Telecom Association Announces 2009
"Members Choice" Award Winners

Top 10 Vendors in 20 Categories Honored

Lake Elsinore, California, February 25, 2009 - Telecom Association ("TA"), a professional membership organization of 3,200 telecom distributors founded in 1995, honored the telecom industry's top 10 vendors in 20 categories today by bestowing on them the title, "Members Choice", "Top 5" or "Top 10".

Below are TA's 2009 Members Choice Award winners. They are the top 10 vendors in 20 telecom industry service categories honored for their overall program excellence by TA agent & channel partner voting members.

(Vendors with links are TA vendor members)

  Master Agency Carrier CLEC/LEC Compensation Conferencing
Members
 Choice
Telarus TouchTone TelePacific TNCI AccuConference

Top 5

WTG Covad AireSpring CMS Conference Group

Top 5

Intelisys TelePacific XO Intelisys A+ Conferencing

Top 5

MicroCorp Qwest MegaPath MicroCorp PoweNet Global

Top 5

TBI XO ACC Business WTG Intella 2

Top 10

Planet One ACC Nuvox partnerTEL InterCall

Top 10

CMS AireSpring PowerNet Global Global Systems WCS
Top 10 CTG3 Excel Qwest Telegration Copper Conf.
Top 10 Venicom AT&T One Comm. CarrierSales Premier Global
Top 10 ATEL Nuvox AT&T PlanetOne ACT Conferencing
           

 

 

    Data Internet Disaster Recovery Enhanced Services

Members
Choice

  Telnes Zero Outages Intella 2

Top 5

  TouchTone Color Broadband NET

Top 5

  Covad Accel Networks Kall8

Top 5

  MegaPath MegaPath TelCan

Top 5

  NetWolves iLand Internet Atomic8Ball

Top 10

  Level3 NuVox nGenX

Top 10

XO Comm NetWolves 19Marketplace
Top 10   Accel Networks Turn Wireless Lightwave Consulting
Top 10   AireSpring Hughes GreenAppX
Top 10   TMC Comm. WildBlue Perimeter eSecurity
  Ethnic Markets Fixed Wireless Hosted VoIP Integrated Access

Members
Choice

NET Accel Networks XO Communications Covad

Top 5

Primus Covad Wireless Nuvio MegaPath

Top 5

Acceris/First Comm. MegaPath Packet8 Access One

Top 5

TelCan Color Broadband Smoothstone IP First Communications

Top 5

Nobel Comm. Turn Wireless Qwest TelePacific

Top 10

GlobalTel First Comm Covad Cbeyond

Top 10

United World Telecom Zero Outages Color Broadband PAETEC
Top 10 CallMeBack.net Celairo Broadview Networks Lightyear
Top 10 Startec AirBand Speakeasy BBCOM
Top 10 Americatel Telular PowerNet Global Total Call International
  IP PBX Managed Service Mobile Wireless Multi-Location

Members
Choice

Shoretel Telnes World Telecom Group Ernest Comm

Top 5

PAETEC/Allworx PowerNet Global TouchTone BullsEye

Top 5

Whaleback Systems NetWolves Accel Networks Granite

Top 5

MS Response Point Accel Networks Comm. Mgmt. Services MetTel

Top 5

AccessLine MegaPath PowerNet Global MegaPath

Top 10

ATEL Communications Smoothstone IP Venicom dPI Enterprise

Top 10

Vocal IP Networx TMC Comm. NET AireSpring
Top 10 Trixbox/Fonailty iTEMize Total Call International Accel Networks
Top 10 Digium/Switchvox AUSagent.com AT&T Alliance Smoothstone IP
Top 10 Star2Star Comstructure Lightyear New Edge
Reseller SIP Trunks TEM Wholesale

