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COMPTEL PLUS Fall 2015 Business Expo
COMPTELPlus | Monday, October 19, 2015 Beka Publishing, 24
DAY 1
FirstLight Fiber
Signs One
Connect as a
VAR in Upstate
New York
HyperCube CTO Doug Davis Appointed
to North American Numbering Council
TaxWorkshop Offered by GSA and BeQuick
FirstLight Fiber, a facilities-based telecom
service provider operating in Upstate
New York and Northern New England, has
announced that One Connect, a telecommunica-
tions and technology consulting firm based in
Clifton Park, N.Y., has joined FirstLight’s partner
program as a value added reseller (VAR).
Since signing on as a FirstLight agent a few
months ago, One Connect has partnered with
FirstLight on approximately 20 customer projects,
which the company said speaks to the power of
this relationship.
“One Connect has partnerships with leading
global, national and regional telecommunications
and cloud companies,”said John Smack, president of
One Connect.“Having a strong working relationship
with FirstLight enables us to leverage FirstLight’s
impressive fiber network throughout the Capital
Region. Throughout our relationship, FirstLight
has proven its ability to deliver reliable services to
customers in remarkably fast time frames.”
FirstLight’s partner program provides channel
partners access to a set of customized commu-
nications services that include data connectivity,
Internet access, data center services and voice
services, along with locally-based service and
support. FirstLight Fiber is headquartered in
Albany, N.Y., and provides fiber-based services to
enterprise and carrier customers in Upstate New
York and Northern New England, with connec-
tivity to Canada. Its facilities-based network
spans more than 225,000 fiber miles, connecting
in excess of 1,700 lit locations. Offerings include
dedicated Internet access, Ethernet, traditional
TDM solutions, SIP trunks, virtual PBX, audio
conferencing, managed commercial wireless
systems and data center colocation.
“One Connect has been an exciting addition to
our partner program and has demonstrated they are
true experts in telecommunications withmore than
a decade of experience,”said Mark Ayotte, senior
director of alternate channels at FirstLight.“Their
strong relationships and understanding of commu-
nications provides a solid platform for attracting an
impressive set of clients seeking high-performance
solutions. We look forward to the mutual success
our partnership will bring.” o
T he Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) has appointed Doug Davis, CTO of
HyperCube, to serve on the commission’s
North American Numbering Council (NANC).
NANC is the federal advisory committee
established to advise the FCC on the efficient and
impartial administration of the North American
Numbering Plan, as well as on policy and technical
issues involving numbering resources. Davis will
serve on the council for a two-year term.
“We congratulate Doug on his most recent
FCC appointment,” said HyperCube president
and CEO Ron Beaumont. “Aside from being a
co-founder of HyperCube, Doug lends his exper-
tise to several industry groups, including the
Communications Security, Reliability and Interop-
erability Council. Doug’s contributions are an
integral part of our growth here at HyperCube.”
The appointment comes as HyperCube
prepares for a new chapter. It has announced
that it will be changing its name to West Telecom
Services in the fourth quarter of this year as part of
a branding strategy by its parent, West Corp. The
company is a wholesale provider of voice origina-
tion and termination services for other carriers and
service providers. Operating a nationwide facili-
ties-based network, HyperCube provides competi-
tive tandem switching, toll-free services, DID
services and carrier termination interconnections
for all types of service providers. HyperCube is also
a licensed CLEC in 48 states. Davis will be critical to
the company’s growth strategy going forward.
“Doug’s knowledge base and leadership has
been a major contributing factor to our success
thus far, and with his acumen there’s no limit to
what we can accomplish,” Beaumont said. o
T elecommunications regulatory and tax
compliance specialist General Solutions
Associates LLC (GSAssociates, Booth 713),
along with BeQuick, a provider of cloud-powered
billing and fulfillment software for wireless and
MVNO carriers, will offer a tax workshop focused
on the MVNO.
Topics offered at this seminar include:
• Choosing the right billing and rating platform;
• Licensing the MVNO at all levels, including
federal, state and local;
• Choosing the best packages and services
offering for your market and strategy;
• Taxation and regulatory pass-throughs for
MVNOs;
• Tax optimizations and audit support;
• Bill presentation; and
• Seamless remittance strategies.
“This workshopwill provide strategic and relevant
topics to theMVNO industry,”said SamanthaMaqueo,
vice president of regulatory for GSAssociates.
As for the bona fides of the speakers, GSAssoci-
ates is a telecommunications industry specialist in
regulatory requirements consulting, compliance
outsourcing and tax processing; and BeQuick is 100
percent devoted to the future of MVNO enable-
ment. Designed for mobile from the ground up,
the BeQuick Cloud BSS/OSS for Mobile is a hosted
back-office service that enables the management
and monetization of the subscriber lifecycle.
“We are confident that MVNOs developing or
enhancing their business will benefit from this
workshop,” said Steve McIntosh, COO of BeQuick.
The workshop will be held Nov. 17, 2015. o
T elecom wholesaler Onvoy (Booth 307) has
finalized the acquisition of Broadvox, a CLEC
that provides wholesale VoIP services.
The transaction makes Onvoy the third-
largest CLEC in the United States by rate center
coverage. The combined customer base includes
more than 1,000 major wireless, cable, telecom,
next generation VoIP and enhanced service
providers. All customers will soon have access to
the coast-to-coast network, the company said.
“Onvoy is known for our exceptional engi-
neering and solid infrastructure,” said Onvoy
President Fritz Hendricks. “The quality and
strength of Broadvox’s network is an ideal match
for our systems and our customers.”
Onvoy will continue to build its network
through strategic mergers and acquisitions, as
well as organic growth, it said.
“Our companies are stronger together.
Now, customers will benefit from an even
broader range of services that can be tailored
to meet the unique needs of any carrier, large
or small,” said Andre Temnorod, founder and
CEO of Broadvox. o
Onvoy Finalizes Broadvox Acquisition