Covad Integrated Access Service Wins Telecom Association’s 2009 “Members Choice” Award
The Telecom Association, a professional membership organization of 3,200 telecom distributors, has presented a “Member’s Choice” award to Covad Integrated Access (IA) service, an affordable, all-in-one phone and Internet service for businesses with up to 35 employees per location.
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“Winning Telecom Association’s annual ‘Members Choice’ award in a specific category is a significant tribute to the winner’s channel partner and customer service programs,” stated TA Founder Dan Baldwin. “Our members are fairly stingy with their votes. 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.”
Covad also finished in the top five in the Carrier, Data Internet and Fixed Wireless categories, confirming Covad’s stature as an industry leader in each of these categories. Covad’s hosted VoIP offering also placed in the top ten.
“Covad is proud to receive this recognition of our commitment to quality service offerings that our channel partners can use to meet the specific needs of small business customers across the country,” said Jake Heinz, vice president, Covad VoIP Product Group. “Covad has recently completed network upgrades and a nationwide MPLS deployment to enable our partners to deliver even more advanced video, voice and data services going forward.”
Covad’s broad spectrum of carrier partners includes market leaders like Sprint, Verizon, AT&T, EarthLink and a wide range of agent and Master Agent resellers, including Telarus, another Telecom Association winner.
Covad Integrated Access service is delivered over a powerful voice-optimized T1 line and works with customers’ existing phone systems so businesses can leverage their equipment investment while saving money and simplifying operations. Covad Integrated Access utilizes SIP trunking and supports a wide range of IP, digital and analog PBXs. Pricing starts as low as $410 per month with no installation fees in many cases, depending upon contract length and services ordered.
About Covad
Covad is a leading national provider of integrated voice and data communications. The company offers DSL, T1, broadband wireless, and voice-optimized access directly through Covad’s network and through Internet Service Providers, value-added resellers, telecommunications carriers and affinity groups in the small and medium-sized businesses market. Many of the nation’s top carriers, Internet service providers, and resellers rely on Covad to power their high-speed broadband solutions. Partners benefit from Covad’s streamlined provisioning and ordering systems, scalable, cost-efficient support infrastructure, and the only facilities-based, next-generation wireline and fixed wireless broadband network. Covad broadband services are currently available across the nation in 44 states and 235 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and can be purchased by more than 58 million homes and businesses. Covad is located at 2220 O’Toole Avenue, San Jose, CA 95131. Telephone: 1-888-GO-COVAD. Website: http://www.covad.com. Potential partners can learn more about working with Covad at: http://www.covad.com/web/partners/index.html