offers the ability to send a fax without the use of a fax machine or fax line. With this new Option, users simply attach a document to an email from any device (Computer, iPhone, Blackberry, etc.) and direct...

April 8th, 2011
UNiTE Rings in new Hosted PBX Service

Today UNiTE Communications is pleased to announce the launch of it's newest offering, UNiTE Hosted PBX. This new service allows you to say goodbye to your phone company, as well as put your obsolete phone equipment out of service. UNiTE’s Hosted PBX bypasses the phone company by routing your calls via a digital IP connection and not the traditional copper wire. The “brains” of the UNiTE Hosted PBX are hosted centrally; This allows...

August 21st, 2010
UNiTE Unites the United States

UNiTE Communications is pleased to announce that today they have launched a new service that allows Canadians to have a telephone number in any one of over 1600 Cities in the United States.. UNITE can add UNITED STATES telephone numbers to existing UNiTE Accounts, add UNITED STATES numbers to Canadian mobile phone accounts, add a UNITED STATES number to Canadian business lines, home lines, etc. The best part is, there is only one low...

June 6th, 2010
New H.S.T. being Implemented July 1, 2010 – Lowers costs for Companies in HST Regions, Cost Neutral for Others.

The new HST is being implemented on July 1st 2010. The HST (Harmonized Sales Tax) is a value added sales tax that combines PST and GST in a given province. Starting July 1st, 2020, UNiTE is required to collect the federally administered HST for customers located in HST enable provinces. Business Clients who currently pay PST on Unite's services in Ontario will actually realize an 8% decrease in the cost of their services. Previously...

December 21st, 2009
New Conference Portal Open

Now Unite has made the conferencing experience that much better. We have introduced our Conference Admin Portal. Now conferencing users can log in to see and download real-time call stats, and get up to the moment information as to who was on a conference, when and how long, moments after a conference has ended. The new conference portal will also allow companies to manage their accounts better. Add, delete, and manage account codes...

May 11th, 2009
Now Even More of Canada Can UNiTE

Unite is pleased to announce a further expansion of it's network to more than 600 calling areas. Previously Unite was able to service Canada's 40 largest areas, but was unable to service some of the outlying greater areas of each of these centres. As of today Unite can service almost 95% of the Canadian population. This expansion will allow Unite to port and or provide local numbers is virtually any Canadian city regardless of size. Unite...

January 5th, 2009
UNiTE On Target To Meet Environmental Goal

Last Year, Unite set an initiative to reach 99% e-voice participation by the end of 2009. According to industry estimates, invoices are responsible for 10 percent of the trees cut down each year around the world, and the production of invoices consumes as much electricity annually as 20 million homes. Also, a year’s worth of invoices take up as much landfill space as 10 football fields, each stacked more than 100 feet deep with...

August 8th, 2008
UNiTE Acquires Selected TigerTel Communications Assets and Clients

NEWS RELEASE Contact: John Sacke Sacke & Associates Inc. (416) 493-5723 ext. 201 johns@sackepr.com UNITE EXPANDS UNIFIED MESSAGING REACH: ACQUIRES SELECTED TIGERTEL ASSETS AND CLIENTS ~ Acquisition Provides Customers Broader Range of Advanced Telecom Solutions ~ MARKHAM, ON – August 11, 2008 – UNiTE...

January 6th, 2008
UNiTE Sets Target to Help the Environment

Unite Communications is pleased to announce a new initiative that will see the elimination of paper invoices. According to industry estimates, invoices are responsible for 10 percent of the trees cut down each year around the world, and the production of invoices consumes as much electricity annually as 20 million homes. Also, a year’s worth of invoices take up as much landfill...

August 8th, 2007
UNiTE Upgrades Web Server

Unite has completed an upgrade to it's Web Self Help online tool. The upgrade includes many enhancements to the existing features and functions of the online tool, as well as many new enhancements as well. This upgrade further straightens the reliability and stability of the Self-Help server. It will also pave the way for the expansion of new features and services to be rolled out in the coming months.