Mitel Wins National Joint Powers Alliance Exclusive Telecom Vendor Contract

June 19, 2009

After a competitive bid between Mitel and Avaya, Mitel won the contract based on product quality, customer service, pricing, and overall market leadership to become the first telecom vendor with the NJPA.

The NJPA is a municipal contracting government agency that serves all education, government, and non-profit agencies across the United States. The NJPA solicits, establishes, and facilitates competitive bid purchasing contracts on behalf of its member agencies.

"The NJPA bid evaluation committee awarded Mitel a vendor contract based upon product quality, overall market leadership and creating best value for our members in both established and green-field environments," says Mike Hajek, director of business development and marketing, NJPA. "Mitel is recognized for its innovative secure solutions and commitment to open standards. These are key elements of what our members need in unified communications solutions."

"NJPA makes it easier to bring best-in-class products and services to organizations across the United States without having to go through the timely and costly procurement process," says Matt Oess, vice president global, national, and government division, Mitel. "Everyone at Mitel, including the Mitel Business Partner community, look forward to working with the 28,000 NJPA members to dramatically change how they communicate."

About National Joint Powers Alliance® (NJPA)
The National Joint Powers Alliance® is a Municipal Contracting government agency which serves all education, government, and non-profit agencies nationally. NJPA solicits, establishes, and facilitates competitively bid purchasing contracts on behalf of its' 28,000+ member agencies. NJPA's mission is to serve its membership by providing the structure and process to reduce the cost and increase the efficiency of procurement by leveraging the benefits of contract purchasing.

About Mitel

A global market leader in business communications powering more than two billion business connections, Mitel helps businesses and service providers connect, collaborate and provide innovative services to their customers. Our innovation and communications experts serve business users in more than 100 countries. For more information, go to www.mitel.com and follow us on Twitter @Mitel.

Mitel is the registered trademark of Mitel Networks Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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Mitel Wins National Joint Powers Alliance Exclusive Telecom Vendor Contract