CENTRAL TELECOM RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS FROM AVAYA
Communications specialists Central Telecom have capped another record-breaking year after being presented with two coveted accolades by Avaya, global leaders in communications systems, applications and services.
The company, whose headquarters is on Wetmore Road in Burton-on-Trent and has regional offices in London and Guildford, was presented with the titles of Business Partner of the Year and Most Complex Sales Award at the Avaya Business Partner Conference, which took place in Rome.
Central, one of only a handful of Avaya Platinum Partners in EMEA, was the only Avaya business partner in the UK, Ireland and South Africa to be presented with two awards at this year's event.
The title of Business Partner of the Year was a special award presented to the best performing Business Partner in the UK, Ireland and South Africa, based on business growth, revenue achievement and general sales and marketing performance.
Central has scored a number of notable wins this year. This includes a five year, £25 million contract to design and implement a new cutting edge voice network solution for The Capita Group PLC, the UK's leading provider of professional and support services.
In addition the company has signed a £1 million deal for with Cambridge County Council, which includes the installation of a 2,500 seat modular messaging installation and a £750,000 commission from Sunderland City Council for the first volume SIP deployment to displace a 2,500 user Cisco solution.
The Most Complex Sales Award was awarded to Central in recognition of the design, development and installation of the integrated communications solution for Sunderland County Council. The solution was deemed to be the most complex deal across the UK Ireland and South Africa in fulfilling the unique needs of the customer.
Chris Money, technical director at Central, was presented with the awards by Buddie Ceronie, Vice President and Managing Director of Avaya UK, Ireland and South Africa.
Andrew McDougall Central's Managing Director said of the awards:
"We are pleased to have received two such high profile awards from Avaya. This cements our place as a leading Avaya Platinum Partner and illustrates our exceptional technical ability in providing leading edge solutions and applications that serve the unique needs of our customers.'
This award comes hot on the heels of a series of other prestigious industry and business awards for Central, which employs over 250 staff nationwide.
The company recently scooped the title of Converged Solution of the Year at the Channel Network Awards and was recognised as among the fastest growing European companies included in the 2006 Europe's 500 Listing, the annual ranking of high growth, job-creating companies published by Europe's 500 - Entrepreneurs for Growth and supported by Microsoft and KPMG.
Central was founded in 1985 and is one of the UK's leading integrated communications specialists. It implements leading edge communications solutions across a diversity of market sectors and has more than 4,000 managed accounts and more than 750,000 end users throughout the UK, ranging from SME's to blue chip and public sector organisations.
Partnerships with all of the industry's major players enables Central to exploit the latest technologies and deliver total communications solutions tailored to customers' individual voice and data requirements. This involves the integration of telephony, computing, voice processing, data and messaging network services, plus a range of cabling and support services.
Over the past 12 months turnover and profitability have continued to exceed all expectations in the face of severe market competition and turnover is on target to top the £30 million mark during the current financial year.
For further information visit www.central-telecom.co.uk