Members
Choice

TouchTone AireSpring Comm. Mgmt. Services Qwest

Top 5

AireSpring XO Comm Wholesale Carrier Svcs. PAETEC

Top 5

NetWolves PowerNet Global World Telecom Group Color Broadband

Top 5

PowerNet Global MegaPath MicroCorp TSI

Top 5

TNCI Smoothstone IP Comstructure Americatel

Top 10

TMC Comm. BBCOM Telesource Global Crossing

Top 10

Wholesale Carrier Svcs. Broadvox NetGain Excel
Top 10 American Telesis BandTel vCom Solutions AT&T
Top 10 USA Digital Vocal IP Networx TeleBright XO Comm
Top 10 Total Call International ATEL Comm iTEMize Broadview Networks

 

About TA's Annual "Members Choice" Awards

Qualified TA voting members began nominating the top telecom industry vendors in 20 categories last November and member voting was conducted online at the TA website starting the first week of January.

"Winning TA's annual 'Members Choice' award in a specific category is a significant tribute to each winner's telecom agent, channel partner and customer service programs", stated TA Founder Dan Baldwin. "This is the fourth consecutive year for our annual Members Choice awards and over 320 qualified member ballots were cast this year, a new record."

"Our members are fairly stingy with their votes," Baldwin continued. "They only vote for those providers they feel are doing an exceptional job, one that is far above the norm for service providers in the category. The reason we conduct our annual awards is to let our members state for the public record exactly which vendors they feel are doing the best job in multiple categories."

"For the next twelve months, all TA vendor members in each service category will be sorted by the order of Members Choice votes they received. This way, when new TA members are looking for a competent vendor in any service category they know they can confidently call on the vendors appearing at the top of any TA directory", Baldwin added.

"TA thanks all our members who took the time to honor the top telecom vendors in the industry with their votes. As well, TA thanks all the vendors receiving nominations and votes'" Baldwin concluded. "TA's annual Members Choice awards allows TA members to publically recognize those vendors setting the standard of excellence in their respective categories."

Nominated vendors not placing in the top ten of their service category may still qualify for an "Honor Roll" award. Winners of TA Honor Roll awards will be announced March 31, 2009.

For more information about the rules for TA's Members Choice Awards please visit www.TAvote.com.

 

Eligibility to Display TA “Members Choice” Award Logos

While any winning vendor may state in written publications that they have won a specific TA Members Choice award category, only current paid TA vendor members may display the copyrighted image of any of the TA Members Choice award logos or badges.

The exception to this policy is that TA will present all Members Choice and Top Five winners with a foam core plaque they may display on their tradeshow booth at the March 2009 Channel Partners show only. If they wish to continue to display the award publically or use it in promotions they must first become a paid TA vendor members by contacting Kathleen Brown, Administrator at 951-296-3870 or KB@TelecomAssociation.com.

If you are a current paid TA vendor member and an award winner, click here to download the Members Choice award artwork for the category you won in. If you need help with the artwork please contact Kathleen Brown, TA Administrator at 951-296-3870 or KB@TelecomAssociation.com for access to TA Members Choice award artwork and guidance for authorized display.

 

Press Release Guidance for Members Choice Award Winners

If you have received a 2009 Members Choice award and wish to distribute your own press release to announce your winning of the award you are free to use the quotes from TA Founder Dan Baldwin above in the "about" section of this message. Before publishing any press release that includes reference to TA, please email your draft press release to Dan Baldwin at Dan@TelecomAssociation.com. We are able to approve press releases within 4 hours. If you have questions about this please call Dan Baldwin at 951-251-5155.

 

About Telecom Association (“TA”): TA members recommend and distribute telecom, data and technology solutions to businesses.  TA vendors provide many of the solutions TA members recommend. Members get information about TA vendor solutions through TA vendor sponsored websites and opt-in TA vendor email blasts. For Additional information about TA or the annual Members Choice Awards please visit www.TelecomAssociation.com or contact Kathleen Brown, Administrator, at 951-296-3870 or KB@TelecomAssociation.com.

 

 

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