The ICT channel's best performers were celebrated at this year's Comms National Awards ceremony (main sponsor Giacom) on September 28th, staged at The Park Plaza Westminster Bridge and hosted by broadcaster Vernon Kay. This year's stellar event saw Global 4 Communications scoop a trio of awards including the Reseller of the Year award.
Zest4 MD Mandy Fazelynia was crowned Entrepreneur of the Year. She said: "I am absolutely delighted to receive the Entrepreneur of the Year award 2023, it has been quite a journey for Zest4 over the last 10 years and to secure the investment from Focus Group earlier this year to super turbo our future growth was an amazing achievement for me and the rest of the shareholders. We are incredibly excited to take Zest4 to the next level, creating more opportunity for our partners and the channel."
Comms Dealer Editorial Director Nigel Sergent said: "The event saw 150 entries from 80 of the channel’s leading companies. Once again, the Comms National Awards has underlined its status as The Oscars of the ICT channel. Our valued judges reported another upgrade in the quality of entries and the teams who put the submissions together deserve the utmost praise, regardless of the final outcomes.”
“As ever the awards ceremony was a wonderful night of celebration and thanks must go to everyone who attended to celebrate channel success. Congratulations to all the winners and highly commended teams and special thanks must go to all our sponsors, especially our headline sponsor Giacom, which continues to support the channel in so many positive ways.”
After the Awards ceremony, celebrations continued at an afterparty DJ’d by Fat Tony.
The Comms National Awards 2023 Hall of Fame (HC - Highly Commended)
COMMS NATIONAL AWARDS ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR – MANDY FAZELYNIA, MANAGING DIRECTOR, ZEST4
BEST CALL MANAGEMENT SOLUTION - TOLLRING
-HC: OAK INNOVATION
BEST BILLING SOLUTION – INFORM BILLING
-HC: PRD TECHNOLOGY
BEST ICT DISTRIBUTOR – NUVIAS UC
-HC: PROVU COMMUNICATIONS
BEST UCAAS VENDOR – VOIP UNLIMITED
-HC: INTERMEDIA CLOUD COMMUNICATIONS, JABRA
BEST CCAAS VENDOR – INTERMEDIA CLOUD COMMUNICATIONS
-HC: RINGCENTRAL, XELION
BEST NETWORK – CITYFIBRE
-HC: TALKTALK WHOLESALE SERVICES
BEST ALTNET – MS3 NETWORKS
-HC: CITYFIBRE
BEST WHOLESALE SERVICE PROVIDER (UP TO £10M) – MS3 NETWORKS
-HC: VOICEFLEX
BEST WHOLESALE NETWORK PROVIDER (ABOVE £10M) - GIACOM
-HC: JOLA
BEST SME UC CUSTOMER SOLUTION - START COMMUNICATIONS
-HC: UPLANDS MOBILE
BEST ENTERPRISE UC CUSTOMER SOLUTION – OPUS TECHNOLOGY
-HC: EUROPEAN TELECOM SOLUTIONS
BEST SME MOBILE/IOT CUSTOMER SOLUTION – SPITFIRE NETWORK SERVICES
-HC: UPLANDS MOBILES
BEST ENTERPRISE MOBILE/IOT CUSTOMER SOLUTION - FLUIDONE
-HC: UPLANDS MOBILES
BEST SME VERTICAL MARKET CUSTOMER SOLUTION – WINDSOR TELECOM
-HC: FUTURE VOICE & DATA
BEST ENTERPRISE VERTICAL MARKET CUSTOMER SOLUTION –GLOBAL 4 COMMUNICATIONS
-HC: SCG TOGETHER
BEST SME MANAGED SERVICE CUSTOMER SOLUTION - KUBENET
-HC: CLOUD GEEKS
BEST ENTERPRISE MANAGED SERVICE CUSTOMER SOLUTION – UPLANDS MOBILE
-HC: ADP ASSURED DATA PROTECTION
BEST SME CONTACT CENTRE SOLUTION - AVOIRA
-HC: SOCONNECT
BEST ENTERPRISE CONTACT CENTRE SOLUTION – ELITE GROUP
-HC: OPUS TECHNOLOGY
RESELLER BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION AWARD – GLOBAL 4 COMMUNICATIONS
-HC: FOURNET
RESELLER DEAL OF THE YEAR – UK CONNECT
-HC: SCG TOGETHER
BEST PARTNER PROGRAMME (UP TO £10M) - PANGEA
-HC:TOLLRING
BEST PARTNER PROGRAMME (ABOVE £10M) – JOLA
-HC: BT WHOLESALE
BEST CHANNEL BUSINESS SERVICE - SUPPORT TO WIN
-HC: BLABBERMOUTH MARKETING
BEST CHANNEL PORTAL - JOLA
-HC: TALKTALK WHOLESALE SERVICES
BEST RESELLER INNOVATION AWARD - FOURNET
-HC: FOCUS GROUP
BEST SUPPLIER INNOVATION AWARD - PROMPTVOICE
-HC: JOLA
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION AWARD -BT WHOLESALE
-HC: JOLA
SUSTAINABILITY AWARD - TALKTALK
-HC: CFONE COMMUNICATIONS, LAYER SYSTEMS
RESELLER OF THE YEAR – GLOBAL 4 COMMUNIATIONS
The awards process, organised by Comms Dealer publisher BPL Business Media has been staged annually for over 20 years and recognises resellers, vendors, distributors, network providers and service providers that have excelled in their delivery of innovative products and services over the last year.