2009 Industry Awards

Reliance Globalcom Recognized as Top-Tier Global Ethernet Provider

Reliance Globalcom has been recognized as a top-tier global Ethernet provider on Vertical Systems Group.'s Global Business Ethernet Leaderboard. The Leaderboard focuses on the global service footprint of network service providers, providing rank in terms of the number of international Ethernet port installations at enterprise customer sites as of mid-2009. As a top-tier provider of international communications services, Reliance Globalcom offers a core network foundation that is comprised of scalable, resilient, high-capacity VPLS-based Ethernet. Reliance Globalcom's Enterprise Global Ethernet service delivers connectivity to critical sites in key destinations in developed and emerging markets around the world including the U.S., India, Asia and the Middle East.

2008 Industry Awards

Anil D. Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Communications
Light Reading "Person of the Year"

Awarded to the individual that Light Reading's editorial staff, with the help of reader votes and nominations, selected as having had the most remarkable impact on the business of next-generation communications during the past 12 months. "The telecom world order has been stood on its head during the past few years, and Ambani, by selecting strategic international acquisitions and building up a fixed and mobile power base in India, has been one of the protagonists, transforming Reliance Communications into an international power house. In the past year Ambani has further raised Reliance's profile on the international stage, stating his ambition to make the carrier one of the top five data service providers in the world, opening his wallet again for another business services acquisition and further showing his intentions to grow into other emerging markets- Ambani has lit a fire under the global data services market, and has the ambition, and wherewithal, to help reshape the enterprise communications sector -- on his terms."

Reliance Globalcom Recognized by FierceTelecom

Reliance Globalcom is recognized among FierceTelecom's "Top Ten" service providers delivering "truly cutting-edge, market Ethernet services." Reliance Globalcom offers a range of reliable, high-performance and cost-effective managed Layer 2 Ethernet virtual private LAN services in conjunction with IP MPLS capabilities all of which are supported by the company's fiber backbone, the world's largest private undersea cable system.

Reliance Globalcom’s MPLS Matrix™

2008 ATUG Innovation in Communications award winner
The Australian Telecommunications Users Group (ATUG) named Reliance Globalcom Australasia’s MPLS Matrix™ as the service that has contributed the most to the development of the communications industry and to the business sector in Australia in 2008. The award, for Innovation in Communications, was presented at the 2008 ATUG award ceremony, in recognition of positive impact on both industry competition and growth in the Australian market that the Vanco offering enabled in the year 2007.

2007 Industry Awards

2007 Heavy Reading award for Ethernet Service Provider of the Year

Heavy Reading's National/International Innovation Award rewards the carrier that clearly demonstrated advancement in developing a global Ethernet network. Announcement of Reliance Communications' acquisition of Yipes this year solidified Yipes' global network expansion. Reliance Globalcom (formerly Yipes) further demonstrated forward thinking with its service level agreements and service delivery specific to targeted applications.

2007 Light Reading Person of the Year Finalists

This year, Leading Reading's Leading Lights Awards includes a new category - Person of the Year award. This award is intended to allow our readers to recognize one individual who contributed to the business of next-generation communications in a big way during 2007. In the three years since Scanlon's arrival at Yipes, the company has raised over 100 million in VC funding, turned EBITDA and cash flow positive and achieved a 40 percent rate of annual revenue growth. Scanlon also guided Yipes to focus on specific vertical markets — launching services and applications designed to address customer requirements in the legal, financial, and media sectors — and to expand its reach globally.

2007 MEF Finalists

The Metro Ethernet Forum recognizes the Service Provider of the Year for Outstanding Innovation and Best in Business. The judging panel selects enterprising and innovative service providers who demonstrate a strong global Carrier Ethernet offering.

2007 Communications Innovator Award for the "Most Innovative Carrier Ethernet Service (Pure-Play)"

The Leadership Forum and awards program is a public recognition honoring service providers who implement cutting-edge solutions that offer innovative alternatives for customers while driving the telecommunications industry forward. Award recipients have demonstrated innovation and leadership within the industry.

