WINNIPEG, MB, May 8, 2008 – MTS Allstream Inc. (“MTS Allstream”) is pleased to announce it has won the Cisco Partner Summit regional Market Mover Award (Canada). Cisco unveiled the award winners on April 8, 2008 at its Partner Summit in Honolulu, Hawaii.
"I had the honor and privilege of recognizing MTS Allstream as a Cisco Partner Summit regional award winner," said Wendy Bahr, vice president of U.S. and Canada channels at Cisco. “The Market Mover Award recognizes MTS Allstream’s performance and success as a Cisco channel partner in Canada in 2007.”
“MTS Allstream is privileged to receive Cisco’s award for our growing business solutions,” said John A. MacDonald, President Enterprise Solutions division, MTS Allstream. “We are focused on continuing to build on our established leadership in the areas of IP Connectivity and Unified Communications. We have had a long history of innovation and have made an impact on the changing market in Canada. The Market Mover Award from Cisco is another example of the significant technology advancements we’ve made and our commitment to deliver best-in-class innovative telecom solutions.”
Cisco Partner Summit awards are presented at three levels – regional, theater and global. Cisco Partner Summit U.S. and Canada regional awards reflect a partner’s performance during November 1, 2006 to October 31, 2007.
For information about MTS Allstream’s Unified Communications portfolio, visit www.allstream.com/services/uc.
About MTS Allstream
MTS Allstream Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Manitoba Telecom Services Inc., and is one of Canada's leading national communication solutions providers, delivering innovative products and services through the Enterprise Solutions and Consumer Markets divisions. The Enterprise Solutions division, which operates under the Allstream brand nationally and under the MTS Allstream brand in Manitoba, is a leading competitor in the national business and wholesale markets. This division offers customers a portfolio of solutions tailored to the needs of medium and large businesses looking for success in a world of rapidly evolving technology - IP connectivity, unified communications, IT consulting and security services, and voice and data connectivity services. The Consumer Markets division leads every telecommunications market segment in Manitoba, delivering a full suite of next generation wireless, high-speed Internet and data, digital television and wireline voice services under the MTS brand, as well as small business services in select markets across Canada under the Allstream brand, and security and alarm monitoring services through AAA Alarm Systems Ltd., an affiliate of MTS Allstream which also operates in other western provinces. MTS Allstream's extensive national broadband fibre optic network spans more than 24,300 kilometres, and provides international connections through strategic alliances and interconnection agreements with other international service providers. Manitoba Telecom Services Inc.'s common shares are listed on The TorontoStock Exchange (trading symbol: MBT). For more information, please visit: www.mtsallstream.com www.mtsallstream.com.
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For more information, please contact:
Jill Gibson
Corporate Communications Coordinator
(204) 958-3392
media.relations@mtsallstream.com
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