What's Inside

  1. Year-End Greeting from AireSpring's CEO Avi Lonstein
  2. Top Ways AireSpring Can Lower Your Network Costs
  3. Product Updates
  4. Partner Training - The Power of AireSpring's SIP Network with Microsoft Teams
  5. December Promo - Double SPIFF on SD-WAN!
  6. Limited Time Promo - Get 1 month FREE with AireSpring AT&T!
  7. Dollars for Demo Promo
  8. AireSpring on the Road
  9. Central Region Virtual SD-WAN Boot Camp
  10. Join AireSpring at these Upcoming Events
  11. Meet the Team - Barbara Jamaleddin, Director of Carrier & Vendor Management

As we reflect back on 2020, we recognize the many ways lives have changed and new challenges have tested our strength, as an industry, a company, and as individuals. Throughout all the ups and downs, the strong bonds of connection between our cherished Channel Partners, friends and families have remained constant. We are filled with gratitude for the support and friendship you have shown us year after year, and especially during this unparalleled time.

Understanding the upside potential in a difficult business environment has kept AireSpring on the right track and true to our record of success. We have continued to grow our Channel team across the nation and set a high standard of customer service for the industry. At the same time, we expanded our menu of products and services, and have helped businesses adapt to the pandemic impact on the workplace by offering a variety of special remote worker solutions. We garnered a growing list of awards, including the 2020 INTERNET TELEPHONY Excellence Award, the 2020 Unified Communications Product of the Year Award, and no fewer than three international Stevie Awards, including the prestigious People's Choice Stevie Award for Favorite Customer Service in Telecommunications, the Front-Line Customer Service Team of the Year in Technology Industries, and Customer Service Department of the Year in Telecommunications. We were especially thrilled to be recognized for the 6th consecutive year with the 2020 AT&T Market Mover award for posting the highest new sales revenue.

AireSpring has worked hard as a team to build a powerful framework for shared growth with the ultimate goal of serving you, our valued Partners, and your customers with excellence above all else. Dedication to this goal has been key to ensuring a successful outcome as we emerge from 2020 and look forward to a year filled with high hopes and expectation for even greater accomplishments in 2021. 

 

Now more than ever, organizations are looking to reduce network costs without sacrificing quality, performance and security. AireSpring has a full menu of proven, competitively priced, cost-saving solutions and innovative packages that help customers balance these essential goals. Additionally, as a large managed services provider, we can include many features and functionality for FREE, saving you and your clients thousands of dollars. 

 

SD-WAN

SD-WAN has become the de facto solution for many Fortune 500 companies seeking to augment or replace traditional MPLS networks and incorporate more and lower cost broadband circuits into their connectivity portfolio.

AireSpring currently offers three versions of SD-WAN: 

1) VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud

2) Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, and 

3) Cisco-Meraki SD-WAN.

Our solutions engineering team will review your clients' IT portfolio and business goals FREE of charge to help you jointly determine the right SD-WAN solution for their business model and budget. AireSpring also provides some of the most competitive pricing in the industry and FREE services with its SD-WAN solutions that are not available from other vendors, saving your clients thousands of dollars yearly, including:

  • FREE read/write access to the SD-WAN Orchestrator/Dashboard - make configuration changes directly within the SD-WAN Cloud-Based Portal, providing deep visibility, monitoring, and control.
  • FREE AireNMS 24/7 WAN Monitoring on AireSpring as well as 3rd party Circuits - AireSpring will proactively monitor all connectivity and open repair tickets on behalf of customers (at no additional cost for locations within the U.S.).
  • FREE Flex licensing that right sizes your SD-WAN needs while saving you 30% to 70%.
  • FREE DDoS Mitigation Service with AireSpring Gateway Access - DDoS Mitigation adds an important layer of defense to the network by protecting and assisting in the mitigation of HTTP floods, volumetric attacks, and bot-orchestrated flood attacks. 
 

AireSpring Global Managed SD-WAN Reduces IT Costs

We transform expensive, complex and rigid legacy networks into simplified, cost-efficient, agile and performance-driven business solutions. AireSpring Global Managed SD-WAN includes everything enterprises need to deliver applications reliably and fast, anywhere on the planet. Your multi-national customers benefit from the industry-leading VMware SD-WAN from VeloCloud, our carrier-grade Global Private Network (GPN) with distributed PoPs, and last mile circuit procurement, all monitored and supported through our global NOCs.

