Prime Telecommunications President to Join Cloud Services Panel

Skokie, IL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 09/13/2013 -- Prime Telecommunications, Inc., a Skokie based cloud services integrator and telecommunications reseller announced today that Vic Levinson, President, has been named to the 2013-14 Channel Partners Advisory Board.

The board includes members of the channel community who serve two-year terms. These include telecom agents, master agents, IT VARs, telecom dealers/interconnects, managed services providers, cloud service providers, telecommunications service providers, hardware/software vendors and industry consultants. In addition, there are six association members representing the Agent Alliance, Cloud Girls, CompTIA, Women in the Channel (WIC), Technology Channel Association (TCA) and Technology Assurance Group (TAG).

"I see my role as giving a voice the challenges facing those value added resellers and interconnects currently transitioning in expanding their offerings from just voice or just data to a blended offering of cloud services. I have seen a lot of changes in this market over the past twenty years- a lot of obstacles and a lot of new opportunities in the future," said Vic Levinson, President of Prime Telecommunications, Inc.

"Since it was formed in 2007, the Channel Partners Advisory Board has proved to be a vital part of the success of the publication and the event. We rely on these industry insiders to help make sure our content is on target and that our programs are meaningful to the telecom and IT channels," said Khali Henderson, editor in chief of Channel Partners "We welcome Vic Levinson to the Advisory Board, and thank him for volunteering both time and expertise."

As a board member, Vic Levinson will become a regular contributor to the Channel Partners Peer-to-Peer blog (http://www.channelpartnersonline.com/blogs/peertopeer.aspx) and also the Channel Partners Network online community at LinkedIn Channel Partners Group.

About Prime Telecommunications, Inc.
Since 1993, Prime Telecommunications has supported businesses and organizations meeting their IT needs. Prime is at the forefront of working with some of the nation's best Cloud Providers for business- a complete spectrum of hosted applications, hosted servers, back up and disaster recovery- with 24/7 support and help desk. Prime strives to make IT staff free to help businesses grow- and not just maintain an infrastructure. Prime Telecommunications is proud to provide "best in class" services with all major carriers through its affiliation with master agent - voice and data circuits, PRI T1's and MPLS networks. Prime Telecommunications, as Authorized Strategic Partner, also designs, implements, and provides hosted iPbx through SNET Communications, Inc.

About Channel Partners
Channel Partners magazine is the leading publication for telecom and IT distribution channels. For more than 25 years, Channel Partners has been the undisputed leader in providing news, analysis and education to the indirect sales channels serving the business technology and communications industry. In addition, Channel Partners online (www.channelpartnersonline.com) delivers a constant content stream of unique and breaking industry news, feature articles and premium downloadable content. As official media of the Channel Partners Conference & Expo (www.channelpartnersconference.com) and Cloud Partners (cloud.channelpartnersconference.com), Channel Partners is the market leader that channel professionals turn to first.

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Prime Telecommunications has been selected for the 2011 Best of Skokie Award in the Telephone Companies category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA).

Skokie, IL -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/27/2012 -- The USCA "Best of Local Business" Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USCA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.

Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2011 USCA Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the USCA and data provided by third parties.

About Prime Telecommunications
Founded in 1993, Prime Telecommunications, Inc.(http://www.primetelecommunications.com) is a Avaya Authorized Reseller and Allworx Reseller, as well as a leading 5-Star SNET Business Partner. Prime Telecommunications provides business telephone solutions: carrier services, hosted voice over IP (VoIP), equipment, installation and services to companies in the Metropolitan Chicago area.

About U.S. Commerce Association (USCA)
U.S. Commerce Association (USCA) is a New York City based organization funded by local businesses operating in towns, large and small, across America. The purpose of USCA is to promote local business through public relations, marketing and advertising.

The USCA was established to recognize the best of local businesses in their community. Our organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations, chambers of commerce and other business advertising and marketing groups. Our mission is to be an advocate for small and medium size businesses and business entrepreneurs across America.

