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PRESS RELEASE — CHANNEL PARTNERS EVOLUTION — NEF (New England Fiber) (Booth H35) has been selected as a new master agent for Zayo, a leading global communications infrastructure provider offering high capacity bandwidth solutions ranging from dark fiber, wavelengths, Ethernet and IP to colocation and cloud solutions.

NEF, a leading telecommunications agency, leverages decades of expertise and experience to provide objective, data-driven relationships for its client organizations. Zayo’s solutions are now available to the NEF partner sales channel.

“We are excited to be named a master agent for Zayo,” said Michael Murphy, CEO of NEF. “In addition to their world-class communications infrastructure solutions, they offer Tranzact, a platform that’s unique to the telecommunications industry. With it, our agents can go online, check product availability and global fiber network maps. Tranzact also enables us to compare prices, purchase services, track orders and view bandwidth usage and invoices.”{ad}

“NEF will be an excellent distribution partner for us,” said Dennis Kyle, SVP, Strategic Markets and Partnerships for Zayo. “Their experience, understanding of our solution set and enthusiasm for our Tranzact platform are major factors in our decision to partner with them. We’re confident their network of capable agents will represent Zayo’s full suite of solutions very effectively.”