SunTel Services Awarded Mitel's 2012 Unified Communications Specialist Partner of the Year Award

TROY, Mich., Oct. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SunTel Services, a complete provider of services for enterprise networks to businesses throughout Michigan and across the country, announced today that it has been awarded the 2012 Unified Communications Specialist Partner of the Year award from Mitel – a global provider of business communications and collaboration software and services.

The award, which is bestowed to the Mitel Partner with the most combined success, technical skill and expertise surrounding unified communications, and who also secured necessary technical and sales certifications, was recently presented to SunTel at the Mitel Partner Conference in San Diego.

SunTel was also recognized as a Mitel Platinum Partner at the ceremony, a designation which enables SunTel to resell and distribute the full Mitel suite of unified communications software solutions.

"We are honored to be named as Mitel's Unified Communications Specialist Partner of the Year, as it acknowledges SunTel's dedication to providing the best quality, service and technology to our customers," said Gary Jackson, president of SunTel Services. "It also drives home the importance of solid partnerships within our industry, which is growing and becoming more vital every day."

In addition to its other Mitel designations, SunTel is also certified in four areas of Mitel's Technical Accreditation Program (TAP), a progressive, specialized accreditation program designed to help differentiate Mitel sales channels by enabling them to attain and promote the technical and sales certifications required to successfully deploy and service contemporary communications solutions from Mitel.

SunTel's TAP certifications – which include Virtualized Voice Specialist, Mobility Specialist, Contact Center Specialist, and Unified Communications Specialist – are validation that SunTel has mastered the technical and sales expertise needed to implement the latest technologies in voice, video, virtual and other integrated networking solutions.

Serving as a technology partner to more than 1,000 businesses, SunTel has completed more than 2,500 installations and works to provide total business communications solutions by taking a full life-cycle approach. SunTel installs, manages, monitors and maintains services for enterprise networks for major businesses throughout the country.

About SunTel Services

SunTel Services has provided complete life cycle services for unified communication services as a Michigan based company since 1986. SunTel offers an extensive range of expertise and product offerings to customers across the automotive, manufacturing, government, healthcare, education, finance, professional services and technology sectors.

With certifications in all critical network services, SunTel offers service programs up to and including management of customer networks.  The company holds key partnerships and certifications with industry technology leaders, such as Adtran, APC, Avaya, Blue Coat Systems, Citrix, Cisco, Dell, Fortinet, HP, Juniper Networks, Microsoft, Mitel Polycom and VMware.

SunTel serves the global communication system requirements of international companies with a staff of more than 90 people statewide and through offices in Troy, Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, and Traverse City. Learn more at www.suntel.com.

SOURCE SunTel Services