Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
Scott Healy, chairman of ITUG, said, "The leaders of ITUG, HP Interex EMEA, and Encompass are committed to preserving the culture and community spirit that exists within each of our platform-focused groups around the world today. We see this as a positive impact on our current user group members and partners, and we are confident that they will embrace a new, unified organization because of the tremendous value it will deliver."
Henk Pomper, president of HP Interex EMEA, said his organisation looks forward to better serving European IT professionals as a result of the consolidated organisation. "Leveraging the combined insight and experience of HP users and partners from around the globe will be a key differentiator for this new organisation,"
"It will enable us to facilitate connections and sharing among members regardless of where they live and work," he added.
Michael Klein, the chairman of Encompass Australia, said in a message to members that work on the merger process had been underway for a year or so, but "How this affects Encompass Australia is yet to be discussed and voted upon, there is no compulsion to become a part of this entity, in fact we are still and will remain very much a standalone Australian entity."
"We (Encompass Australia) have in place an agreement in principle to support it where it is in our best interests," he added, explaining that members will have plenty of opportunity to discuss and vote on any proposals.
A name for the combined organisation has yet to be chosen, and the merger will only proceed with the approval of members. Voting is planned for the northern spring.
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