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Airband Agent Channel Doubles Sales with Telarus

Channel increasing to over 20 percent of Airband’s overall monthly sales

Published: September 20, 2010

Jeff Ott, President of Total Carrier Solutions and Mike Gottwalt, Telarus Channel Manager

DALLAS and WASHINGTON D.C. – Sept. 20, 2010 – Airband Communications, Inc., the industry’s leading fixed-wireless company for businesses in the U.S., today announced that channel sales have doubled since January as a percentage of Airband’s overall monthly sales. The channel program is Airband’s fastest-growing sales contributor and its momentum continues to accelerate. Airband’s Channel Program is growing rapidly because it provides agents and their customers with a broad range of scalable, flexible data and VoIP solutions delivered over its wholly owned fixed-wireless network, which can be deployed quickly so Airband can compensate agents faster.

Airband and Sparkplug Communications recently merged, creating the largest fixed-wireless provider for businesses in the U.S. The combined company, Airband, provides a full suite of VoIP and data services in 17 markets, extending service coverage and product options for its agents. Airband’s fixed-wireless network bypasses the local loop, creating unparalleled cost and operational advantages for agents and their customers, which makes Airband an excellent alternative to other telecom providers including traditional local exchange carriers.

Within its first 90 days as an Airband Master Agent, Telarus achieved success by adding fixed-wireless technology to its portfolio. Telarus, telecommunications master agent, chose to offer Airband services so its agents and business customers could benefit from rapidly deployed, flexible and reliable solutions at prices clients can afford. “Telarus is dedicated to serving our customers faster and more efficiently than anyone else in the industry, and Airband’s capability of bypassing the local loop with their fixed-wireless network helps us to overcome long installation times and costly deployment for our partners’ clients,” said Lance Akins, vice president of sales for Telarus. “Airband has provided a unique solution for us and committed the resources and expertise to help us meet our partners’ customers’ needs.” Total Carrier Solutions, a sub-agent of Telarus and full-service telecommunications provider, recently closed a deal to provide a national quick-serve restaurant (QSR) with Airband’s VoIP and Internet access for 33 franchised locations in the Dallas/Fort Worth market.

“Our client was looking for a service provider that can give their franchise locations Internet access and VoIP services that can generate immediate cost savings while keeping their current phones and phone system in place, with the ability to migrate their voice services to a hosted solution in the near future,” said Jeff Ott, President and CEO of Total Carrier Solutions. “Not only are we able to meet their telecom needs today, Airband gives us the ability to meet our clients’ future requirements with their full suite of VoIP solutions as their old equipment reaches end of life.”

Airband serves 17 markets across the U.S. including Atlanta; Austin; Baltimore; Dallas; Des Moines; Fort Lauderdale; Fort Worth; Houston; Las Vegas; Los Angeles; Miami; Orange County, Calif; Philadelphia; Phoenix; San Antonio; San Diego and Washington, D.C.

Visit Airband Communications in booth #3041 at the Channel Partners Conference & Expo 2010 Airband offers its agents competitive commissions, fast installations and the best channel support in the business. Agents are invited to visit Airband at booth #3041 to learn more about the company’s Indirect Channel Program. To schedule a meeting with Airband or to find out more about becoming an Airband agent, visit us online at http://www.airband.com/partner/channel-agent-program/ or call 1-866-469-1955.

About Airband

Airband Communications, Inc., is the largest fixed-wireless broadband provider for businesses in the U.S. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of high-speed data, Voice over IP, security and other managed solutions – delivered over one of the industry’s most scalable last-mile networks. Airband bypasses the local phone company to provide faster provisioning intervals, immediate scalability and complete redundancy for its customers. Thousands of businesses nationwide already count on Airband for their broadband service. For more information, please visit www.airband.com.

About Telarus

Telarus, Inc., a value added distributor that holds contracts with the world's leading commercial telecommunication carriers, makes it easier and more profitable for solution providers, VARs, and MSPs to sell and source voice and data WAN solutions. Our patented GeoQuote platform combines real-time carrier pricing with advanced research features and branded proposals. Telarus' experienced Sales staff is strategically focused on enterprise WAN and high-capacity bandwidth solutions, making it easier to find the best offer, every time. For its part, Telarus has been named the top Master Agent by the members of the Telecom Association in each of the past three years, the first and only company in the carrier channel to accomplish this feat. Whether you are a top producer or a voice-and-data expert just starting out on your own, there is a place for you in the Telarus community. For more information on the Telarus partner program, please visit www.telarus.com or call the new partner hotline at 877-346-3232.