Covad signs agreement with KeaneTel

SECAUCUS, NEW JERSEY:Covad Communications Group, a leading national provider of integrated voice and data communications, has signed a Master Agent agreement with KeaneTel. The deal, announced at the Fall 2007 Channel Partners Conference & Expo, will expand the availability of Covad broadband services to KeaneTel’s nationwide partner network of enterprise and SMB telecommunications suppliers. With offices in over 40 cities across the country, KeaneTel represents more than 20 suppliers and, with the addition of Covad broadband, will provide complete outsourced communications services to its customers.

KeaneTel will sell Covad’s portfolio of business class ADSL, SDSL, T1, bonded T1, security and fixed broadband wireless services. Covad delivers high speed Internet access communications over one fully-managed, nationwide network. In addition to its standard DSL and T1 products, Covad offers a Bonded T1 service with speeds of up to 3 Mbps and Quality of Service guarantees, as well as ADSL2+, which offers download speeds up to 15 Mbps. The company also offers fixed broadband wireless at speeds of up to 45 Mbps and installation within five to seven days, in most cases. KeaneTel joins Covad’s premier Master Agent program, which is comprised of 10 nationwide partners.

“Covad is pleased to begin this new partnership with KeaneTel, adding depth to our SMB customer base,” said Lisa Graham, Covad senior vice president of sales. “KeaneTel’s prominence as a business telecommunications provider is a perfect complement to Covad’s suite of business-class broadband solutions.”

“Partnering with Covad enables KeaneTel to provide its customers with high speed and reliable broadband access to help their businesses operate more efficiently,” said Jeff Keane, President of KeaneTel. “Covad’s Master Agent program enables us to easily integrate broadband access into our existing SMB and enterprise business-class solutions.”

Covad remains the ‘easy to do business with’ choice for channel partners. Under the Master Agency program, Covad better serves its customers by pairing sales partners with a designated Covad channel manager specialized in joint selling and presales technical support. The Master Agency program is also equipped with an Alliance Center partner portal which offers sales and marketing tools, product and pricing information, online training courses, and customer support contacts. A nationwide footprint and wide breadth of business-class services empowers Covad and its partners to keep SMB and enterprise customers a step ahead.