Monday, March 2, 2009
Cbeyond Expands Leading Channel Partner Program by Forging Master Agent Partnership with Telecom Brokerage, Inc.
ATLANTA & LAS VEGAS, Mar 02, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Cbeyond(R), Inc. (NASDAQ: CBEY), a leading IP-based communications and IT
services provider for small business, announces it has formed a master
agent partnership with Telecom Brokerage, Inc. (TBI) to sell solutions
featuring Cbeyond's BeyondVoice(R) with SIPconnect(R) and Microsoft Response
Point. TBI will be offering this integrated solution through its network
of 800 sub-agents.
This partnership brings together TBI, the second-largest national master
agent in the U.S. and the first Microsoft Response Point master agent,
and Cbeyond, a leading provider of IP-based services delivered across a
private network.
Cbeyond's BeyondVoice with SIPconnect is pre-configured on the Microsoft
Response Point IP based phone system and user interface, helping
simplify the installation for small businesses. Under the master agent
agreement, TBI sub-agents can provide a complete IP-based phone solution
from two trusted providers.
"This partnership will expand the distribution of Cbeyond's services and
allow more small businesses to benefit from our portfolio of
productivity-enhancing applications," said Brad Linden, vice president
and general manager of the indirect channel for Cbeyond. "TBI and its
network of subagents will also benefit from selling an innovative
communications solution to a small business market that is constantly
looking for solutions that increase efficiencies while managing costs."
Cbeyond helped pioneer the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunking
industry standard, called SIPconnect(R), which institutes a common
protocol among digital voice providers worldwide. SIPconnect eliminates
the need for a VoIP gateway on the premise, improves voice quality and
creates a strong foundation for personalized applications and rich media
services.
"Establishing a master agent agreement with Cbeyond enables our
subagents to resell one of the industry's leading providers of bundled
communications and IT services," said Geoffrey Shepstone, president of
TBI. "Cbeyond's robust portfolio of services better equips our
sub-agents to provide small businesses with applications that positively
impact their bottom line."
For information about the partnership or to learn more about becoming a
Cbeyond reseller, visit booth #827 at the 2009 Channel Partners
Conference and Expo, March 1-3, 2009, at the Rio All-Suite Hotel &
Casino in Las Vegas. For more information about Cbeyond and its
portfolio of productivity-enhancing solutions for small businesses, call
1-888-225-0984 or visit http://www.cbeyond.net/services.
About Cbeyond
Cbeyond, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBEY) is a leading IP-based managed services
provider that delivers integrated packages of communications and IT
services to more than 42,000 small businesses throughout the United
States. Cbeyond offers more than 30 productivity-enhancing applications
including local and long-distance voice, broadband Internet, mobile,
BlackBerry(R), broadband laptop access, voicemail, email, web hosting,
fax-to-email, data backup, file-sharing and virtual private networking.
Cbeyond manages these services over a private, 100-percent Voice over
Internet Protocol (VoIP) facilities-based network. For more information
on Cbeyond, visit http://www.cbeyond.net/.
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SOURCE: Cbeyond, Inc.
Cbeyond, Inc.
Michelle Gullia, 678-370-2437
michelle.gullia@cbeyond.net
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