Telford, 28 September 2016 – Entanet, one of the UK’s leading and most well-established wholesale comms providers, is preparing to launch its new synergi® portal, which brings together both its partners and end-user management portals into a single all-encompassing and cohesive experience.
The new synergi has been completely rewritten and re-platformed to be fast and stable, and to work responsively on both desktop and mobile devices. It gives both partners and customers an even better way to order and manage connections online. In addition, Entanet’s reseller partners will be able to ‘whitelabel’ the portal and present it as their own management interface to end-user customers.
Darren Farnden, Head of Marketing at Entanet, said that the new portal is an important part of the company’s continuing ongoing investment in partner services.
“We are always working to make improvements for customers and while the emphasis will always be on personal service, partners also value having direct access to core functions such as availability checking and ordering; and to information about connections and traffic. This is very important now, especially to resellers who are growing their customer base and their partnership with Entanet. It is also important for them to be able to have access to the full capabilities of the portal, 24/7/365 and on any kind of device.
“The new synergi gives them – and their customers – much more visibility and control. They can see exactly what is happening, which means they can work with our team in a completely open way to maximise service levels for customers.”
Partner feedback has been the strongest influence in shaping the new portal, he added. “Our customers asked, we listened and we responded. The synergi portal has become an important tool for our partners and the new version, with its extended functionality and white-label capability, will be an even better platform for building great customer service.”
The new synergi combines into one interface a number of tools that were previously available to partners and customers. Resellers can only see information about their own connections and general network performance. A simple permission-based system allows resellers to control who can see information about orders, accounts and connections.
The initial release of the new synergi will provide all core features, including the ability to manage portal users and permissions, create and view customer records, check single DSL and EFM availability using CLI and address matching, create and view orders, regrade connections, log faults and complaints, view and download commission records, access detailed reports on all connections, access the Entanet knowledge base, and the ability to receive NOC, operational and commercial alerts.
Additional functionality is being released on a phased basis over the coming months. This will include the white-label capability, support for VoIP and SIP ordering, real-time agent interaction, enhanced tools for providing feedback to Entanet, and integration of ebilling and VoIP user portals. Entanet expects to make the full release available to all partners in early November.
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About Entanet
Entanet is a leading wholesale voice and data communications provider and operates via a network of wholesale and resale channel partners. It was founded in 1996 and employs over 80 staff at its offices in Telford, Shropshire.
In February 2014, midmarket equity investor Mobeus Equity Partners made an initial £6 million investment to support a £14 million management buyout.
Entanet offers an extensive portfolio of connectivity services, including wholesale and packaged broadband, leased lines, EFM, IP VPNs, hosting and colocation, VoIP and traditional telecoms. The company operates its own fullyresilient nationwide next generation network which enables it and its partners to provide up to 10Gbps capacity to customers right across the UK. In addition, it has further connectivity into Amsterdam and Frankfurt and over 900 peering relationships across Europe.
The quality of Entanet’s services and its commitment to partners has been widely recognised. The company was recently named ‘Wholesale Provider of the Year (Large)’ in the 2015 Comms Business Awards and received the 2015 ISPA award for ‘Best SME Business Broadband’ and CRN Sales and Marketing Award for ‘Best Vendor Account Management Team’. The company has also been listed on a number of occasions in the Sunday Times Tech Track 100, Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA and other listings of fastgrowing, privatelyheld UK companies.
For more information contact:
Darren Farnden, Head of Marketing
Entanet International Ltd
Tel: 0333 101 0000