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Prime Telecommunications Partnering with Apliva to Offer Cloud Services

Skokie, IL -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/29/2011 -- Prime Telecommunications has announced a partnership with Apliva, an authorized reseller of Google Apps™ and the Microsoft Office 365 suite of communication and collaboration tools. Through this partnership customers will be able to leverage their existing relationship with Prime Telecommunications to more effectively evaluate and adopt cloud technologies.

The main benefit of Google Apps and Office365 is that users of these products can access their email and all other associated tools from literally any place in the world as long as they have Internet access. There is also a cost benefit as there is no hardware to purchase or software to download, install or maintain on servers.

While Prime Telecommunications continues to enhance its core voice and unified communications solutions this partnership provides an additional avenue to provide value to its customers.

According to Joe Donahue of Prime Telecommunications, "Many of our clients have expressed a need for and are ready to take advantage of cloud-hosted information technology services. As a part of the launch of this partnership, we are extending a special consulting offer to all Prime Telecommunications clients. Through this special offer, the Apliva team will meet with you personally and help you understand the differences between Microsoft Office365 and Google Apps. Then we will create a customized benefits analysis to help you make sure you choose the right path."

According to Gabe Morgan from Appliva, "The release of Microsoft Office 365 means that companies have many choices in cloud platforms to select from. We see it as our goal to assist our clients in making the transition that suits their business needs the best".

Established in 1993, Prime Telecommunications is an authorized Avaya Business Partner and Authorized Allworx Business Partner for premise based communications systems. Prime Telecommunications is also an Authorized S-NET Hosted Communications Business Partner for cloud communications services. Prime Telecommunications services businesses and organizations in the metropolitan Chicago area and is a GSA Schedule Partner with Avaya.

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Skokie, IL -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/02/2009 -- SNET Communications, a leading provider of Hosted Telephony Solutions based in Rosemont, IL, donated Cisco equipment worth more than $35,000 to Howard Brown Health Center in their recent migration to the SNET Hosted PbX platform.

SNET was able to seamlessly integrate their existing mulit site locations into one comprehensive network for voice and data traffic - saving the organization over 20% in operating budget per year.

Founded in 1974, Howard Brown is now one of the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) organizations. With an annual budget of over $15 million, the agency serves more than 28,000 adults and youth each year in its diverse health and social service delivery system focused around seven major programmatic divisions: primary medical care, behavioral health, research, HIV/STD prevention, youth services, elder services, and community initiatives. Howard Brown is a multi-site operation based in Chicago and includes a main health and research center in the Uptown neighborhood, Triad Health practice at Illinois Masonic Hospital, the Broadway Youth Center, and three Brown Elephant resale shops in Chicago and Oak Park.

Ben Fine of Prime Telecommunications Inc., who worked closely with the teams from both SNET and Howard Brown on the implementation, said " It is amazing how we can improve performance, save valuable budget dollars and provide excellent solutions for non-profits that are motivated to embrace new technologies". SNET Communications provides hosted voice over IP (VoIP) solutions for businesses and organizations throughout the Chicago metropolitan area. Using a robust network and redundant services, SNET provides cost effective virtual telephony services for organizations ranging in size from 10 to over 600 extensions. Packages begin at $39.99 per license and include unlimited calling plans, unified messaging and call center applications.

The SNET donation to Howard Brown is part of its community responsibility and good corporate citizenship philosophy. Alex Fayn, co-Founder and President said, "We can change the world positively by improving communications one organization at a time. In order to do this, we have to empower organizations to make a change!".

SNET Communications was founded in 2001 and provides hosted communications services for businesses. With leading edge facilities located in central offices throughout the Chicago area, SNET provides the reliable and trusted hosted VoIP Pbx services to hundreds of businesses throughout the Chicago metropolitan area.

Founded in 1993, Prime Telecommunications, Inc. is a Nortel Authorized Reseller and Cisco Select Reseller, as well as a leading 5-Star SNET Business Partner.

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