Hilversum, Puteaux/Courbevoie, 7 April 2010 – NEC Unified Solutions and Global Concept Group today announced that Global Concept Group has been appointed Platinum distributor for NEC’s communications solutions for the entire French market. By working closely together with Global Concept and their network of strong and highly capable resellers throughout France, NEC Unified Solutions aims to increase its strategic channel presence in the French market considerably. Moreover, Global Concept with its 18 years experience, providesNEC Unified Solutions with powerful go-to-market capabilities through its subsidiary Paritel.
“Global Concept brings tremendous channels to market combined with a marketing and support track record that is unique in our business. Their exceptionally well organized sales, marketing and support machine is truly impressive,” says Tonko Wedda, regional managing director France, Benelux & Northern Africa at NEC Unified Solutions.
“Both companies are focused on one and the same objective: we want to develop a successful partnership. From the outset we have started working very closely and constructively together. Our teams from both sides have already invested a lot to make sure that our collaboration will be successful from the start. All team members are aware of our objective: to extend the reach of the successful NEC portfolio of communications products in the French reseller network and provide end customers tried and proven telephony solutions from NEC Unified Solutions. We want to engage them on a deeper level with the marketing and sales power of the resellers of Global Concept”, he adds.
NEC Unified Solutions is a leading provider of comprehensive communications solutions to organizations of all types and sizes. As per 1 April 2010 NEC Unified Solutions has embedded and integrated the former NEC Philips Unified Solutions within its activities and is a cornerstone in NEC’s strategy to advance its communications and networking activities in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) region. NEC Unified Solutions is building on its strong UNIVERGE portfolio to meet the needs of SMBs (Small and Medium Sized Businesses) and Enterprises to enhance their communications infrastructure toward Unified Communications based solutions.
“It’s a great opportunity for our group to be appointed by NEC. This partnership with a major actor reinforces our presence and our growth”, says Jean-Philippe Bosnet, CEO of Global Concept.