For Immediate Release: 20-Jan-2003
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., USAvaya Inc. (NYSE:AV) a leading global provider of communications
networks and services for businesses, gave its annual "Alti Award"
to eight of its top resellers in North America. The "Alti" derived from the Latin word "altus," which means
"high" distinguishes those Avaya BusinessPartners which exceed
expectations set by their enterprise customers and Avaya. This
year's Alti Award winners are either a Gold or Platinum certified
Avaya BusinessPartner the company's two highest levels of
certification. Gold and Platinum Avaya BusinessPartners must meet
Avaya's most rigorous criteria requirements in converged voice and
data training for their technical experts, and customer
satisfaction. Carousel Industries (Platinum BusinessPartner,
Charlestown, Rhode Island), Cincinnati Bell (Platinum
Business Partner, Cincinnati, Ohio), Combest, Inc. (Gold
BusinessPartner, Atlanta, Georgia), Cross Telecom Inc. (Gold
BusinessPartner, Eden Prairie Minnesota), Empire
Technologies (Gold BusinessPartner, Freehold, New Jersey),
North American Communications Resource (Platinum
BusinessPartner, Eagan, Minnesota), Universal Solutions
(Gold BusinessPartner, Jackson, Mississippi), and Spenser
Communications (Gold BusinessPartner, Irwindale, California)
received their awards at the Avaya sales conference held in
November, 2002. "The Alti Award winners have achieved high levels of Avaya
Certification due to their significant investments in their
people's expertise in providing technological support and service
to their customers," said Jan Burton, vice president, Global
Strategy and Distribution. "As a result, they've had impressive
growth, and they are well positioned to work with our mutual
customers, empowering enterprises to use the capabilities of
today's sophisticated voice and data communication networks to meet
their business needs." About Avaya
Avaya Inc. designs, builds and manages communications networks for
more than 1 million businesses worldwide, including 90 percent of
the FORTUNE 500®. Focused on businesses large to small, Avaya is a
world leader in secure and reliable Internet Protocol (IP)
telephony systems and communications software applications and
services. Driving the convergence of voice and data communications with
business applications - and distinguished by comprehensive
worldwide services -Avaya helps customers leverage existing and new
networks to achieve superior business results. For more information
visit the Avaya Web site: http://www.avaya.com | 
