Partners will also be able to access Lease Telecom’s finance portal as well as specialised training. Westcoast has partnered up with Lease Telecom to offer financing services to its customer base. The Reading-based distributor claimed the new service will offer its partners ‘fast payments and low interest rates’ on various mobile products. Hove-based Lease Telecom has over 100 partners, with others including Mainline and Swiftnet....Read More
Westcoast has signed a partnership agreement with telecoms finance specialist Lease Telecom opening the door for the IT distributor to offer its resellers a raft of new financial solutions. Darren Seward Head of Mobility, Westcoast, said: “They [Lease Telecom] have an unsurpassed track record in creating robust leasing solutions for their own telecom partners. Teaming up with them means we can now offer our resellers...Read More
Consumers used to buying their new smart phones from phone service providers are finding new options are now available as companies in Europe break with traditional purchasing methods in a bid to increase profits. The popular subsidy plan – where a buyer gets a heavily subsidised handset after an upfront payment that is later topped up by an additional monthly fee – is losing ground...Read More
Resellers are using smartphone leasing to compete with UK networks for business contracts, Lease Telecom has told Mobile. Founder Simon Fabb said leasing was an attractive option for resellers as rising hardware prices make it tougher to compete against larger players. The company works with banks to provide finance to mobile dealers who then lease mobile devices to its clients. Lease Telecom takes on liability...Read More
New figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show growth in asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) of 12% in 2015 – the market’s second consecutive year of double-digit growth. The value of new business in December 2015 was up by 18% compared with the same month in 2014. New finance for commercial vehicles grew by 42% in December, and...Read More