Telarus Named 2007 Partner of the Year by Telnes Broadband

Telnes Broadband, a provider of managed broadband communications for businesses, named master agent Telarus Inc. as its 2007 Partner of the Year.

"Telarus Inc. has done a terrific job making it easy for their subagents to sell Telnes Broadband products to their clients," commented Jason Ness, vice president of channel sales for Telnes Broadband. "As the top partner of 2007, Telarus continues to demonstrate to the industry its commitment to becoming the preeminent master agency. We appreciate the business their agents send to Telnes and look forward to continued success in 2008 with our core broadband products as well as our new line of Ethernet and managed services."

The 2007 Partner of the Year award was measured by a series of performance metrics, including:

• Total 2007 sales volume

• Agency business ethics

• Technical integration: Working with Telnes' API or other automated systems

• Agent support and back-office systems

• Credit quality of customers added

• Total agents engaged with Telnes

• Agency business strategy

"We are very humbled and proud to be named the 2007 Partner of the Year by Telnes," added Lance Akins, vice president of sales for Telarus. "Our agents work extremely hard to bring Telnes new business and this award is a direct reflection up on them. They can take the business any where they want, but they choose Telnes time and again because they make it so easy to do business with them. Telnes quotes in real time in GeoQuote, they are responsive to pre- and post-sales questions, and their customer-facing processes are outstanding. We know that Telnes will get our customers provisioned quickly, billed correctly and reduce the possibility of churn – which makes us all more money."

Telarus Inc. www.telarus.com
Telnes Broadband www.telnesbroadband.com