 

AireSpring's Secure Work from Home Package with SD-WAN

Experts are predicting that the work from home (WFH) situation will continue through most of 2021 and may become a permanent arrangement for many companies and their employees. AireSpring goes the extra mile with our Work from Home solution by bundling our AirePBX UCaaS cloud communications solution with our VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud™ 510 edge device, to ensure remote employees connect, collaborate, and communicate securely and reliably.

SD-WAN can optimize connectivity over residential broadband, mitigating voice and video quality issues and slow application performance. Remote employees are equipped with the essential tools they need to better connect, collaborate, and communicate effectively and securely over residential broadband, to keep functioning at optimal levels. The package includes:

  • VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud Model 510 Edge Device, 10Mbps Tunnel License included
  • AirePBX UCaaS Enterprise Seat with unlimited outbound calling & 500 Toll Free minutes
  • AireFAX Internet Fax up to 500 pages
  • MaX UC Desktop with Softphone for Mac or PC, supports presence, video calls, voicemail and more
  • MaX UC Mobile App for iOS and Android
  • MaX Meeting Video Conferencing (based on industry leading ZOOM platform) with a 10-participant license

AireSpring's Work from Home Package is offered at a low monthly rate with a 3-year Contract. Find out more and take advantage of this special offer. 

 

Save on Communications Costs with UCaaS and Hosted PBX 

With so many employees working from home moving to the cloud is mandatory. Opting for UCaaS or hosted voice can reduce an organization's operating costs and improve communications company-wide. AireSpring's AirePBX can save companies money while gaining additional benefits including:

  • Unlimited long distance calling for $2/seat and 500 Toll Free minutes bundled with each license.
  • FREE network monitoring by AireSpring's Network Operations Team (NOC), managing 24/7/365 to identify and address any issues before they affect your communications (with purchased AireSpring circuit). 
  • FREE Advanced IP Poly desk phones with a 3-year contract. 
  • FREE professional configuration and on-site installation and testing of IP phones, routers and switches to ensure that your communications system works perfectly, all included at no additional cost with the managed connectivity option.
  • Employees can use the MaX UC softphone or mobile app to place and receive calls from desktops, laptops, tablets, or smartphones enabling staff to work from any location to answer, redirect, or transfer calls as if they were all in the same building.
  • Mix and match AirePBX licenses and choose optional add-ons like reception portal, contact center and conferencing and collaboration to right size your solution to each user and their role at the company. 
  • Optional MaX Meeting & MaX Webinar, based on the industry leading ZOOM Video Conferencing platform, for collaboration within the enterprise and outside with partners, vendors and customers.

Contact your AireSpring Channel Manager today to learn more about any of the solutions mentioned here.

 

The AireSpring Advantage

With many FREE offerings that other providers charge for, a big part of The AireSpring Advantage is the savings built into our solutions and services, all designed to support consistent, reliable connectivity and ensure QoS throughout your communications systems.

Contact your AireSpring Channel Manager today to arrange a call with our Solutions Engineering Team to explore all the ways AireSpring can help lower network costs and provide a better ROI to both you and your clients. 

 

AireSpring has announced new lower pricing for the VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud High Availability (HA) option. If your customer's primary Edge goes down or is offline, traffic will seamlessly failover to the secondary Edge. AireSpring preconfigures and supports the second box just as well as the primary box. Just when demand for bandwidth is skyrocketing and reliable, redundant connectivity is paramount, this new pricing offers customers the opportunity to increase their redundancy at lowered costs. For new pricing please refer to the SD-WAN rate sheets in AgentSTAR or run a new quote in our real-time online quoting tool, QuoteSpring™.

 

New Loop Provider - Frontier/AireSpring IP

AireSpring has added a new loop provider, Frontier/AireSpring IP. We are now able to utilize our existing Frontier partnership to offer a more complete network access product.

Frontier/AireSpring IP is now a true network-based carrier transport product (Layer 2) and connectivity type. Network based services with Frontier/AireSpring IP offer more competitive access pricing than ever, throughout the regions served by Frontier. Frontier/AireSpring IP includes the entire Frontier network, delivering services over Fiber.

 

New Poly Hardware Available Now!

We are excited to add two new Poly phones to our portfolio. The Poly VVX D230 cordless IP phone and base with DECT™ wireless technology offers a handset that keeps up with team members on the move, featuring excellent sound quality for clear, interruption-free conversations. The VVX D230 combines the freedom of wireless communication with business features usually only found on desk phones. Workplace mobility extends up to 50m (165ft.) indoors and up to 300m (980ft.) outdoors from the base.

