Managed Voice & Data News
for Telecom Agents & Channel Partners
The weekly newsletter for TA's 3,800 telecom agent, channel partner, computer integrator, equipment VAR, software developer, utility auditor, carrier broker, network service consultant and vendor members
August 18, 2010   Join TA to Subscribe  Managed Voice and Data .com

Why CPI Claims Title as "Best Master Agency for Equipment VARs"

Is CPI's network service and equipment integration expertise really better than other master agencies?

CPI claims no other telecom master agency has in-house professionals with more experience integrating complicated multi-location network service designs with the advanced equipment bundles being sold by CPI's equipment integration partners.

Click here to meet CPI's best people via video and decide yourself   http://bit.ly/BestMaster4VARs

Should BullsEye Telecom Receive TA's "Accredited Vendor" Status?

In 1996, TA began our vendor member directory to put TA members in touch with telecom vendors that seemed to embrace the telecom agent and channel sales partner program. In 2005, TA launched our first Annual "Members Choice" Awards program to give TA members a chance to vote on which vendors they like best in multiple categories.

In 2010, TA launched our "Accredited Vendor" program to take our vendor rating past simple popularity and to really kick the tires and look under the hood to see if there were any serious reasons that TA members or their end user customers should be concerned about one TA vendor or another.

Should BullsEye Telecom become accredited in the Multi-Location POTs Consolidation and Nationwide CLEC categories?  Are you directly familiar with BullsEye?

Vote now at SurveyMonkey.com/s/BullsEyeSurvey

How Should TA Sub-Divide the "Hosted VoIP" Vendor Category?

Every hosted VoIP provider can't be perfect for every hosted VoIP customer prospect, right?

If you sell or provide hosted VoIP, please click here to view the hosted VoIP sub-categories we're creating and add comments as to what makes sense and what does not.

Once we have a sensible list we'll incorporate it into TA's vendor directory.

http://bit.ly/VoIPCategories

PowerNet Global is Hiring - Agent Development Manager

Click here or the following link for details.

http://bit.ly/PNG_hiring

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Telarus, Telnes, CPI & Conference Group Lead Awards Voting After Week 1

Which vendors are making TA's 3,800 members and their business end-user customers happy or sad?

Click here to see who's pulling in the "happy votes" so far.  Do you have a "happy" or "sad" vote you'd like to cast about one of TA's 50+ vendor members? Click here.

http://bit.ly/Week1Winners

Learn "Sticky Strategies" at September Channel Partner Show in D.C.

Gong to the show? TA's Dan Baldwin will be sharing how ATEL Communications is "staying sticky" with their business end-user customers by integrating social media effectively using customer blogs, email newsletters and more. Click here for more info.
http://bit.ly/StaySticky

Energent/WTG Showcases How Agents Profit from Green Energy Sales

Vince Bradley's serious about educating agents about all their energy sales options. He just produced his third energy agent training seminar in as many months. Click here to see how to access the content you missed.
http://bit.ly/Energent3

TelePacific Opens Recorded Agent Training Webinar Library to Any Agents

Itching to learn the secrets of CLEC & data sales from "California's Best CLEC" without having to first become an agent? Check out TelePacific's 2010 recorded webinars for agents and partners.
http://bit.ly/TelePacificTeaches

How MegaPath Mergers Benefit Telecom Agents & Channel Sales Partners

Who's really benefiting from MegaPath's merger with Covad and Speakeasy/Best Buy. We were not too sure ourselves so we decided to ask MegaPath CEO Craig Young directly. Click here to see what he had to say.
http://bit.ly/MegaMergers