EarthLink Business Earns Two Product of the Year Awards for Innovation
February 29, 2012
EarthLink Complete Hosted Voice and SIP Trunking Recognized by Internet Telephony
ATLANTA, GA – February 29, 2012 – EarthLink, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELNK), aleading IT services and communications provider, today announced thatTMC, a global, integrated media company, has selected EarthLinkComplete™ Hosted Voice and EarthLink Complete™ SIP Trunking asrecipients of its 2011 Internet Telephony Product of the Year Award forInnovation.
“I am happy to grant EarthLink two Product of the Year Awards. Theeditors of Internet Telephony independently verified that both EarthLinkComplete Hosted Voice and EarthLink Complete SIP Trunking displayquality and innovation, plus provide real solutions in the marketplace,”stated Rich Tehrani, CEO of TMC. “I would like to congratulate theentire EarthLink team for their commitment to advancing IP communicationtechnologies.”
Launched nationwide in December of 2011, EarthLink Complete Hosted Voiceand EarthLink Complete SIP Trunking are part of the new EarthLinkCompleteTM suite of business voice, data networking, and Internet accesssolutions. EarthLink Complete integrates leading-edge hosted Voice overIP applications and managed MPLS networks with equipment, mobile andsecurity offerings to provide businesses with a fully customizablecommunications portfolio leveraging the company’s expansive network andstate-of-the-art secure IP infrastructure.
Key EarthLink Complete differentiators include the flexibility toselect a blend of access technologies for connectivity, including DSL,T1 and Ethernet, all of which provide Quality of Service (QoS).EarthLink can also customize a managed multi-location network andprioritize network traffic utilizing multiple access technologies tomeet a customer’s specific requirements and provide critical applicationperformance.
“Countless EarthLink employees worked diligently to bring theseinnovative products to market, and we sincerely thank Internet Telephonymagazine and TMC for this recognition,” said Barbara Dondiego,EarthLink Chief Marketing Officer. “The entire EarthLink Complete suiteof solutions dramatically expands our ability to offer businesses of allsizes a single-source, comprehensive solution and the scalability andfeatures to keep pace with today’s dynamic environment. Paired with ourpersonalized support, we believe that EarthLink Complete empowers ourcustomers by delivering the freedom they need to focus on their corebusiness.”
EarthLink Complete Hosted Voice enables businesses to obtain a HostedIP PBX solution without the cost of purchasing a PBX or key system.Customers can forward calls to multiple phones and use a simpleweb-based management tool to gain on-demand system management controland user customization.
This fully scalable solution can grow as a business evolves, andhelps to mitigate cost issues associated with equipment that mightquickly become outdated.
EarthLink’s online Hosted Voice demo offers the opportunity toconveniently demo and sample the solution’s features online via anycomputer.
EarthLink Complete SIP Trunking is ideal for businesses that want touse their existing SIP- enabled PBX equipment to take advantage of thelatest Voice over IP networking technologies. EarthLink can simplify thenetwork solution by using its data network to pass various combinationsof voice and data traffic while seamlessly connecting to customer-ownedCisco, Avaya, NEC or Mitel equipment. EarthLink’s SIP Trunkingsolution offers advantages for customers, as they can leverage a singleconnection for both voice and data while benefiting from a convergedminutes plan that yields cost optimization. Because SIP Trunking canautomatically connect to a secondary connection, it is a fall overoption for business continuity that also provides dependable disasterrecovery support.
2011 Product of the Year winners were published in theJanuary/February 2012 issue of Internet Telephony magazine, a leader inIP communication since 1998.
About EarthLink
EarthLink, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELNK) is a leading IT services, networkand communications provider to more than 150,000 businesses and overone million consumers nationwide. EarthLink empowers customers withmanaged IT services including cloud computing, data centers,virtualization, security, applications and support services, in additionto nationwide data and voice IP services. The company operates anextensive network including 28,000 route fiber miles, 90 metro fiberrings and 4 secure data centers providing ubiquitous IP coverage acrossmore than 90 percent of the country. Founded in 1994, the company’saward-winning reputation for both outstanding service and productinnovation is supported by an experienced team of professionals focusedon best-in-class customer care. For more information, visit EarthLink’swebsite www.earthlink.net.
About Internet Telephony Magazine
Internet Telephony has been an IP Communications authority since 1998.Beginning with the first issue in February of 1998, the magazine hasprovided unbiased views of the complicated converged communicationsspace. For more information, visit www.itmag.com.
About TMC
TMC is a global, integrated media company that helps clients buildcommunities in print, in person, and online. TMC publishes the CustomerInteraction Solutions, Internet Telephony, Next Gen Mobility and CloudComputing (formerly InfoTECH Spotlight) magazines. TMCnet.com, which isread by two million unique visitors each month, is the leading source ofnews and articles for the communications and technology industries. TMCis the producer of ITEXPO, the world’s leading B2B communicationsevent. In addition, TMC runs multiple industry events: 4G WirelessEvolution; M2M Evolution; Cloud Communications Expo; SIP Tutorial2.0:Bringing SIP to the Web; Business Video Expo; Regulatory 2.0Workshop; DevCon5; HTML5 Summit; CVx; AstriCon; StartupCamp; MSPAllianceMSPWorld and more. Visit TMC Events for a complete listing or visit www.tmcnet.com.
