2025 VISIONARY SPOTLIGHT AWARDS | CHANNELVISION 19 Rural & Underserved Connectivity Granite Telecommunications Granite - by blending Starlink’s LEO satellite internet with its AI-powered edgebootPro, multi-carrier SIM and managed network services - delivers fast, reliable, always-on connectivity for remote and underserved areas. An authorized Starlink reseller, it extends high-speed, low-latency broadband across North America, while Granite’s multi-carrier SIM offers seamless LTE failover by automatically connecting to the strongest signal from more than 600 domestic and global wireless carriers. Plus, together with edgebootPro’s automated network device monitoring and rebooting, it ensures uninterrupted connectivity, streamlined management and resilient operations, regardless of location. Telecom Legal & Regulatory Ben Bronston - Telecom/IT/Cloud Lawyer Ben Bronston is an expert in telecom, IT and cloud law and regulation. For 25+ years, he has cultivated a knowledge of legal and regulatory issues affecting TSDs, direct agents, VoIP providers, MSPs, MVNOs, carriers, resellers and enterprise customers. Specialties include agent agreements, distribution contracts, underlying vendor agreements, commission disputes, state and federal telecom licensing and business transactions. Bronston has offered advice and counsel – including corporate and regulatory – regarding numerous transactions with an aggregate value of several billion dollars. He has also served as a director for telecom and IT companies, and a private venture capital fund co-founder. Marashlian & Donahue, PLLC, The CommLaw Group Marashlian & Donahue pioneered the carrier of record (CoR) model nearly a decade ago. This regulatory solution was developed to address critical gaps in the telecom market, particularly for VoIP providers struggling to balance profitability and complex compliance requirements across thousands of jurisdictions. The model introduced a third option to traditional frameworks: centralized compliance. With this, the CoR assumes full responsibility for regulatory obligations, including tax remittances, USF contributions, licensing and public safety requirements. By delegating compliance to the CoR, retail partners reduce exposure to audits, fines and reputational damage while focusing on customer acquisition and market growth. Sterling Business Law Sterling Business Law provides corporate legal and advisory counsel to entrepreneurial and emerging growth firms throughout the communications and information services industries. As outside counsel to a variety of companies, it adds value at the crowded and confusing intersection of law, regulatory, finance, strategy and operations. Wholesale Broadband & Capacity Ziply Fiber Ziply Fiber continually strengthens its wholesale market position, enhancing network capabilities and providing new scaling opportunity. It launched colocation services at 200+ secure facilities across Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. Ziply also extended long-haul connectivity through its Northern Link route, a 400 gig, long-haul transport route that connects major northwest cities with 4X the capacity and a shorter path. Finally, Ziply is buying UPN’s Pacific Northwest assets to serve commercial customers with lit and dark fiber services, and announced its pending acquisition by BCE. The latter will help it better meet fiber demand by helping invest in and enhance infrastructure. 2025 2025 2025
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