The Banker Technology Awards 2007

The Banker Technology Awards annually recognize global innovation and excellence in the banking technology market. The Awards aim to recognize innovation in the way that solutions, service providers, and strategies enable financial institutions to address various business challenges. With the introduction of Yipes FinancialConnect!, Yipes has created an award-winning, first-ever Ethernet-based extranet for electronic trading and market data distribution.

Australian Communications Alliance Awards 2007 - Competition and Growth – Large Company

The Australian Communications Alliance has named Reliance Globalcom Australia’s MPLS Matrix product, as the most outstandingly positive contribution to industry competition. The blue-ribbon category award, for Competition and Growth – Large Company, was presented at the 2007 ACCOMS award ceremony, in recognition of positive impact on both industry competition and growth in the Australian telecommunication market that the Reliance Globalcom offering enabled in 2006.

Frost & Sullivan Asia Awards 2007 – Most Promising Service Provider of the Year

The award for the Most Promising Service Provider of the Year is presented to the service provider that has been judged by Frost & Sullivan and a panel of independent judges to have made the most outstanding contribution to the telecommunications industry in Asia Pacific, and is likely to continue enhancing its position/dominance in the short term.

2006 Industry Awards

NetworkWorld - The 50 Most Powerful People in Networking

Each year, Network World recognizes the fifty most influential and persuasive personalities giving shape to the network industry. Yipes' CEO, John Scanlon, joined other communications leaders on the 50 Most Powerful People List - Ed Whitacre (AT&T), Ivan Seidenberg (Verizon), Gary Forsee (Sprint Nextel) and Craig McCaw (Clearwire).

Light Reading's Leading Lights - Best New Service, Private Company

The Leading Lights program focuses on next-generation telecom technology and the business case for it. It also recognizes top executives at the leading public and private companies who have demonstrated a vision calculated to lead the industry forward. The Best New Service for a private company is awarded to the service provider or carrier that has deployed a market-leading, revenue-generating service based on next-generation telecommunications technology.

If Ethernet services are to win the confidence of enterprise users, they'll need to prove themselves in the most demanding vertical sector of them all: finance.

Reliance Globalcom (formerly Yipes) has taken that challenge head-on with Yipes FinancialConnect!, an Ethernet-based extranet for electronic trading aimed at banks, brokers, and other financial institutions. It's already got dozens of customers.

San Francisco Business Times Fast 100 — Top 10

The annual "Fast 100 " program ranks privately-held Bay Area companies that represent the most innovative and enterprising engines of revenue growth during a three-year period. To be eligible, companies must have revenue of at least $200,000 in 2003 and an operating history of at least three years. All companies must have their headquarters and principal place of business in the Bay Area.

Heavy Reading - Ethernet Service Provider of the Year Award - Innovation

The Ethernet Service Provider of the Year for "Innovation" rewards the carrier showing bright new ideas not only in technology, but in sales and marketing as well. The award is based upon the carrier's ability to demonstrate a clear commitment to getting customers shifted onto next generation Ethernet connectivity services and applications, away from legacy services and making Ethernet more attractive with new technologies, more stringent SLA options and a choice of access methods (i.e., copper and fiber). Furthermore, the innovation award recognizes the company that has improved the customer experience by offering web service portals and has demonstrated solutions tailored for specific industry verticals.

Light Reading's Leading Lights — Top IPO or M&A Candidate Award Finalist

The Leading Lights program focuses on next generation telecom technology and the business case for it. It also recognizes top executives at the leading public and private companies who have demonstrated a vision calculated to lead the industry forward. A panel composed of Light Reading editors, Heavy Reading analysts and independent advisory board members that Light Reading invited from across the industry judged the awards. The Leading Lights Top IPO or M&A Candidate is awarded to the private company that most clearly has the management, products, and financial stability to launch a successful IPO or be acquired on its own terms within the next 12 months.

