New partnership reinforces distributor’s growth and leadership in communications offering
Greenville, SC, March 26, 2015 – ScanSource Communications, a leading value-added distributor of communications products and a sales unit of ScanSource, Inc., (NASDAQ: SCSC), today announced that it is now an authorized distributor of Mitel’s full line of communications solutions in North America. Through this agreement, ScanSource Communications will provide resellers with Mitel’s entire portfolio of communications products, including business phones, Unified Communications (UC) and collaboration solutions, as well as contact center. This partnership supports ScanSource’s commitment to being the leading global provider of communications solutions for its reseller customers.
As resellers look to meet the changing needs of their end-user customers, it’s important that they work with suppliers that can deliver the solutions the way end users want to consume them. By offering Mitel’s solutions, ScanSource Communications’ reseller customers have access to a complete portfolio of communications solutions that enable end users to be more productive, including mobility, UC, contact center and collaboration.
The ScanSource Communications team also brings extensive knowledge and experience in working with communications and collaboration products, enabling them to deliver the highest level of technical support, sales support, and professional services to reseller customers. These core ScanSource services help to ensure that resellers are choosing and configuring the best solution to meet their end-user customers’ unique needs.
“Mitel is a leader in the UC and collaboration space. Their solutions will be of great value to our UC resellers, as well as our Microsoft Lync resellers and service provider customers,” said Rich Long, president, ScanSource Communications. “We look forward to working with Mitel and providing the tools, services and support that resellers need in order to grow their communications business.”
“ScanSource has a strong and proven presence in the Unified Communications space,” said Sandra Hill, vice president, distribution and sales strategy, Mitel. “Their reach and knowledge of these channels will allow the Mitel brand to expand as ScanSource and our reseller partners deliver solutions the way end users want to consume them.”
About Mitel
Powering more than 2 billion connections every day, Mitel (Nasdaq:MITL) (TSX:MNW) helps businesses connect, collaborate and take care of their customers. That includes more than 33 million cloud connections daily, making Mitel the world’s fastest growing provider of cloud communications. Our business communications experts serve more than 60 million users with over 2500 channel partners in more than 100 countries. We have #1 market share in EMEA and have been identified by top industry analyst firms as a business communications leader. For more information, go to www.mitel.com and follow us on Twitter @Mitel.
About ScanSource, Inc.
ScanSource, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCSC) is the leading international distributor of specialty technology products, focusing on point-of-sale (POS) and barcode, communications and physical security solutions. ScanSource’s teams provide value-added services and operate from two technology segments, Worldwide Barcode & Security and Worldwide Communications & Services. ScanSource is committed to helping its reseller customers choose, configure, and deliver the industry’s best products across almost every vertical market in North America, Latin America and Europe. Founded in 1992, the Company ranks #751 on the Fortune 1000. For more information, visit www.scansource.com.
