Triad telecomm equipment dealers

This week, The Business Journal looked at telecommunications equipment dealers in the Triad. The list was ranked by total number of employees and at that time by total number of technicians.

5. Century Link. Based in Kernersville, this company has 115 employees and 20 technicians and handles VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), ethernet, data, PBX and key systems. The top local executive is Pat Elmore, market development manager.

3. Voyss Soultions. Based in Winston-Salem, this company has 340 employees, 300 technicians and handles managed innovation/outsourcing and hosted desktop solutions. The top local executive is Perry Swaim, president and CEO.

2. North State Communications. This company, based in High Point, has 400 employees and 12 technicians and deals in Avaya, Cisco, Adtran, HP and Polycom systems. The top local executives are Hayden McKenzie, chairman and CEO, and Royster Tucker, president and COO.

1. AT&T. This company's Winston-Salem office has 2,000 employees and handles VoIP, PBX (Private -Automatic- Branch Exchange), unified messaging, metro ethernet and call center systems. The top local executive is Jim Tarman, regional director of external affairs.

The total list

The total list, which includes the 25 largest telecommunications equipment companies, lists the total number of employees, total number of technicians, a price range of the products sold, a description of the company and the name, title and email address of the top local executive. To view the entire list, subscribe to The Business Journal.