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December 22, 2009 |
How Will the Communications Industry's Indirect Channel Be Transformed in the Next 10 Years? Telecom executives weigh in on what the future holds for the telecom industry.   |
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December 22, 2009 |
What Was the Most Significant Development in the Indirect Channel in the Last Decade? Telecom executives weigh in on the most significant development in the indirect channel industry. |
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September 16, 2009
Lynn McCullough |
Agents Identify 7 Best Practices for Channel Managers Agents share their points of view on what can be done on a daily basis to ensure the best possible customer experience. |
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tw telecom Relaunches Partner Program Four years after acquiring its first agent program with the purchase of Xspedius in 2006, tw telecom in 2010 it relaunched its program, changed some of the rules of engagement and is investing in more support for agents. |
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PHONE+ Asks: How Will Carrier Consolidation Impact the Agent Channel? Several agents weigh in on this question. |
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September 18, 2009
Khali Henderson |
Q&A With New Edge Network's Channel Chief JR Cook New Edge Networks, a business communications unit of EarthLink Inc., (ELNK), announced in August that channel veteran J.R. Cook has joined the company as managing director. |
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June 22, 2009
Khali Henderson |
Global Crossing's Double Team In the first half of 2009 Global Crossing Ltd. (GLBC) recruited not one but two executives to lead its indirect sales team and revamped its partner playbook. |
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February 17, 2010
Khali Henderson |
Q&A With TelePacific Channel Chief Ken Bisnoff TelePacific Communications announced in early January that Ken Bisnoff has retaken the reins of the CLEC's TelePartner program, following the resignation of Justin Chris-Tensen |
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February 23, 2010
Khali Henderson |
Level 3 Channel Steps Up Its Game Executives at Level 3 Communications Inc. say 2009 was a turning point for the company's channel strategy. |
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January 19, 2010
Khali Henderson |
Q&A With PAETEC Channel Chief Donna Wenk Donna Wenk, senior vice president of sales operations and customer care at PAETEC shares her plans for the company's indirect sales program. |
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April 29, 2010
Khali Henderson |
Q&A With Cavalier Channel Chief Michael Gough Cavalier Telephone, a full-service telecom company announced the addition of Michael Gough as its new channel chief. He shares his plans for his new position. |
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October 23, 2009
Khali Henderson |
Q&A With Broadview Channel Chief Chris Eldredge Broadview Networks' new executive vice president of alternate channels and carrier sales discusses his plans for their indirect sales channel program. |
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Q&A With Lightyear Channel Chief Kevin Parker A PHONE+ interview with Kevin Parker, vice president of sales for Lightyear Network Solutions, about his plans for the company's indirect sales channel. |
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April 30, 2010
Khali Henderson |
Q&A With ABi Channel Chief Justin Chris-Tensen Former TelePacific Communications channel chief Justin Chris-Tensen has been named senior vice president of sales and marketing for American Broadband (ABi). He discusses his plans for his new role. |
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December 28, 2009
Cara Sievers |
The Channel: A Look Back Agent news highlights from the last ten years in the telecom industry. |
HBS Working Knowledge
June 12, 2006
Rangan & Bell |
The Promise of Channel Stewardship Companies need a new strategy for going to market, says Harvard marketing professor V. Kasturi "Kash" Rangan in his new book, Transforming Your Go-to-Market Strategy. |
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Khali Henderson |
Channel Consolidation Why Partners Are Pairing Up Anecdotal evidence suggests indeed market conditions may be right for telecom equipment and service channel partners to come together. |
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December 30, 2009
Khali Henderson |
What Should an Agent Look for in a Partner Program? As an agent, you must evaluate many criteria before entering into a distribution agreement with carrier or master agency -- both about the supplier and its partner program. Here are some tips to get you started. |
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July 23, 2009
Cara Sievers |
Q&A With InterCall Channel Chief Brad Dupee Dupee discusses his plans for growing InterCall's channel operations. |
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Channel Partners Asks: What Is Your Business Goal for 2011? A focus on business growth for 2011 is the major theme. |
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May 25, 2010 |
Ethical Dilemma No. 4: First Quote or Ink Wins? Policies for preventing quoting conflicts between competing agents working with the same master agent. |
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January 29, 2010
Khali Henderson |
On-Demand CRM for Telecom Agents Debuts After a year in beta testing, Qudex announced in fall 2009 a new on-demand CRM package just for telecom. The software as a service application was designed for customers, carriers and agents to manage telecom assets. |
PHONE+
September 14, 2009
Cara Sievers |
The Softer Side of PRM Telecom's indirect channel, vendors and their partners continue to see value in building and nurturing their relationships outside of mass e-mails, order submission platforms and partner portals. |
CRM
January 2008
Marshall Lager |
Fine-Tuning the Channel They're not exactly employees, and they're not quite customers, but your channel partners can be equally important - and you can't just direct them by remote control. |
