Covad
Achieves Service Provider Innovation Award From Cisco
Systems, Inc [April 18, 2005]
SAN
JOSE, Calif., Apr 18, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Covad
Communications (COVD) announced today that it received
an award during The Cisco Partner Summit 2005 recognizing
Covad as the Service Provider Innovation winner for
2004.
"Our Service Provider partners
are critical to our success," said Nigel Williams,
vice president of WW SP Channels, Cisco Systems. "At
the 2005 Cisco Partner Summit, I had the privilege of
recognizing Covad for the innovative work they've done
in the areas of partnering with Cisco and creating new
managed services in 2004. I would like to congratulate
the entire Covad team on an award-winning year."
The award for 2004 Service Provider
Innovation was based on a number of factors, including:
creating scalable best practices; the delivery of new,
creative services to the market that differentiate both
Cisco and the partner, and building a partnership with
Cisco that is in synch with Cisco's overall channel
strategy.
"Covad is pleased to receive this
award from Cisco. Working together, we have launched
unique marketing campaigns for Covad VoIP, our business-class
hosted voice service," said Debbie Jo Severin,
vice president of marketing for Covad. "Moving
forward, we will continue to build upon our partnership
with Cisco by strengthening our go-to-market engagement
in the field and developing new and innovative programs
around our Cisco-based services."
About
Covad
Covad
is a leading nationwide provider of broadband voice
and data communications. The company offers DSL, Voice
over IP, T1, Web hosting, managed security, IP and dial-up,
and bundled voice and data services directly through
Covad's network and through Internet Service Providers,
value-added resellers, telecommunications carriers and
affinity groups to small and medium-sized businesses
and home users. Covad broadband services are currently
available across the nation in 44 states and 235 Metropolitan
Statistical Areas (MSAs) and can be purchased by more
than 57 million homes and businesses, which represent
over 50 percent of all US homes and businesses. Corporate
headquarters is located at 110 Rio Robles San Jose,
CA 95134. Telephone: 1-888-GO-COVAD. Web Site: www.covad.com.
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995:
The foregoing contains "forward-looking
statements" regarding Covad's development of new
programs around Cisco-based services and Covad's ability
to build upon its partnership with Cisco, which are
based on management's current information and beliefs
as well as on assumptions concerning future events made
by management. Readers are cautioned not to put undue
reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are
not a guarantee of performance and are subject to a
number of uncertainties and other factors, many of which
are outside Covad's control, that could cause actual
results to differ materially from such statements. These
risk factors include the impact of increasing competition,
pricing pressures, consolidation in the telecommunications
industry, and uncertainty in telecommunications regulations
and changes in technologies, among other risks. For
a more detailed description of the risk factors that
could cause such a difference, please see Covad's 10-K,
10-K/A, 10-Q, 8-K and other filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. Covad disclaims any intention
or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.
SOURCE: Covad Communications |
