~ Despite Ofcom’s ruling, restrictive ‘roll over’ phone contracts for connected equipment are costing SMEs ~
London, England – 20 March 2012: Specialist IT and telecoms recruitment firm, Marketingmoves, has saved over 50% of their annual communications costs by cancelling their auto-renewable contract for maintaining their on-premises phone system and replacing it with a cloud communication solution  from managed communication provider, Foehn. Like many SMEs, Marketingmoves’ private branch exchange (PBX) maintenance contract automatically-renewed each year without notice. Whilst Ofcom has investigated and ruled against the use of Automatically Renewable Contracts (ARCs) – also known as rollover contracts - for network services in 2011, there are currently no restrictions for network connected equipment, such as PBXs.

Melvin Day, director of Marketingmoves said: "It's a highly competitive industry we operate in, so we...