The Poly OBi302 ATA is a 2-line VoIP Adapter that connects home and business analog phones to the digital voice communications world. AireSpring expands your service portfolio with this adapter, enhancing the communication possibilities of home offices with flexibility in voice, fax and modem applications as they transition to the digital communications world.

These new models are a great fit for AireSpring's existing portfolio of Poly phones. We are pleased to offer the D230 and OBi302 at a lower cost to AireSpring customers. 

Please contact your AireSpring Channel Manager for more details and pricing information. 

 

AireSpring owns and operates one of the largest IP networks in North America. Our fully managed SIP network delivers high definition (HD) audio and superior service and uptime. Our carrier grade, geo-redundant network processes over 4.5 billion calls per month. And now this popular SIP network supports Microsoft Teams Direct Routing enabling Teams users to make phone calls via AireSpring SIP Trunks.

Combine our SIP Network with our FREE, newly upgraded AireCare Customer Portal with expanded features and functionality, and you have a winning combination for your clients.

Join AireSpring's Senior Solutions Engineer, Chuck Long, for a little refresher on SIP, and an in-depth overview of the AireSpring SIP Network and our AireCare Portal. Learn about the advantages of our SIP Trunking service and the benefits of AireSpring managed connectivity.

 

What: AireSpring Partner Training Webinar

Presenter: Thursday, January 21, 2021 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM PT

When: Chuck Long, AireSpring Solutions Engineer

Complete our brief survey at the end for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card! 

 

December Promotion - Double SPIFF on SD-WAN! 

Now through December 31, 2020

Make the push to finish out Q4 with the ultimate reward - Double SPIFF on SD-WAN , good through December 31, 2020! Now is the time to make the most of it and start 2021 off with some extra cash in your pocket!

That Double SPIFF with 2X MRC on SD-WAN and Global SDWAN (on deals submitted October 1 - December 31, 2020) is a great way to set yourself up for a happy new year! As always, our year-round goodies like Concierge Support help you win new clients and close more business ahead of the competition! Our expert Channel Managers specialize in AireSpring's brand of knowledgeable, dedicated White Glove Service with the entire AireSpring team behind you. Let us help you craft the best deals with the fastest quotes in the industry.

Besides the best SPIFF on SD-WAN, AireSpring's managed services and award-winning products keep the rewards coming, as you enjoy: 

  • 2X MRC on SD-WAN (October 1 - December 31, 2020)
  • 2X MRC on Global SD-WAN (October 1 - December 31, 2020)
  • 6X MRC on Voice/Cloud Services
  • 1.5X MRC on Connectivity Services & MPLS
  • $1600 Cash Bonus on Toll-Free Services
  • $800 Cash Bonus on LD Services

Earn even more with ongoing extra bonuses on these deals: 

  • 5% EXTRA Bonus Residual Commission on AireSpring Network & SIP LD underlying it all.

AireSpring provides everything you need to fulfill your service and support requirements, including:

  • Project coordinators & managed services engineers assigned to each order
  • Free consultation with solutions engineering team
  • 24/7/365 NOC Network Monitoring
  • 20-second response time to support calls
  • Escalation list up to our CEO

Contact your Channel Manager for details.

 

Limited Time Promo -

Get 1 month FREE with AireSpring AT&T!

Now with AireSpring you get 1 month FREE on NEW AT&T Fiber Ethernet Circuits with a 3-year contract. That's not all-get 1 month FREE on NEW AireSpring Services connected to each new AT&T Ethernet Circuit!

It's like money in your hand!! Get your customers on board for this great deal on AT&T Fiber Ethernet circuits, and the unbeatable advantages of AireSpring services. This deal applies to offers submitted December 7 - 31, 2020.

Click here for applicable terms and conditions.

 

Dollars for Demo Promo

Earn Dollars for Demos! Earn $100 or $200 for scheduling qualified client discovery calls for AireSpring Global Managed SD-WAN! We are so confident that your multi-national clients will benefit from our Global Managed SD-WAN Solution that we are willing to pay you for scheduling a qualified discovery call!

A qualified AireSpring Global Managed SD-WAN Demo will earn you:

  • a $100 Amazon Gift Card for deals involving 2 to 4 locations,
  • a $200 Gift Card for deals involving 5 or more locations.

You can leverage the dynamic, expert support of the AireSpring Solutions Engineering team to show your customers the benefits of AireSpring's Global Managed SD-WAN. By combining the power of VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud™, the Gartner Leader in Global SD-WAN for WAN Edge Infrastructure, with our global private network (GPN) to bypass the unpredictability of the public internet over long distances, AireSpring provides a reliable, holistic network for your multi-location customers. This SPIFF is valid November 1 through December 31, 2020 (subject to terms and conditions).

