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2021 VISIONARY SPOTLIGHT AWARDS | CHANNEL V ISION CSP Communications Deployments of the Year Granite Telecommunications Granite helped global consumer and commercial services company Rollins reduce annual network costs by migrating from a legacy MPLS network to a managed SD-WAN solution using Granite’s broadband aggregation, network integration services and access remediation services. CSP Infrastructure Innovation of the Year Inteliquent Inteliquent has spent the last year enhancing its network infrastructure to mitigate fraud and illegal robocall by deploying a STIR/SHAKEN on other fraud prevention technology. Working extremely hard to remove illegal robocalling from its network, the team is using multiple systems to detect potential robocall activity. Digital Transformations AppSmart AppSmart has implemented several new technologies focused on empowering technology advisors with the tools to help their customers digitally transform, including the AppSmart Marketplace, AppSmart Invest, AppSmart Locator and AppSmart Energize. P2 Broadband P2 Broadband provides high-speed internet connectivity over its wholly owned network, providing customers with a reliable and redundant infrastructure that guarantees security and scalability in New York City. The company recently successfully structured a deal with AppSmart Invest Program, an innovative funding program designed for technology advisors. This program allowed P2 to buy the assets of a fixed wireless company. Pidj.co Pidj.co’ s business text messaging platform enables automated outbound text messages to be broadcast to a targeted list of contacts as a one-off or a scheduled series. Uniquely, the Pidj.co platform also supports inbound text routing, including automated responses or actions, and two-way text conversations with live agents. Star2Star Star2Star has embraced digital transformation in every aspect of its technology suite to create innovative solutions for the modern enterprise. Star2Star’s end-to-end portfolio stands out in the industry as the first and only pure on-premises cloud solution including remote work solutions, custom development and integration options, and VDI for seamless connectivity to mission-critical processes from anywhere. Top Innovation Awards IntelePeer IntelePeer creates smarter customer interactions, through its award-winning omnichannel communications solutions, powering automation with AI and analytics. Our Atmosphere® CPaaS improves customer experience and satisfaction, decreases operational costs, drives new revenue, and improves business processes — all delivered through a single, easy-to-use platform that works seamlessly with existing business software and infrastructure. For more information visit: www.intelepeer.com NetGen Communications Smart ATA is an analog telephone adapter that not only offers the service provider a full-function voice-fax ATA with FXO capability but also includes patent-pending technology that finally makes FoIP calls as reliable as PSTN fax calls. Moreover, Smart ATA includes full support for T.38 version 3 with V.34, enabling it to send and receive faxes at twice the speed of non-V.34 capable ATAs. PacketFabric With PacketFabric’s new Cloud Router, you can connect multiple regions of a single cloud service provider, connect multiple cloud service providers in the same region, or connect multiple cloud service providers in different regions. Cloud Router features a superior distributed architecture that delivers optimal routing, lowers latency and facilitates scaling.