
Fonality Strengthens Local Partnership With Computer Troubleshooters |
Computer Troubleshooters’ 90 franchisees to promote Fonality’s cloud telephony solutions in Australia Sydney – November 24, 2010 - Fonality (www.fonality.com.au), a leading provider of cloud-based business phone and unified communication solutions, today announced a partnership with Computer Troubleshooters Australia Under the agreement, which extends the strategic partnership established in the US, Computer Troubleshooters’ Australian franchisees become partners for Fonality’s virtual phone system, Fonality Connect. Computer Troubleshooters provide computer and technology solutions to small-business owners. With over 90 locations across Australia, Computer Troubleshooters is the largest IT service franchise in Australia and the world. Fonality Connect is an enterprise-class phone system that can be delivered to any SMB with an Internet connection. The cloud-based solution provides SMBs with access to advanced phone features previously reserved for large enterprises, such as in-house conference calls and the ability to unify multiple offices and home workers in one system. With a fixed monthly fee from just $39 per user and free calls, Fonality Connect also helps business owners substantially reduce their monthly phone bills. Already, more than 500 SMBs in Australia use Fonality Connect. “We’re excited to take our relationship with Computer Troubleshooters to the next level in Australia. Computer Troubleshooters is a well known brand and the company’s franchisees are trusted IT advisors to hundreds of small businesses,” Marc Englaro, Managing Director at Fonality Australia, said. “We’ll be allocating significant internal resources to support local franchisees in the best possible way. Each reseller will also receive purposely designed marketing collateral to share with their customers.” “The future of small business technology is in the cloud, and we’re pleased to offer our franchisees the opportunity to tap into this exciting new market with Fonality’s cloud telephony solution,” Nick Roche, National Director Computer, Troubleshooters Australia, said. “Computer Troubleshooters advocates products that add value to our customers’ business and as their trusted advisor we see IP telephony as logical extension of our role. With Fonality, we can be confident that we’re recommending a professional-grade phone system that requires very little maintenance and helps our customers reduce their phone bills by up to 60 per cent.” Fonality and Computer Troubleshooters entered a strategic partnership last year to jointly market hosted and hybrid-hosted business phone system solutions worldwide. Founded in Australia in 1997, Computer Troubleshooters today has nearly 500 offices in 27 countries. The company was included on the annual 2010 BRW Fast Franchise list recognising the IT support franchise network for its continued growth. About Fonality
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