UPC Broadband Announces First ‘Vendor Awards’ Winners
UPC Broadband announced the winners of its 2008 ‘Vendor Awards’ at the annual ‘Liberty Global Technology Summit’ in Hilversum, the Netherlands. The company recognized its partner’s achievements in several categories of equipment and services from ‘Best Set-Top Box Supplier’ to the ’Best Breakthrough Supplier.’ This was the first time that UPC Broadband acknowledged the relationship with its partners in such a way.
The UPC Broadband ‘Vendor Awards’ are designed to recognize those suppliers that have structurally supported the high level development of UPC Broadband’s networking and software projects and innovations in Europe.
Eleven vendors received a UPC Broadband ‘Vendor Award’, taking into consideration the vendor’s overall partnership, as well as achievement against performance in categories such as Account Management; Quality of Service; Product and Delivery; Cost Competitiveness, and Innovation Power.
“UPC Broadband recognizes the performance of our partners be it manufacturers or service suppliers, and thanks them for their support,” said Gene Musselman, President of UPC Broadband. “Maintaining strong relationships with our vendors enables UPC to provide comprehensive video, telephone, and internet services to its customers all over Europe, in a competitive environment. With our vendors we are able to achieve higher efficiencies, better service, and a higher profitability.”
The winners of the UPC Broadband 2008 ‘Vendor Awards’ are listed below:
‘Best STB Supplier’ - Thomson;
Best Hardware and Storage Supplier - Sun Microsystems;
‘Best Broadband CPE Supplier’ - Cisco Systems;
‘Best BSS Supplier - Amdocs;
’Best Network Supplier’ - Arris;
‘Best ERP Supplier’ - Oracle;
‘Best Network Systems Supplier’ - Netcracker;
‘Best System Integrator’ - Accenture;
‘Best DTV System Supplier - Nagravision;
‘Best Breaktrough Supplier - Casa Systems; and
‘Best HFC Supplier - Aurora
About UPC Broadband
UPC Broadband (UPC) is the European division of Liberty Global, Inc., the world’s leading international cable operator. UPC brings television, broadband internet, and telephone services to approximately 10 million customers throughout 10 European countries. The company is driven by its vision that ‘this amazing but often complex digital world should be for everyone.’ UPC’s 15,000 employees throughout Europe strive to make this happen by bringing simplicity and a real human touch to everything they do.
For more information, please visit their parent company’s website: http://www.lgi.com/europe.html
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