Chaired by (non voting) Comms Business Editor Ian Hunter the debate got underway at the Institute of Directors on Wednesday 9th May. Ian had his referee whistle at the ready as our independent judges voted for who they thought were the deserved winners. Although agreement was found easily in some categories there were heated discussions in others. Our reader vote closed at 4pm on Friday and the finalists can be seen below.
The winning entries are under lock and key until the 21st June 2012 when the awards will be presented at the Lancaster Hotel, London. It should be a great evening for all involved, especially for the deserved winners! Below are our finalists! They have been listed in alphabetical order so this doesn’t bear any resemblance to the final order of winners.
Reseller Categories
Reseller of the Year (small)-for companies with a turnover of up to £2.5 million
Businewise Solutions,
Communicate Better,
ComputerTel,
Denwa Communications,
Digicom,
Reseller of the year (Medium)–For companies with a turnover of £2.5 m to £7.5 m
Ardencom,
Essensys Ltd,
Incom Business Systems,
STL Communications,
TMS,
Reseller of the year (Large) – For companies with a turnover of £7.5m or over
Actimax,
Alternative Networks,
Excell Group,
Peach Telecom,
Solar Communication,
Overall Reseller of the year
To be selected from the winners of the above three awards
Wholesale Service provider
Entanet,
Nine Group,
02 Wholesale,
0-bit Telecom,
Virtual1,
Mobile Virtual Network Operator
Gamma,
Transatel,
Reader Vote Categories
Internet Service Provider of the Year
Daisy Wholesale,
Griffin,
Virtual1,
Zen Internet,
Distributor of the Year
Capstan Communication,
Nimans,
Scan Source Europe,
Westcon Convergence,
Fixed Line Network of the Year
BT,
Entanet,
Gamma,
02 Wholesale,
Mobile Network of the Year
02,
Vodafone,
Solutions Categories
SMB Convergence Solution (For customers with up to 250 employees)
Britannic Technologies,
CCT,
Green Fields Technologies,
Modern Communications,
Pennine Telecom,
Mid – Market Convergence Solution (251-500 employees)
alwaysOn,
Britannic Technologies,
Charterhouse Voice & Data,
Excell Group,
G3 Telecommunications,
RHM Telecommunications,
Enterprise Convergence Solution (Over 500 employees)
Ardencom,
Britannic Technologies,
Cisilion,
Excell Group,
G3 Telecommunication,
Product Categories
Channel Product (Hardware)
Aastra Telecom,
Gigaset Communications UK Ltd,
Ipcortex,
Jabra,
Riverbed Technology,
Yealink,
Channel Product (On Premise Software Application)
Liquid Voice,
Seimens Enterprise Communications,
Silver Peak,
Union Street Technologies,
Zeacom Europe,
Channel Product (Professional Services)
Atrium Telecom,
ILG Business,
IP-Netix,
Liquid Voice,
Channel Product (Cloud based solution deployed)
Akixi,
Nasstar,
Direct Response,
Telware,
VanillaIP,
People Categories
Channel Sales Person of the Year
David Dyer of Siemens Enterprise Communications,
Matt Donaldson of 0-bit Telecom,
Richard Ash of STL Communications,
Field Engineer of the Year
To be announced at the Gala Awards Diner
Channel Entrepreneur of the Year
Andrew Gilbert of Node 4,
Tom O’Hagan of Virtual1,
Tony Parish of G3 Telecommunications,
Wayne Cartwright of Communicate Better,