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Ethical Dilemma No. 5: Referral Quid Pro Quo Indirect sales agents and their carrier suppliers are featured discussing an ethical dilemma in the communications industry channel. |
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August 13, 2009
Khali Henderson |
Going Global: Agents Find New Revenue Selling International Services to MNCs For telecom agents feeling the squeeze on domestic business, helping U.S. companies' develop their telecommunications systems for going global can not be ignored. |
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Q&A With Deltacom Channel Chief Ken Royer An interview with Ken Royer, vice president of alternate channels for Deltacom, about his plans for the company's indirect sales channel. |
PHONE+
February 2, 2010
Greg L. Taylor |
Tired of Being Bullied? More and more agents are feeling taken advantage of by carriers. This article discusses some options to solve the problem. |
PHONE+
April 27, 2010
O'Hanlon & Henderson |
Making Agent-VAR Partnerships Work Five companies share their successes. |
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April 9, 2010 |
Ethical Dilemma No. 3: Subagent End Run Should subagents (or carriers) bypass the master agent? Master agent Josh Anderson and independent agent Laura Bernstein weigh in on the matter. |
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April 13, 2010
Tydings & Safran |
Selecting a SaaS Provider Software as a service, also known as hosted on-demand business applications, is providing a rare first-mover opportunity for telecom agents |
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US Signal Selected as a PHONE+ Top 50 Channel Program US Signal is a full-service fiber-optic solutions provider, offering a wide range of carrier-class telecommunications solutions to carrier, wholesale and enterprise customers throughout the Midwest. The company was selected as a Top 50 Channel Program. |
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Ethical Dilemma No. 6: Subagent Circumvented This article features indirect sales agents and their carrier suppliers discussing an ethical dilemma in the communications industry channel. |
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January 25, 2010
Cara Sievers |
Survey Sheds Light on Indirect Channel Compensation As the country awaits an economic rebound, channel partners in the communications industry reported fairly steady revenue streams and a positive outlook on growth. |
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Doug Allen |
Are Carriers Contenders for the Cloud Services Channel? Take a look at several carrier's basic cloud service offerings and market strategy, as well as their thoughts on the channel. |
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PlanetOne Selected as a PHONE+ Top 50 Channel Program PlanetOne, widely recognized as one of the oldest, largest and highest producing agencies in the country, offers a variety of voice and data services from only the top carriers in the industry. |
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Charlene O'Hanlon |
Partners' Best Bets for Cloud Services Channel partners looking to get into cloud services can hedge their bets on four technologies sure to sell. |
PHONE+
May 1, 2009 |
Agent Roundtable 2009 Six agency owners to discuss the challenges and opportunities they are experiencing in selling carrier services and diversifying their offers. |
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March 2, 2010
Cara Sievers |
Q&A With Sprint Channel Chief Jaime Jones During the last restructuring, we saw an excellent opportunity to more closely align our channels to improve integration, increase growth and gain efficiencies. |
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Back to Basics: Channel Partners Fact Book 2011 An editorial regarding the inspiration and intention of the Channel Partners Fact Book guide for telephony agents. |
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Michael Murphy |
Surviving Carrier Consolidation Consolidation definitely has its pros and cons. Your willingness to prepare yourself, diversify within the industry and maintain strong client and vendor relationships will help you succeed no matter how the landscape changes. |
CRM
December 2013
Leonard Klie |
Overcome Multichannel Customer Service Challenges Effective strategies start with talking to customers. |
PHONE+
September 21, 2009
Cara Sievers |
Seven Keys to the MPLS Kingdom The rise of cloud computing and virtualization is just one reason MPLS-enabled solutions are beginning to stir up more buzz. |
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Doug Allen |
Q&A With Motorola Channel Chief Mark Kroh Motorola tapped Mark Kroh to become vice president of global channels for its Enterprise Mobility Solutions (EMS) division. In this interview, Kroh talks about his new role, his plans for the PartnerEmpower program, as well as other channel initiatives. |
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TWC Selected as a PHONE+ Top 50 Channel Program Time Warner Cable Business Class was selected from among hundreds of companies as a Top 50 Channel Program. |
Bank Systems & Technology
March 27, 2009
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Hasan Named Internet Chief at U.S. Bank Meheriar Hasan will oversee U.S. Bank's efforts on the Web channel in this newly-created position. |
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March 23, 2010 |
Do Agents Have a Chance Fighting Mass Terminations from Carriers? Telecom experts off their opinions on how agents might be able to deal with carrier downsizing. |
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November 30, 2009
Drew Allgeier |
Collaborating Within the Channel When the going gets tough, the telecom and networking industries and their channel partners get collaborative. |
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May 4, 2010
Khali Henderson |
Q&A With AboveNet CEO Bill LaPerch CEO Bill LaPerch talks about AboveNet's channel. |
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February 2, 2010
Tara Seals |
Siemens `Channels' Success with New Strategy So far, Siemens Enterprise Communications Group is on track to reach their goal of bringing in 75 percent of its revenue through the channel within three years. |