MEF - Service Provider of the Year Finalist

The Metro Ethernet Forum recognizes the Service Provider of the Year for Outstanding Innovation and Best in Business. The judging panel selects enterprising and innovative service providers who demonstrate a strong global Carrier Ethernet offering.

Vanco bags WCA “Best Customer Care” Award 2006

Vanco won Total Telecom’s World Communications Awards 2006 for ‘Best Customer Care.’ Amongst the companies shortlisted were BT Global Services, TeliaSonera and NTT Communications. The award acknowledges Vanco’s achievements for

• Pro-active and pervasive customer care culture reporting against and meeting targets
• Audited data on churn, responsiveness, and customer satisfaction
• Application of technology to reinforce customer relationships and extend or enhance the service
• Testimonials from customers
• Future plans to improve or enhance the standard of service to customers

The World Communication Awards have become one of the most prestigious events in the industry's calendar. The 2006 Awards recognise outstanding achievement amongst telecom service providers at global, regional and national levels. “Vanco has a customer retention rate of 97.8% and after 18 years still retains its first ever client: BCA. They have happy customers and a good attitude," said the judges.

2006:

Winner - 'Best Customer Care'

2005:

Winner – ‘Managed Service Provider of the Year’
Finalist – ‘Best Customer Care’
Finalist – ‘Best Brand’

2004:

Finalist – ‘Managed Service Provider of the Year’
Finalist – ‘Best Customer Care’

2003:

Finalist – ‘Managed Service Provider of the Year’
Finalist – ‘Best Customer Care’

2005 Industry Awards

FLAG Telecom wins 2005 'CARRIER ETHERNET EUROPEAN SERVICES PROVIDER OF THE YEAR' AWARD for "Outstanding Innovation"

FLAG Telecom won the prestigious 'Carrier Ethernet European Service Provider of the Year' 2005 Award for "Outstanding Innovation" from the Metro Ethernet Forum. Members of the MEF comprise of leading service providers, major incumbent local exchange carriers, top network equipment vendors, test equipment vendors and other prominent networking companies. As demand for wide area Ethernet has grown and evolved, FLAG has refined its Global Ethernet service and worked with customers to develop and deliver the services, they and their end-users need. This established global service can offer operators guaranteed performance and the ability to flex capacity in Megabit/s increments - on a truly global scale. Customers use the service to deploy global IP backbones, for packet video transport and to establish international content peering sessions.

Computing Magazine Awards 2005

Computing Magazine’s ‘UK IT Company of the Year’
Vanco has won the title of UK IT Company of the Year. The award is based on the performance in the Computing 30 share index over the last year. Vanco’s tremendous financial achievements gave the company the edge over five other short-listed finalists.

The Computing Awards for Excellence, now in their 13th Year, act as the benchmark for excellence throughout the computing industry. Recognizing and rewarding the very highest standards of individual and collective achievement, they are the most renowned and sought after awards in Europe. The Computing 30 share index tracks the performance of UK IT companies and technology innovators on the London Stock Exchange.

2005:

Winner – ‘UK IT Company of the Year’
Finalist – ‘Networking and Communications Supplier of the Year’

Network Industry Awards 2005

Vanco completes the hat-trick at Network Industry Awards
Achievements in global service delivery recognized for third year in succession
For the third year in a row, Vanco’s service capabilities were rated the best in the industry. Vanco was rewarded based on its ability to provide a superior customer service experience. Vanco was highly rated on Technical Ability, Customer Satisfaction, Quality of Service, Project Management Skills, Delivery of Promises, and Technical Support.

“The judges were impressed by the scale of Vanco’s operations – it provides a managed service in more than 140 countries, using hundreds of suppliers and multiple technologies for many of the world’s leading companies. Vanco sets itself demanding service metrics and achieves high customer retention rates – as supported by some glowing customer references,” said Maxwell Cooter, Editor of Techworld, the media sponsors, and one of the award judges.

2005:

Winner – ‘Service Provider of the Year’

2004:

Winner – ‘Service Provider of the Year’

2003:

Winner – ‘Service Provider of the Year’