Cloud Services Portfolio Helps Organizations Lower Costs and Improve Business Processes
ORLANDO, Fla., March 19, 2013 — Sprint Emerging
Solutions & Global Wholesale and Mitel(R) (Nasdaq:MITL) (TSX:MNW), a
leading provider of cloud and premises-based unified communications and
collaboration (UCC) solutions, today announced that they have entered
into a wholesale agreement to enable resellers of the fast-growing
cloud services market for small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) in the
U.S. Building on an existing relationship, the new agreement will
enable Mitel and Sprint Emerging Solutions & Global Wholesale to extend
their addressable markets and fully capitalize on the rapid adoption of
cloud services worldwide, a market which is predicted to reach $52
billion this year.1
As part of the agreement, the Mitel hosted PBX cloud communications
service will be included in Sprint’s Wholesale Cloud Services, helping
Sprint’s SMB-focused resellers launch quickly and cost-efficiently in
the cloud services marketplace. As a result, Sprint’s wholesale
customers will be able to market services such as hosted voice, unified
communications, email, web collaboration, archiving and web commerce on
a secure, high-performance, cloud-based infrastructure — without the
cost and complexity of building an IT environment.
In addition, Mitel will now be able to market Sprint’s Wholesale Cloud
Services portfolio directly to its SMB customers nationwide, providing
a comprehensive, cost-efficient and proven suite of services for its
U.S. business customers. Sprint’s Wholesale Cloud Services portfolio
offers a full range of SaaS and CaaS cloud services consisting of
trusted brand name offerings to help Sprint Wholesale partners launch
more quickly and with less capital outlay than if they were to procure
the services themselves.
"Organizations worldwide are turning to cloud services that support
their business requirements in a timely and cost-efficient manner,"
said Matt Carter, president, Sprint Emerging Solutions & Global
Wholesale. "This agreement with Mitel augments our Wholesale Cloud
Services offer with the industry’s leading unified communications
solution. This ensures we continue to enable our resellers with
easy-to-use, affordable and high-performance cloud solutions that they
can quickly take to market without the expense and hassle of having to
create their own services."
"This is a win-win for Sprint and Mitel," said Jon Brinton, president
of Mitel NetSolutions. "The cloud market is predicted to explode in
2013, and our partnership with Sprint means that we are fully equipped
to benefit from this growth. We can now address multiple aspects of the
cloud market through either direct or reseller channels, and deliver a
comprehensive and flexible offer across the full spectrum of products,
applications and support."
About Sprint
Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline
communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers,
businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel served more than 55
million customers at the end of 2012 and is widely recognized for
developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies,
including the first wireless 4G service from a national carrier in the
United States; offering industry-leading mobile data services, leading
prepaid brands including Virgin Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance
Wireless; instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities;
and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. The American Customer
Satisfaction Index rated Sprint No. 1 among all national carriers in
customer satisfaction and most improved, across all 47 industries,
during the last four years. Newsweek ranked Sprint No. 3 in both its
2011 and 2012 Green Rankings, listing it as one of the nation’s
greenest companies, the highest of any telecommunications company. You
can learn more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com or
www.facebook.com/sprint and www.twitter.com/sprint.
About Mitel
Mitel(R) (Nasdaq:MITL) (TSX:MNW) is a global provider of unified
communications and collaboration (UCC) software, solutions and services
that enable organizations to conduct business anywhere, over any medium
with the device of their choice. Through a single cloud-ready software
stream, Mitel’s Freedom architecture provides customers in over 100
countries the flexibility and simplicity needed to support today’s
dynamic work environment. For more information visit www.mitel.com.