For more information, contact your AireSpring Channel Manager or email sales@airespring.com .

 
 

Earn Certification in AireSpring's SD-WAN Solutions and

a $150.00 Amazon gift card for completing the Boot Camp!

  • Attend a full day's training session via ZOOM Webinar on SD-WAN, the go-to technology for improving control, management, business agility, uptime, security and data encryption of Wide Area Networks. 
  • Learn from our SVP Solutions Engineering and SD-WAN guru, Mike Chase, J.D., CCIE #7226, aka "Dr. Cloud."
  • Leave with a better understanding of how AireSpring's Managed SD-WAN solutions utilizing VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud™, Fortinet and Cisco- Meraki serve your customers' changing business needs and the strengths of each solution.

Reviews from our recent Boot Camp:

"Mike Chase did an exceptional job presenting! Best training I've attended, by far, in my 12 years in this industry."

- Justin Duffy, SKS Communications

"Mike's insight and industry knowledge helped me to gain a different perspective on future opportunities for SD-WAN. Thank you!"

- Lori Norton, Telstrong

"Probably the best training webinar I've attended in my 25 years of telecom."

- Julie Gilbert, Digital Management Solutions

"Great training event with SD-WAN guru, Mike Chase. Mike is amazing and has so much knowledge."

- Paul Feather, Founder, IT Compliance Services by Compu-Netics, LLC

What: AireSpring Central Region Virtual SD-WAN Boot Camp

Presenter: Mike Chase, J.D. CCIE, SVP Solutions Engineering

When: Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Boot Camp: 10:00 am to 2:30 pm (CT)

Break: 12:30 pm to 1:00 pm (CT)

Space is limited!

 Deadline to Register varies by date of Boot Camp.

Reserve your spot and your Amazon gift card now!

Previous 2020 Boot Camp attendees not eligible.

All attendees must register in advance!

 

Central Region Virtual SD-WAN Boot Camp

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Boot Camp: 10:00 am to 2:30 pm (CT)

Break: 12:30 pm to 1:00 pm (CT)

REGISTER HERE

 

Hello, Barbara. To begin, please tell us about your professional background. 

When I think about my professional background it brings back such great memories. I have witnessed the evolution of this fabulous industry. I have had four major employers during my expansive career, Michigan Bell, Sprint, WorldxChange and AireSpring. Each employer afforded me significant opportunities that allowed me to enjoy coming to work. Some of the highlights include at Michigan Bell, the Renaissance Center Project and working with hundreds of professionals from many industries. At Sprint I was involved in the implementation of the first network that provided 100,000 miles of fiber optics and was the first to implement a full SS7 network. Remember the PIN DROP? WorldxChange gave me the opportunity to travel the world as I managed a network of 20 international switches and eight domestic switches. At AireSpring I have had some remarkable projects and never a dull day working with our carriers on Service Delivery. 

How long have you been with AireSpring and what is your current role? 

I have been with AireSpring for thirteen years now. My current role is managing escalations with all carriers. Each carrier has a unique way of implementing Service Delivery and each day is a significant challenge and quite exciting when you need to untangle issues that develop. Sometimes I smile thinking, "How did this order ever end up this way?" AIreSpring also offers services, with "boots on the ground" to assist customers who need assistance turning up their circuits. I validate their work and their billing. Another responsibility I have is the privilege of coordinating our bi-weekly executive meetings. This is quite educational, and I can only sit and admire how the teams all work together on issues. 

What do you enjoy most about working with AireSpring?

AireSpring is the only company I have worked for that listens to all issues that are brought up to our Senior Executives. They are discussed, assessed, and resolved. You always have an opportunity to make suggestions and feel appreciated when you do. I see how every single employee is important and you are never just a number here, you are a cherished employee. You are important, you are part of a team, your role matters. That is what I am impressed with and that makes me feel proud to be an employee.

And the best part is the weekly CEO letter to all employees. This is a very transparent company, and all employees are aware of all our successes and where improvement is needed. All employees have an opportunity to share their views and their hobbies as well. We all unite under one objective, to make our customer feel important.

What are some of your hobbies or interests outside of the office?

I feel alive when I am outside. It is not uncommon now for me to work on projects with my sons. Recently I moved to Missouri and my husband wanted a back porch. I actually hung nine windows and helped put up a deck. I also enjoy growing things, I find myself planting often and trying to grow bushes, trees, plants, whatever catches my fancy. I love my weekends.

 
 

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