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Leading Analyst Firm Positions Verizon Business in Leaders Quadrant of Magic Quadrant for Pan-European Network Service Providers
March 2010 by Marc Jacob
Leading industry analyst firm Gartner Inc. has placed Verizon
Business in the Leaders quadrant among pan-European network services providers in Gartner’s updated report, “Magic Quadrant for Pan-European Network Service Providers.” The report evaluates providers of “voice, data, managed network and added-value services to enterprise customers across multiple geographies in Europe. These services may be delivered as unmanaged connectivity, managed services or outsourced networks. To qualify for inclusion, suppliers must be able to take prime contracting responsibility for the provisioning and ongoing operational support of network-only projects in Europe.”
According to Gartner, providers positioned in the Leaders quadrant “have a full portfolio
of voice and data services, including relatively new offerings in areas such as unified
communications and Ethernet services. These services will be delivered with good quality across
a wide area of coverage at competitive prices by account teams that are typically closer to the
customer. Leaders have a strong vision of the market and their role in it, and they will typically
be able to address a wider range of customers (in terms of size, geography and service
requirements) with their service offerings than others in this Magic Quadrant.”
Stuart Curzon, Verizon Business regional vice president for Europe, the Middle East and
Africa, said: “Verizon Business is seeing strong organic growth in these regions, thanks to our
continued investment in high-capacity network infrastructure, innovative solutions, customer
service and, of course, our people to support our customers’ evolving business requirements. We
are continuing to broaden the range of managed services we offer our customers, enhancing our
services in areas such as infrastructure utility, security, managed mobility and application
assurance. Our comprehensive solutions portfolio is supported by professional global account
teams and robust online and offline customer service provisions to offer our customers across
Europe, and around the globe, a compelling value proposition.”
This Leaders quadrant placement coincides with Verizon Business’ placement in the
Leaders quadrant position in the “Magic Quadrant for Global Network Service Providers.”
