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Comms-Online
has successfully completed its first year of operations and not
only has it weathered the dot.com storms but is actually making
money.
Founded by Cormac Reid and John O Grady, the company now employs
three full time people and has permanent contracts with a further
three professionals.
Comms-Online is Ireland's first Independent Communications consulting
& Brokerage Company, representing major bandwidth, hosting, and
managed service providers.
With the explosion of e-business and e-commerce requirements and
the increasing demands for bandwidth, identifying the correct partner
for your needs has become mission critical for the success of your
business. Comms-Online provide professional advice to companies,
helping them make highly informed decisions on their communications
requirements
"Despite deregulation, it is next to impossible to compare the different
products and offerings from the main telecommunications providers
in Ireland," says Cormac Reid, managing director of Comms-Online.
"Our customers can now go online and request a quotation prior to
making direct contact. Our service offers our customers peace of
mind in the knowledge that they will receive completely unbiased
and independent advice."
Comms-Online has two main areas of business. The first is its
online service and the ability to broker the best telecommunications
deal possible for its customers. This advice is free to customers.
The brokerage ranges from straightforward Voice comparisons, to
advice on the best-outsourced hosting product in the Irish market
The second is its consultancy advice, again against the full range
of telecommunications and hosting requirements.
Reid maintains that using a consultancy practice has a number of
unique benefits to their customers, including the ability to have
a dedicated account manager for all their communications needs.
"We believe we can also offer the best possible price available
against any other method," says Reid. "Not only do we save our customers
money, we find the right solution with the minimum fuss. "Our endgame
is to demystify the whole process and deliver our customers the
correct information in legible format. "
"What's more, as their needs change, so too will our advice and
we can make sure that a solution worked out today will be just as
effective for their needs in the future - and if the incumbent vendor
cannot offer the best solution, then we move the customer to their
best match. This is something that a tied consultant could not do."
Already, Comms-Online has built up an impressive list of partners
and customers. Current partners include eircom, Esat, WorldCom,
Chorus, Nevada Tele.Com, Ebone (Ventelo), Colt Telecom, CityReach
International, Genuity, Worldport and Wolfe group. Also the comms-online
customer base has a vast reach through industry in such a small
period of time, ranging from Financial, FMCG, Software, Manufacturing
and many technology companies.
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