BandTel Opens Portland Office

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- BandTel (www.BandTel.com), the global leader in SIP trunking services, today announced that it has opened a new facility in Portland, Oregon to provide inside sales and technical sales support to customers and partners worldwide. In addition, the company also announced significant expansion in its sales and marketing organization with the hiring of three veteran industry leaders.

The new Portland facility is focused on providing prompt, high quality responsiveness to BandTel's large and growing number of customers. Of particular note is that this contingency of the BandTel team is equipped to effectively manage a high volume of customer inquiries and promptly refer them to appropriate channels for delivery of service.

In addition, BandTel has recently strengthened its executive management with three key hires. Joel Maloff, who had been serving as BandTel's Director of Marketing, has been promoted to Vice President of Marketing. Larry Anthony has been appointed Vice President of Carrier and Wholesale Markets, and Eric Eckman has been named as Director of Channel Sales.

"BandTel's expansion - both physically via our Portland sales office and professionally with the promotion of Mr. Maloff and the appointments of Mr. Anthony and Mr. Eckman - demonstrates the confidence and enthusiasm that BandTel possesses for the SIP Trunking marketplace," said Chris Dunk, President and CEO. He further elaborated, "Pure SIP trunking services are driving the growth in today's IP telephony juggernaut, and BandTel intends to continue leading by example."

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