Press Release
Las Vegas, NV, March 4, 2007
Telecom Association ("TA"), a professional
membership organization of over 2,000
telecom distributors founded in 1995,
honored the telecom industry's
best vendors today by bestowing on nine of
them the title, "TA Members Choice for
2007" in nine service categories. The
annual award ceremony is conducted each
Spring after a three month nomination and
balloting process. "More than twice as
many TA members voted this year, a real
validation of the outstanding job the
vendors are doing supporting the channel,"
stated Nancy Baldwin, TA President.
Vendors not receiving the top "Members
Choice" in a category are still recognized
for their category excellence with the
title "Top Five", "Top Ten" or "Honor
Roll" based on their vote total.
Following are the 2007 TA Members Choice
Award winners honored for overall
excellence by TA members in their
respective service categories.
Master Agency
- Telecom
Brokerage, Inc. (TBI); Geoffrey
Shepstone, President & Ken Mercer, VP of
Sales
Reseller
- AireSpring;
Avi Lonstein, President & Lanny Eule, VP
of Sales
Local Service
- AireSpring;
Avi Lonstein, President & Lanny Eule, VP
of Sales
Data/Broadband
- ACC Business;
VoIP Service
- XO
Communications
Conferencing
- Raindance
Mobile/Cellular - World Telecom Group (WTG); Vince Bradley,
President
Retail Carrier -
ACC Business;
Wholesale Carrier - Qwest Communications
In addition to the Members Choice Awards,
TA also awarded a "President's Pick
Award" to honor on one vendor
for "Innovation Excellence". The 2007
President's Pick Award for Innovation
Excellence for their ground
breaking distributor lead program goes to
Telarus (ShopForT-1); Adam Edwards,
CEO & Patrick Oborn, CTO.
Telecom Association wants to thank all the
TA members that took the time to honor our
hard working telecom vendors this year
with their Members Choice votes. TA
especially wants to thank the owners,
managers and staff of all the telecom
vendors. It's because of your vision for
our channel, your investment of your
capital, your support of the
ChannelPartners show and your hard work
every day that gives every telecom agent
and partner the ability to provide for our
families in a very special way. Again, we
thank you.
Following is a complete list of all the
Members Choice Award categories and a
detailed listing of all the Top Five, Top
Ten & Honor Roll award winners in each
category. For more information about the
annual TA Members Choice Awards please
visit Telecom Association at their
tradeshow booth or visit their website at
www.TelecomAssociation.com.
Master Agency
Master Agency Members Choice
Telecom Brokerage, Inc. (TBI); Geoffrey Shepstone, President & Ken Mercer, VP of Sales
Master Agency Top Five
Telarus (ShopForT1); Adam Edwards,
CEO & Patrick Oborn,
CTO
World Telecom Group (WTG); Vince Bradley,
President
KeaneTel; Peter Keane, Founder & Jeff
Keane, President
MicroCorp; Brad Miehl, President &
CEO, Scott Eaton, VP of Sales
Master Agency Top Ten
Venicom, Cognigen, Intelysis, SOVA & Telecombrokers
Master Agency Honor Roll
Communication Management Services (CMS), TelcoIQ, TeleSource, Global Systems Telecom (GST) & X4
Communications
Reseller
Reseller Members Choice
AireSpring; Avi Lonstein, President &
Lanny Eule, VP of Sales
Reseller Top Five
TMC Communications; Ron Ireland,
President, Shannon Martin & Matt Morris,
Directors
Transnational (TNCI); Brian Twomey,
President
OPEX Communications; Tom Bevan & Mark
Andrews
Touchtone Communications; John Messina
Reseller Top Ten
Wholesale Carrier Service (WCS), Acceris
Communications & BCN Telecom
Local Services
Local Services Members Choice
AireSpring; Avi Lonstein, President &
Lanny Eule, VP of Sales
Local Services Top Five
TelePacific, Qwest Communications, XO
Communications & ACC Business
Local Services Top Ten
Paetec, AT&T, Nuvox, TNCI & US LEC
Local Services Honor Roll
Verizon, Level3/Broadwing, Xspedius/Time
Warner, AccessOne, Ernest Group (ECI),
Line Systems, BellSouth, GlobalCom, MetTel,
Broadview Networks, BCN Telecom
Data/Broadband
Data/Broadband Members Choice
ACC Business
Data/Broadband Top Five
Telnes Broadband, Qwest Communications,
AireSpring & NewEdge Networks
Data/Broadband Top Ten
Level3/Broadwing, Covad Communications,
AT&T, Global Crossing & Speakeasy
Data/Broadband Honor Roll
Masergy, US
LEC, Wholesale Carrier Services (WCS),
Sprint, MegaPath & American Telesis
VoIP Service
VoIP Service Members Choice
XO Communications
VoIP Service Top Five
Covad Communications, InfoHighway, Nuvio &
Smoothstone
VoIP Service Top Ten
Reignmaker, Verizon, StarVox, Citynet
Conferencing
Conferencing Members Choice
Raindance
Conferencing Top Five
The Conference Group, A+ Conferencing,
CogniConference, & PowerNet Global
Conferencing Top Ten
Premier Global, WebEx, Global Crossing,
Intercall & Conference Plus
Mobile/Cellular
Mobile/Cellular Members Choice
World Telecom Group (WTG);
Mobile/Cellular Top Five
Venicom, KeaneTel, Communication
Management Services (CMS) & Intelysis
Retail Carrier
Retail Carrier Members Choice
ACC Business;
Retail Carrier Top Five
Qwest Communications, XO Communications,
Level3/Broadwing & AT&T
Retail Carrier Top Ten
Excel Communications, Line Systems,
Primus, AccessOne & Verizon
Wholesale Carrier
Wholesale Carrier Members Choice
Qwest Communications
Wholesale Carrier Top Five
Level3/Broadwing, Global Crossing, Paetec
& ANI Networks
President's Pick
President's Pick Award for Innovation Excellence
Telarus (ShopForT1); Adam Edwards,
CEO & Patrick Oborn,
CTO
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