ATLANTIC-ACM Delivers Wholesale Carrier Awards

ATLANTIC-ACM announced the 2005 U.S. Wholesale Carrier Excellence Awards and introduced its Seals of Excellence today at the CompTel/ASCENT trade show. The awards were presented by ATLANTIC-ACM CEO Dr. Judy Reed Smith and Vice President Taher Bouzayen.

The Wholesale Carrier Excellence Awards are based on the performance ratings by more than a thousand wholesale carriers’ resale customers. The winners include AT&T Corp. for customer service, data and voice products, and sales representatives;

BellSouth Corp. for provisioning; Level 3 Communications Inc. and MCI Inc. in data pricing; Qwest Communications International Inc. for voice pricing; SBC Communications Inc. in billing; Sprint and Verizon Communications Inc. for network; and WilTel Communications LLC in billing, customer service, provisioning and sales representatives.

ATLANTIC-ACM’s U.S. Wholesale Carrier Seals of Excellence awards - the first certifications under its new Seals of Excellence program - recognize companies for a commitment to, and progress in, improving processes and performance continuously for the their customers’ benefit.

Companies receiving the Certified U.S. Wholesaler seals today are Broadwing Communications LLC, MCI, Qwest, Sprint, Verizon and WilTel. The companies received banners for display in their exhibits as well as licenses to display the seals on their Web sites.

Derek Koecher, director of sales operations, Qwest Global Wholesale Markets; Marcus Cathey, sales assistant vice president, BellSouth Interconnection Services; Jeff Storey, president and CEO, WilTel Communications; Judy Reed Smith, CEO, ATLANTIC-ACM; Linda Heller, general manager, billing integrity, SBC Communications Inc. Industry Markets Group; Sherry Charles, vice president, wholesale marketing, AT&T Corp.; Kathryn Morrissey, president, global wholesale, AT&T; Myrle McNeal, vice president of product management, Level 3 Communications; and Taher Bouzayen, vice president, ATLANTIC-ACM. (Representatives of Sprint, MCI and Verizon not pictured.)