BT to drop eight disties and go it alone with Nimans on hardware
Westcoast and Incom confirm they are losing BT consumer hardware deal, and CRN understands six others have also been chopped

BT is parting ways with eight of its nine consumer hardware distributors, leaving Nimans as its sole distie, CRN understands. The telecoms giant has confirmed that from 1 October, Nimans will become...
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